[GRLUG] Strange hyperlink behavior in LibreOffice

[Eric Beversluis]

When I 'copied hyperlink location' (after right click) (rather than just
copying what was visible in the document) I got:

http://puffin.creighton.edu/phil/Stephens/OSAP Epictetus on
StoicLove.htm

and 

http://puffin.creighton.edu/phil/Stephens/OSAP%20Epictetus%20on%20Stoic%
20Love.htm

respectively for the link that didn't work and the link that did work.

I took a look at the problemmatic hyperlink in the 'edit hyperlink'
dialogue. The 'target' showed the URL w/o the '%20s' (with spaces) and
missing the space between 'Stoic' and 'Love', while the 'text' showed
what seemed the right URL with the '%20s' included. When I edited the
target by entering the space between 'Stoic' and 'Love', and then
applied it, the hyperlink in the document now worked. But the 'text' in
the edit hyperlink dialog didn't show any changes.

So somehow, what was 'real' was what the document saw as the 'target',
not what the document actually showed.

On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 07:55 -0800, ebever at researchintegration.org wrote:
> I pasted a hyperlink into a LibreOffice document and it keeps giving me a 'page
> not found.' So I opened the webpage and re-copied/re-pasted the link and this
> time it works. Closer inspection indicates that the first pasting consistently
> omits the space between 'Stoic' and 'Love'. But as nearly as I can tell, both
> links (the one that works and the one that doesn't) are identical. And if I
> copy the first version into my browser address bar, it works fine.
> 
> Both these are as copied out of the LibreOffice Writer document. The first
> doesn't work, the second does:
> http://puffin.creighton.edu/phil/Stephens/OSAP%20Epictetus%20on%20Stoic%20Love.htm
> http://puffin.creighton.edu/phil/Stephens/OSAP%20Epictetus%20on%20Stoic%20Love.htm
> 
> I even tried deleting and re-entering the final '%20', but it still didn't make
> any difference.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>