[texhax] \url with space (%20)
Lars Madsen
daleif at imf.au.dk
Fri Feb 13 10:27:10 CET 2009
Sharon Baker wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I'm new to this email list. I looked in the archives and found
> related topics, but not the answer I'm looking for:
>
> To write my thesis I'm using apacite and BibTeX. In the bib file I
> have a reference that contains a URL and I'm using \url. My problem
> is that the URL contains a space (which is replaced with "%20" by the
> browser). We all know that % begins a comment on that line, so in
> order to escape, we use a \ in front of the %. However, what happens
> to my bib entry is that it ends up printing the \ before the %20 so
> the URL will be invalid when "copy-pasted" from the PDF. How can I
> not print the escape character '\' in the URL and still print the %
> 20? I also tried leaving a space between "Alternative" and "methods"
> instead of using the \%20 but the \url package ignored the space and
> merged the two words (which is also inccorect).
>
> This is my entry:
>
> @misc{Ludescher2006,
> title = {The {D}irect {M}ethod},
> author = {Ludescher, Franz},
> year = {2006},
> howpublished = {Retrieved January 29, 2009, from:
> \url{http://www2.vobs.at/ludescher/Alternative\%20methods/
> direct_method.htm}\bibnodot{.}}
> }
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sharon
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this works just fine for me, no need to escape, bibtex does not look at
the contents, so this example should be enough
\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir}
\usepackage{url}
\begin{document}
\url{http://www2.vobs.at/ludescher/Alternative%20methods/direct_method.htm}
\end{document}
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