[OS X TeX] URLs in bibliographic entries

[Claus Gerhardt]

I copied this line
> \href{http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-th/0304033}{arXiv:hep-th/0304033}

from my Bibdesk edit window and it works fine for me both in the note  
field, which I used at first, as in the eprint field, which I use now.

The eprint field is supported in a version of amsplain, hamsplain,  
modified by Greg Kupferberg to support this field. He has wrapped the  
field in an mbox
% Function modified to wrap the eprint number in an mbox construction  
- GJK

FUNCTION {format.eprint}
{ eprint empty$
     { "" }
     { "\mbox{" eprint * "}" * }

which is however unnecessary, since using the href command in the  
note field, which is supported in amsplain by default without the  
mbox construction, produces identical results.

The link has never been broken, since some magic will supply a "%"  
sign when a line break occurs, cf. this copy from a .bbl file of mine

\bibitem{cg96}
\bysame, \emph{Closed {Weingarten} hypersurfaces in {Riemannian}  
manifolds}, J.
   Diff. Geom. \textbf{43} (1996), 612\ndash 641,
   \mbox{\href{http://www.math.uni-heidelberg.de/studinfo/gerhardt/ 
Gerhardt-JDG%
-96.pdf}{pdf file}}.

When hyperref is loaded, the link "pdf file" will be point to the  
correct download.

Claus


On Dec 15, 2006, at 21:15, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

>
> On Dec 15, 2006, at 09:59, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>
>> You can either add a new field or use the existing note field but  
>> in any case you should use hyperref and add the reference by using  
>> its command \href{}{} like in
>>
>> \href{http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-th/0304033}{arXiv:hep-th/0304033}
>
> What does your .bib file's URL field look like to produce this?   
> For BibDesk users, this will likely break the URL handling  
> functionality, if I'm reading it correctly.
>
> Also, the \url command is present in hyperref.sty and url.sty,  
> which may be desirable for compatibility (although hyperref is more  
> flexible).
>
> Adam
>
>
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