[OS X TeX] clickable url in Pdftex

[Herbert Schulz]

On May 27, 2012, at 6:28 AM, Axel Kielhorn wrote:

> 
> Am 27.05.2012 um 13:04 schrieb Herbert Schulz:
> 
>> 
>> On May 27, 2012, at 2:21 AM, Axel Kielhorn wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Am 26.05.2012 um 22:01 schrieb Alain Schremmer:
>>> 
>>>> In the interest of leanness, I thought to replace some background in the Magnum Opus by references to Wikipedia.
>>>> 
>>>> I wrote the Magnum Opus with hard copy in mind but it turns out a number of people read it on line which made me think of making the url clickable. So, I put
>>>> 
>>>> \usepackage{hyperref}%[pdfborder={0 0 0}]
>>>> 
>>>> in the preamble and documents that compiled very nicely until then, including stuff like:
>>>> 
>>>>> (See \url{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic})
>>>> 
>>>> immediately failed with the message:
>>>> 
>>>>> LaTeX Warning: You have requested, on input line 250, version
>>>>>            `2009/07/21' of package kvoptions,
>>>>>            but only version
>>>>>            `2007/10/18 v3.0 Keyval support for LaTeX options (HO)'
>>>>>            is available.
>>> 
>>> I have a fully updated texlive 2010, it contains:
>>> 
>>> %% Project: kvoptions
>>> %% Version: 2010/12/23 v3.10
>>> 
>>> (It is in the Oberdiek bundle)
>>> 
>>> Please verify that `kvoptions` is read from the TL tree and not somewhere else.
>>> You may have an old version somewhere which is found instead of the TL version.
>>> 
>>> There should be a line:
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/kvoptions.sty
>>> in the log file.
>>> 
>>> Texlive 2010 is still  available at:
>>> 
>>> http://tug.org/2010/tlnet-final
>>> 
>>> It should be possible to point Tex Live Utility there and get an update.
>>> (If you never updated you TL installation expect a > 1GB download, just update oberdiek and see if that helps.)
>>> 
>>> Axel
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I was suspicious that the MacTeX-2010 on that system had never been updated from time of install.
>> 
>> I get a Not Found error when I try to go to the link above.
> 
> I should have tested it first.
> TLU finds a TL 2010 installation and suggests:
> 
> ftp://ftp.tug.org/historic//systems//texlive//2010//tlnet-final
> 
> It says no updates available instead of server not found:-)
> 
> Axel
> 
> Note to self:
> Test before suggesting something on the internet to preserve credibility.


Howdy,

That looks like it would work. You can shorten it to <ftp://ftp.tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/2010/tlnet-final/> too. (I just find the extra /s annoying.)

Now we need Mr. Shremmer to ask how to do this!

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)