[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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/daleif


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