clickable URL link

Hi Tim -

AccuTerm can recognize URLs and email links using a feature called "mouse patterns". Mouse patterns are defined in a text file, using a grep-like syntax. Patterns are defined for either the left or right button, and an action for Click and Double Click can be assigned to each pattern. To use this feature for URLs and emails, a sample URL.MOU file is supplied in the ...\Atwin\Samples folder. To activate this feature, open the Settings, and click the Misc tab. Click the Advanced button and then browse for the desired pattern file. Click OK a couple of times, then save the session file.

The pattern file is a text file, with one pattern per line, and 4 fields separated by TAB characters. The first field is the button (1=left button, 2=right button); the second field is the pattern to match; third field is the click action and fourth field is the double-click action. Here is the URL.MOU file:

1      {[wW][wW][wW]\.[^ ]+\.[^ ]+}      [Shell "%WORD%"] 1     ^{[wW][wW][wW]\.[^ ]+\.[^ ]+}      [Shell "%WORD%"] 1      {[wW][wW][wW]\.[^ ]+\.[^ ]+}$     [Shell "%WORD%"] 1      {[hH][tT][tT][pP]\://[^ ]+}      [Shell "%WORD%"] 1     ^{[hH][tT][tT][pP]\://[^ ]+}      [Shell "%WORD%"] 1      {[hH][tT][tT][pP]\://[^ ]+}$     [Shell "%WORD%"] 1      {[^ ]+\@[^ ]+\.[^ ]+}      [Shell "mailto:%WORD%"] 1     ^{[^ ]+\@[^ ]+\.[^ ]+}      [Shell "mailto:%WORD%"] 1      {[^ ]+\@[^ ]+\.[^ ]+}$     [Shell "mailto:%WORD%"]

Note: its difficult to tell the difference between tabs and blanks. Also, the Shell command with a URL only works with AccuTerm 2K2, not with earlier versions.

Thanks,

Pete

Hi Fabizio -

I don't know why the url.mou file would not recognized URLs. You might make a copy of the file, and edit the command, changing Shell to MsgBox. You should then see a message box showing you the URL. If the message box works, then there must be a problem with Windows opening the URL as a command.

As far as opening the Mac mail program, I don't know how to do this. Maybe there is a command line using Parallels to launch a Mac program. If so, you could change the command used in the url.mou file to use the Parallels command instead.

Thanks,

Pete

Hi Timinator -

Remember - this is simply green-screen text. Your application can highlight the text using the usual techniques - reverse, dim, blink, underline, etc. The exact highlight mechanism depends on the terminal emulation you are using.

Thanks,

Pete