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eidt: better version

Btw I'm lazy, you can view the discussion and final code here.

I am attempting to implement this code and while the links are, indeed, made clickable, I receive the following error upon clicking the link:

Lua error:[string "openURL("http://www.test.com")"]:1: attempt to
call global 'openURL' (a nil value)

I am running: Mudlet 2.0-dev built: January 19, 2011

Any input here is greatly appreciated.

Try changing it to openUrl

That did it. Thanks!

Is there a reason openUrl() doesn't work proper on links without the prefix? Like, it won't work with period, but it works on There is no error message for why it doesn't work, either. It simply doesn't open the page.

Phoenix wrote:Is there a reason openUrl() doesn't work proper on links without the prefix? Like, it won't work with

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openUrl("www.google.com") 

period, but it works on

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openUrl("http://www.google.com") 

There is no error message for why it doesn't work, either. It simply doesn't open the page.

Both work perfectly for me.

That behavior is OS-dependant I guess. So for safety, use http://, because the http:// protocol is how you want it to be opened with.

I've improved this package so that it works for multiple urls on one line. Also if you were having problems with the colors of your links with the last package you probably won't with this one.

thanks a ton