Re: [O] links in comments and footnotes

[Samuel Wales]

On 5/23/12, Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:
> That's normal. If it's commented, the link shouldn't be recognized
> anymore (but I suppose it sill is)

For some people (not necessarily you) it would be nice to know that
there is a link there.

>> When I kill a link and yank it into a footnote, the link stops being
>> in link face.
>
> That's another problem. Probably a bug, although a minor one.

If you think it's ordinary text and you RET on it to insert a newline,
you end up following the link.  That is one example of how it can be a
surprise.

A similar thing happens, by the way, with point near but not on the
colored part of a link, but that is not a footnote or comment issue,
just a link issue.

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