automatic links within backticks not escaped properly

[Michel Fortin]

Le 30 nov. 2004, à 12:38, Tim Pritlove a écrit :

> Can you explain what you'd call a "proper" protocol? Is it that just 
> "well-known" protocols are detected? Or is it that "any word followed 
> by a colon" is detected?
>
> I am actually using a _lot_ of different protocols (including some 
> used only in our own projects) like afp, smb, ssh, scp, blp etc. pp.

Well, currently, it supports "http", "https", "ftp", and "mailto". If 
you want to write an URL with any other protocol you would have to 
write the link using the normal link syntax. This is:

	[ftps://example.bip/](ftps://example.bip/)

I will be the first to recognize this is not nice.

Since it is almost impossible to catch every url scheme in a reliable 
manner, and also because it is mostly impractical to write thing like 
above, I would like to suggest an alternate URL syntax that could work 
for any protocol, even if unknown to Markdown.

The trick is to append `URL:` in front of the URL so Markdown knows for 
sure what it is. What is interesting is that it is based on the syntax 
found inside [RFC 1738][1] named "Uniform Resource Locators".

	<URL:afp://example.bip/>
	<URL:ftps://example.bip/>

Of course the old way would still work for protocols Markdown knows 
about. It's just a practical addition if you use less-known ones.

   [1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt


Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
http://www.michelf.com/