Re: [mylar-dev] Auto web link from clipboard confusing

[Eugene Kuleshov <eu@xxxxxxxx>]

By the way, Mik, is there are some utility I can use to fetch web page 
title using given url?

Thanks

Eugene


Mik Kersten wrote:
> This evolved from the need to easily add tasks from trackers for which 
> we do not have connectors. My experience is similar to yours: more 
> than ½ the time it is annoying. To start I think we have to make it 
> optional, and already have a bug for that so I bumped its priority:
>
> 146278: make auto insertion from of web link from clipboard optional
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=146278
>
> However, once the web resources stuff is solid I think we may be able 
> to remove the “Web Link” altogether, since any relevant Web Links show 
> up in the context, and if they’re really important you can just make 
> them a landmark. To support pasted in links it would be nice to have a 
> hyperlink detector in the Notes field, so I just added:
>
> 147343: notes field should have hyperlink detector
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=147343
>
> Also, Eugene is in the process of contributing a web only connector 
> that makes it easier to work with repositories which don’t have a 
> custom connector. Once that’s done I think we will be able to get rid 
> of the Ctrl+C functionality altogether rather than leaving it as an 
> option.
>
> 145123: Support for generic web-based repositories
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=145123
>
> Mik
>
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> *From:* mylar-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:mylar-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Robert Elves
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:40 AM
> *To:* Mylar developer discussions
> *Subject:* [mylar-dev] Auto web link from clipboard confusing
>
> Upon creating a new local task we currently grab the clipboard text 
> and if it is a URL automatically add it to the task as a web link 
> (Planning view). This has been bugging me and has confused at least 
> one other user that I am aware of. I think we should consider removing 
> this capability. Thoughts?
>
> -Rob
>
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