[Haddock] [haddock] #142: Special handling of URLs in documentation

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#142: Special handling of URLs in documentation
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Reporter:  KrzysztofSkrzetnicki  |       Owner:       
    Type:  enhancement           |      Status:  new  
Priority:  major                 |   Milestone:  2.7.0
 Version:  2.6.0                 |    Keywords:       
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 It is hard to get URLs like http://example.com right in Haddock
 documentation. As a result a lot of documentation contain malformed
 addresses. For example see: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/random-
 shuffle-0.0.2

 It reads: "Random shuffle implementation, on immutable lists. Based on
 `perfect shuffle' implementation by Oleg Kiselyov, available on
 http:okmij.orgftpHaskell/perfect-shuffle.txt"

 Because '/' conflicts with the syntax reserved for other purposes the link
 is rendered as "http:okmij.orgftpHaskell/perfect-shuffle.txt". It is easy,
 but cumbersome, to recreate the original link. One can also go to .cabal
 file, which includes this description in this form:
 {{{
 description:
     Random shuffle implementation, on immutable lists.

     Based on `perfect shuffle' implementation by Oleg Kiselyov,
     available on http://okmij.org/ftp/Haskell/perfect-shuffle.txt
 }}}

 My proposition is to treat urls in special way: instead of normal
 processing url should yield a normal link.

 I belive that only http://, https:// and ftp:// should need such special
 handling, so all in all this should be fairly easy to implement.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.haskell.org/haddock/ticket/142>
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