Make hyperlinks from HTML

[chazzo]

I have a document that's full of hyperlinks in full HTML form:

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... for more information see <a href="http://example.com">this fine website</a>.

and I'd like to convert these to embedded NWP links:

... for more information see this fine website.

Could some kind person suggest a macro to do this?

I guess the macro would need to handle the case where the link text is the same as the URL:

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... for more information see <a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>.

and it might also be handy to have the option of converting plain URLs without the full <a href=...>...</a>:

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http://example.com

Would anyone else find this useful?

Thanks
Charles

[martin]

I'm attaching a macro that scans for the kinds of links you describe. It's a little picky about its matching, eg: the opening <a> tag must not have any other attributes besides "href", and the URL must be enclosed in straight quote marks. But hopefully you find it useful!

[chazzo]

Martin: for some reason I missed your reply. I'm sorry not to have thanked you before. That's very useful!

[martin]

No problem, I'm glad it was helpful!

[nareng]

Hello Martin,
Thank you very much for the HTML Macro!

When I write papers, my citation software (Bookends) is able to output:

<a href=”http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... s=23207973 “>PubMed Link</a>

When I run your macro, the URL is made into a link.
Might you have a Macro that links 'PubMed Link' with the URL (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... s=23207973)


Thank you very much for any of your help!

Naren

[nareng]

Hello Martin,

I am looking for a Macro for creating HTML link from <a href="http://abc">PubMedLink</a>, so that there is a link for "PubMed link' created using "http://abc" but, "http://abc" does not appear on the document. Do you have a Macro to do this, please?

Thank you

Naren

[martin]

Hi Naren: I'm not sure I quite follow what you're trying to accomplish. Would you be able to attach a Nisus Writer file that shows a single example of the text before any link scanning takes place, and also shows the text how you'd like it to appear after a macro scan? The example wouldn't need to be a full document, just a snippet so it's clear what exactly you want to accomplish.