[Rtcomm] [Rtcomm] [Bug 6123] brackets in link breaks the link in messaging app

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https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6123





------- Comment #2 from maemo at oculex.fi  2009-11-12 23:27 GMT+3 -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> Parentheses are reserved characters for URIs
> (<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-2.2>) so the chat UI behaviour is
> correct.
> 
> The correct link in the above example would be
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_%281983_miniseries%29>, which works as expected
> when received in the Maemo chat client.
> 

but a) it works in other chat clients and b) when other people send links with
brackets, or i copy a link with a bracket from the web browser and paste it in
an IM conversation, the link just doesn't work. how can that be expected
behaviour?

it seems a bit confusing that this is not a bug.


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