When auto_link=True, or when self-linking a URL like "$":http://www.example.com/ the scheme (http://) is removed from the displayed link.
I realize this follows the PHP version, but looking at the history behind that change (textile/php-textile#48 (comment)) it looks like something tossed in without much discussion. I (and several people I showed this to) feel like this was a bad decision, as it makes it less clear that the given text is actually a URL. It seems like there should at least be an option to turn this off.
Ironically, the one case where I think it should be removed is for mailto: links, but it's not. (This does deviate from the PHP version, which removes them.)
When
auto_link=True, or when self-linking a URL like"$":http://www.example.com/the scheme (http://) is removed from the displayed link.I realize this follows the PHP version, but looking at the history behind that change (textile/php-textile#48 (comment)) it looks like something tossed in without much discussion. I (and several people I showed this to) feel like this was a bad decision, as it makes it less clear that the given text is actually a URL. It seems like there should at least be an option to turn this off.
Ironically, the one case where I think it should be removed is for
mailto:links, but it's not. (This does deviate from the PHP version, which removes them.)