Trouble Posting Links to PDFs - PhysicsForums

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In summary, the conversation is about having trouble posting links to PDFs. The "insert link" function doesn't work, "copy and paste" inserts an unparsed link, and the "automatically parse links" setting is turned on. One participant suggests deleting one of the "http" in the link, while another suggests deleting the second excess "http".
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Anyone else have trouble posting links to PDFs? This is the second time I've run into this. "Insert link" doesn't work; "copy and paste" inserts an unparsed link, "Automatically parse links" is ON; and it works fine if I link the reader to the situation I just ran into ---

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=994889#post994889
 
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I think it works fine for me

www.fas.org/sgp/eprint/teleport.pdf

It doesn't work for you, because there are 2 http's in front of the link. Delate one, and it will also work. :) (I think)
 
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Thanks --- got to get rid of the second excess "http" as well.
 

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