As others have noted, the backslash is a reserved character in FrameMaker dialog boxes. There is a whole series of backslash codes defined to allow you to type special characters (i.e., characters that you can't produce directly from the keyboard with only the Shift key as a modifier) in dialogs. If you refer to Appendix B of the FrameMaker User Guide (in PDF form in the Documents directory of your FrameMaker installation) you will see that the substitutions in your hypertext command mostly match the backslash codes: \D (Shift+d) produces a double dagger, as in your example \M (Shift+m) is supposed to produce an em-space--no idea why it came through as "sm" in your example \F (Shift+f) produces a florin, as in your example \j is not defined and therefore comes through as literal characters, as in your example
The trick to get FrameMaker to render a literal backslash is to double it. But that doesn't explain why the doubled backslashes at the start of your pathname came through as doubled backslashes in the result--it should have come through as a single. To get doubled backslashes, you should theoretically have needed to type four in a row. -Fred Ridder > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 15:41:49 -0400 > Subject: Linking Problem > From: ecidade at zoominternet.net > > Good afternoon > > I?ve been experiencing a tonload of trouble linking to documents in a server > where the > address contains backslashes ?\? and NOT forward slashes ?/? > > Problem: whenever I write the syntax to go to the hypertext > link?...FrameMaker does funny > things to the link itself?. > > Example: > > message URL \\jetblue.com\Docs\Manuals\jbdocs\Flight Operations Training > Manual (FOTM).pdf > becomes the following when I click ?Edit Hypertext Marker??.. > message URL \\jetblue.com?ocs\smanuals\jbdocs?light Operations Training > Manual (FOTM).pdf > > I think the use of the backslash is causing this?.or??is it a bug??? > > So I?m trying to use any tool native to FrameMaker to keep the link intact. > > This has been bothering me for a long time and it?s one of the laundry list > items I?ve been > trying to cure. > > Any assistance would be most appreciated?. > > > Eduardo F. Cidade, Sr. > Manager Fleet Publications > JetBlue Airways > 118-29 Queens Boulevard > 5th Floor > Forest Hills, NY 11375 > Phone: 718-709-2884 (Office) > 347-684-2782 (Work Cell) > Fax: 718-709-2280 > > To fly: Call 1-800-JETBLUE or log on to jetblue.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as DocuDoc at hotmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110802/f9b35273/attachment.html>