Re: breaking long url

[Les Denham]

On Friday 04 September 2009 09:57:02 Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Sharma, Vivek schrieb:
> > I am using the memoir class, Lyx 1.6.4 and want to write the following:
> > Web sites:
> >
> > University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff:
> > \url{http://www.cardiffandvale.wales.nhs.uk/portal/page?_pageid=33,480404
> >,33_480405&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL}
>
> Better use a hyperlink for that. For your case there are three
> possibilities:
>
> - using the long link and breaking it by inserting "\\" in the name field
>
> - using the long link but using another name
>
> - making the link much shorter by using tinyurl.com
>
> Attached is a LyX file showing the possibilities.
>
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> regards Uwe

Another simple alternative is to reduce the font size for the URL so it fits. 
However, in this case even reducing it to Tiny doesn't do the job for default 
Memoir A4 fonts and margins.  I'd use tinyurl.com.
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Les Denham