Using xetex I found that the 'hyperref' package did not product attractive links in PDF, so I had to write my own PDF link code:
\def\hr#1#2{% \special{pdf:bann <</Subtype/Link/BS <</Type/Border/W 0.0 /S/S>> /A << /S/URI/URI (#1)>> >>} \special{pdf: bc [ 0 0 1 ]}{\bgroup #2 \egroup}\special{pdf: ec} \special{pdf:eann}} This works fine; however, if a hyperlink is in an RTL paragraph, and the link is broken at the end of the line, then some very ugly effects show up: the entire line on which the link started, as well as the entire line on which it ends, show up as a hyperlink. Up until now, I've ignored this issue and simply put the link text (the #2 in my macro) inside an \hbox. For some reason, this keeps things from escaping and all is well -- but if the link text is a little long, it won't get broken, and this leads to ugly breaks. I've tried using various "specials" to encapsulate the link and keep it from overflowing -- but to no avail. It seemed time to ask here if anyone else has a similar issue -- and if so, if they know of a solution. Here is a full example demonstrating the problem: \input eplain \TeXXeTstate=1 \def\hr#1#2{% \special{pdf:bann <</Subtype/Link/BS <</Type/Border/W 0.0 /S/S>> /A << /S/URI/URI (#1)>> >>} \special{pdf: bc [ 0 0 1 ]}{\bgroup #2 \egroup}\special{pdf: ec} \special{pdf:eann}} \hsize=0.25\hsize This is an example bit of text. Here is \hr{mailto:r...@ronware.org}{my email address} if you care to send me a note or two. Now for RTL: \beginR This is an example bit of text. Here is \hr{mailto:r...@ronware.org}{my email address} if you care to send me a note or two. \endR \vfill\eject\bye -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex