1014428 - Auto linkification of URLs should not be done for code snippets

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Mozilla QA Graveyard :: One and Done, defect, P5)

Description

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Not sure how I can add a URL just as text into a code snippet, so it doesn't get auto-linked. The code we have:

> ```testrun_functional /path/to/firefox/binary --report=http://mozmill-crowd.blargon7.com/db/```

The result is:

> ```testrun_functional /path/to/firefox/binary --report=<a href="http://mozmill-crowd.blargon7.com/db/" rel="nofollow">http://mozmill-crowd.blargon7.com/db/</a>```

The workaround for now is to use

> ```testrun_functional /path/to/firefox/binary --report=```http://mozmill-crowd.blargon7.com/db/

Comment 1

[Rebecca Billings [:rbillings]]

Bob, what are your thoughts? I hadn't realized that it was auto-linking without the ability to stop it from happening.

Comment 2

[Bob Silverberg [:bsilverberg]]

Sorry to take so long to respond to this. I think all of these issues about how to create and render task instructions need to be addressed in a bug where we look at the tools we have and whether they are currently meeting our needs.

Comment 3

[Rebecca Billings [:rbillings]]

This bug is available for contributors. This change will effect how we render URLS. This will likely involve fixing the third party tool we use as an editor, but needs further investigation.

Comment 4

[Rebecca Billings [:rbillings]]

Project is being retired.