[texhax] footnote with url

[Boris Veytsman]

MH> Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:18:34 +0000
MH> From: Mohamed HOUSSNI <mohamed.houssni at e-press.co.ma>


MH> I try this but it does not compile. It gives me the following error

MH> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

MH> ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup.
MH> \sbox ...hbox {\color at setgroup #2\color at endgroup }
                                                 
MH> l.181 ...0Infrared%20SPIE%20Paper%20_7021-20_.pdf}

MH> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



Let me don my mind-reading helmet.  You are using hyperref, right?

Then you need to put \urldef in the preamble BETWEEN loading url and
hyperref:

\usepackage{url}
\urldef\fancy\url{http://www.teledyne-si.com/infrared_visible_fpas/Teledyne%20Imaging%20Sensor%20-%20Infrared%20SPIE%20Paper%20_7021-20_.pdf}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

.....

-- 
Good luck

-Boris

Does the same as the system call of that name.
If you don't know what it does, don't worry about it.
		-- Larry Wall in the perl man page regarding chroot(2)