Dicho, in the Twinkle thread you wrote:

On long urls, my eyes give out before I get it down. I won't bother with them in the future.

and I replied, "You're probably making the process much harder than it needs to be." I say "probably" because I don't know what sort of system you're using, what browser etc., and there are some configurations that will force you to copy URLs out by eye and hand --- but if like most folks you're using some version of Netscape or IE, and either one (as well as most other browsers I've seen) have an "Address" line right above the part of the screen where the webpage shows up. It may not be called "Address" (Netscape calls it "Location"), but whatever it's called, it displays the URL of the webpage you're currently looking at. It is possible to hide this line (to increase the usable screen space) so if you are using a common browser and don't see the URL displayed as I described, click on "View" and select "Toolbar" (in IE, or "Show" in Netscape) and make sure it's turned on (checkmark should show).

Now, if you click or double-click on the URL in the "Address/Location" toolbar line, it should be highlighted. Once it's highlighted, you should be able to "Copy" it (click on "Edit" and select "Copy", if you don't know the keyboard shortcut (usually Ctrl+C) to use for this). Once you've "copied" the URL you can "Paste" it wherever you want, e.g. into the space between the double quotes in the expression <a href="">Mozart</a> ... and voilà, you'll be able to copy URLs with about four keystrokes and no eyestrain, instead of whatever you've been doing heretofore. This is particularly handy in Mudcat for referring from one thread to another.

Let me know...

Liland