Command for printing-email-addresses

[hochleitner]

Using \url{[email protected]} for typesetting an e-mail address does not produce a correct mailto:[email protected] link.

Using \href from the hyperref package is a bit cumbersome, especially when used in combination with \url so that the e-mail-addresses can break gracefully. Also, \href produces invalid results for the PDF metadata when used in the \author macro (where an e-mail address can usually be found).

I propose the following command to be added to our collection of style files:

\newcommand{\email}[1]{\texorpdfstring{\href{mailto:#1}{\nolinkurl{#1}}}{<#1>}}

This produces a valid mailto: link with the given argument and generates a valid PDF string (in < > brackets), should the command be used in the preamble.

What do you think?

[imagingbook]

Looks good! I suggest to place the definition in hgb.sty.

[hochleitner]

Done. I also added a short subsection about \url{} and \email{} in HgbThesisTutorial and added \email to the CTAN manual.