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[Kyle Nitzsche <kyle.nitzsche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Style guide says use \textasciitilde command to insert tilde, which works in 
many cases.
However, it cannot be followed by a non-space char or else latex *thinks* it is 
a different command. That is, this is invalid and doesn't build:
\textasciitildeb

(note the trailing 'b')

I have tilde characters in *sample* URLs to illustrate an LP URL to a team:

https://launchpad.net/~blackbird-team

Yes, I could enclose it in a \url command like this, which 'works': 
\url{https://launchpad.net/~blackbird-team}.
But, that also makes it a clickable link. So users would click on it and a page 
to nowhere would open in their browser.
Is there a way do to this now? Maybe the \textasciitilde command should use the 
curly brace syntax, so I could do this:
https://launchpad.net/\textasciitilde{}blackbird-team

?

(and I wish it were shorter.)

Cheers,
Kyle