[docutils:feature-requests] #72 rst2man: Show reference targets

engelbert gruber via Docutils-develop <[email protected]>
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checking with pandoc 

~~~
  See the `Python home page <https://www.python.org>`_ for info.
~~~

is converted to

~~~
  see See the Python home page (https://www.python.org) for info.
~~~

TODO

- how man pages will be broken if references are included
- modern web-references tend to be long ... a layout disaster so to say

should the link be

- in place
- end of paragraph
- in SEE ALSO

- what does mandoc do/show


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**[feature-requests:#72] rst2man: Show reference targets**

**Status:** open
**Group:** Default
**Created:** Wed Aug 26, 2020 03:47 PM UTC by Petr Viktorin
**Last Updated:** Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:05 AM UTC
**Owner:** engelbert gruber


Currently, the manpage writer writes a reference like `ALT TEXT <URL>` as just `ALT TEXT`, with alternate font.
Would it be better to render it as, for example, `ALT TEXT [URL]`, so the information is not lost?


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