Re: [docutils:feature-requests] Re: #72 rst2man: Show reference targets
Guenter Milde via Docutils-develop <[email protected]>
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On 2023-08-05, Dmitry Shachnev via Docutils-develop wrote: > > 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? ... > Another possibility would be using the `.UR` / `.UE` macros to produce > hyperlinks. They are described in groff_man(7) man page. > The macros themselves are supported by groff since 2007, but the next > groff version will enable them for terminal devices (using OSC 8 escape > sequence). See groff commit 9dadd72a3c9cd40c20e06e80e918a68badf83b0f. > Debian's groff version 1.23.0-1 (and newer) already includes support > for them. How would this be handled by other (t)roff converters? Günter _______________________________________________ Docutils-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/docutils-develop Please use "Reply All" to reply to the list.