Hi, Alex! At 2022-02-07T19:46:43+0100, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: > Hi Branden, > > I see that groff_man_style(7) gives advice on where to break URIs > regarding slashes and dots, but not '?' and '#', which are other > common symbols on URIs.I see that groff(1) seems to break before, in > your manual pages, so I'll follow that practice, but maybe it's good > to state it in the manual page too.
Good idea. Such advice has the pleasant benefit of, for '?', being congruent with our advice regarding '.' (see? I told you guys Chicago was all wrong), and since '?' begins HTTP GETty request parameters, it and the URL material after it might well be omitted at the copy-and-paster's discretion. I suppose for completeness, with HTTP GET in mind, I should mention '&' in this list, with precisely the same recommendation. > BTW, I missed a question of yours[1], so I'll answer now: > > * Branden, a long time ago, said: > > Please let me know if you find any inconsistencies in our URI > > breaking practices in the groff man pages. I inferred that you said > > the existing style was consistent, but I'm not sure and it could > > have been wishful reading on my part. :) > > Yup, groff(1) is quite consistent in that :) One tries. Entropy is a relentless opponent. Regards, Branden
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