Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style

2021-11-01 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi, James! At 2021-10-18T10:05:55-0400, James K. Lowden wrote: > Is there a way to say, "set this URL all on one line if at all > possible, else break at these specific points"? Sort of a ".ne" for > horizontal space? Yes, there is! [man]: Try to minimize the number of times a URI is broken whe

Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style

2021-11-01 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi, Ralph, At 2021-10-23T10:46:32+0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Branden, > > > But in fact, trailing slashes on URIs are semantically > > significant[1] > ... > > [1] > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5948659/when-should-i-use-a-trailing-slash-in-my-url/ > > StackOverflow isn't

Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style

2021-10-23 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Branden, > 2. URIs can validly, and in fact commonly do, end with single slashes. ... > But in fact, trailing slashes on URIs are semantically > significant[1] ... > [1] > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5948659/when-should-i-use-a-trailing-slash-in-my-url/ StackOverflow isn't an

Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style

2021-10-18 Thread James K. Lowden
On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:34:17 +1100 "G. Branden Robinson" wrote: > URIs can be lengthy; rendering them can result in jarring adjust? >ment or variations in line length, or troff warnings when a > hy? perlink is longer than an output line. The application of non- >printing brea

Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style

2021-10-18 Thread Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
Hi, Branden! On 10/18/21 7:34 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: Hi, Alex! At 2021-10-17T21:33:24+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: Break URIs before a single slash, not after. I found no GNU-specific (or any other at all) source that recommends breaking long URIs after a slash. So follow Chicago S

Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style

2021-10-17 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi, Alex! At 2021-10-17T21:33:24+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Break URIs before a single slash, not after. > > I found no GNU-specific (or any other at all) source that recommends > breaking long URIs after a slash. So follow Chicago Style and > break them before single slashes. As far as I

[PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style

2021-10-17 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Break URIs before a single slash, not after. I found no GNU-specific (or any other at all) source that recommends breaking long URIs after a slash. So follow Chicago Style and break them before single slashes. Scripted fix: $ find * -type f \ | xargs grep -l '^\.UR.*[^/]/\\:' \ | xargs sed