> > - don't set the URL at all in the body of the text but use a
> > footnote or endnote marker and set the URL in the footnote or
> > endnote, since these are usually set in a smaller point size
> > and gives you more flexibility for fitting on lines; if a text
> > contains a lot of URLS,
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 07:27:58PM BST, Steve Izma wrote:
>
> I find the whole idea of typesetting URLs in printed matter to be
> full of contradictions, but this is mostly on account of how
> contemporary Web frameworks construct URLs for dynamic pages and
> need all sorts of variables set in the
Steve's list left out one other URL-handling strategy: omit them altogether
if they aren't needed:
*HTML:*
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455";>RFC 6455
https://adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/actionscript/articles/PLRM.pdf#page=144";>PostScript
Language Reference Manual, page 130
*Text:
This groff -ms document:
.LP
The formula is
.EQ
x = 1
.EN
produces just what one expects. But if .LP is deleted,
the formula is displayed in line. This causes little
trouble in everyday life. Nevertheless, -ms is
misinterpreting the output of eqn in this case
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:59:17 +0200
Jan Stary wrote:
> > This would be an ideal solution, if it is possible with groff. When
> > I must have a URL visible in the text, I'd love for it to be in
> > small text as a footnote. How hard is it to add footnotes to a
> > package like mdoc in groff?
>
>
> Nevertheless, -ms is misinterpreting the output of eqn in this
> case.
It appears to be intentional. At least in groff's implementation
of the ms macros, the first call to a paragraph macro is special,
in that it terminates the front matter and begins the body text,
and redefines a number of
