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Re: [Groff] troff(1) and info


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] troff(1) and info
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 22:41:47 +0100 (CET)

> > Man pages are IMHO not better than texinfo due to missing
> > hyperlink support in most man pagers.
>
> That's not true any longer.  The KDE and Gnome help systems
> introduced a URI man:command(1) that integrates man pages into the
> internet browsers.  groff could extend and implement this by tuning
> the linking in grohtml.

But this too general.  Something like
man:command{1}.section.section... is necessary.  Otherwise, you'll
always start at the top of the referenced man page (recent versions of
info can go directly to the place where the label is in the text).


    Werner


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