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Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO |
Date: |
Thu, 03 Jan 2002 16:41:17 +0100 (CET) |
> .LINK [<url> [<description>]]
>
> e.g.
>
> .LINK http://www.dot.com/joecool/home.html "My Home Page"
>
> and also:
>
> .LINK http://www.dot.com/joecool/home.html
> Home Page for
> Silly Groff Tricks
> .LINK
>
> Thats one macro name to remember, no special characters to remember
> or type, and it works with short or long text. No?
I like this, but how will you make the last syntax form work? My
suggestion is to have .LINK, .LINK-BEGIN and .LINK-END (or something
similar) -- it's very error-prone if .LINK can start and end something
at the same time.
> Then there are the bonus "convenience" versions, for people like me
> that hate to type one letter more than I have to:
>
> .HTTP [<shortened-url> [<description>]]
> .FTP [<shortened-url> [<description>]]
Sounds reasonable.
Werner
- [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Bernd Warken, 2002/01/02
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Gaius Mulley, 2002/01/02
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Tadziu Hoffmann, 2002/01/03
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Rick Richardson, 2002/01/03
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO,
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Rick Richardson, 2002/01/03
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Werner LEMBERG, 2002/01/04
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Ralph Corderoy, 2002/01/04
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Jon Snader, 2002/01/04
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Ted Harding, 2002/01/06
- Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Werner LEMBERG, 2002/01/07
Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO, Gaius Mulley, 2002/01/03