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Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style
From: |
James K. Lowden |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:05:55 -0400 |
On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:34:17 +1100
"G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> 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 break point escape sequences \: after each slash (or
> se? ries thereof), and before each dot (or series thereof) is recom?
> mended.
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?
I think URLs are easier to read (like any word) on one line. I think I
would rather see one unbroken, even if it meant the preceding line had
only the word "at" on it. Whitespace is a lot cheaper today, now that
ink and paper are mostly made of photons.
--jkl