Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO

[Werner LEMBERG]

>       .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