Fwd: Re: Groff macro to make .UR and .UE links clickable in PDF?

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 13:55:30 -0700
From: B 9 <hackerb9@member.fsf.org>
To: Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu>
Subject: Re: Groff macro to make .UR and .UE links clickable in PDF?
Message-ID: <20200619205530.n0Y90%hackerb9@member.fsf.org>

Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu> wrote:

> Yes i am reading this list and yes this has been implemented in
> the past (in 2014).  Unfortunately it has not been merged.

Can you please send me more information about this so I can find it?


> And your mailer i available in a newer version which fixes
> hundreds of bugs, and adds some nice features.

My mailer? Why do you mention my mailer? Do you use s-nail?


>  |But, as I said, I have no idea how hard it would be to add footnote
>  |output to mdoc. It might not even be feasible.
> 
> Pretty easy i presume, at least in the mdoc macros.

Ah, easy for some. Not for me. I'm new to troff/groff. Do you think
you could quickly write an example for me?


>  |Also, I'm more concerned at the moment that I can't find any way to
>  |attach hyperlinks to text in the middle of sentences using mdoc. Lk's
>  |addition of a newline and colon and insistence on always printing the
>  |URL makes me think it is the wrong tool. Is there another option I'm
>  |missing? Perhaps implementing a new macro similar to Lk?
>  |
>  |Thank you,
> 
> Please.  Here you are.

I am very confused. "Here I am" what? Why "Please"? Did you mean to
attach the macros to your e-mail? If so, I didn't see them.


Thanks!

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