Re: [PATCH] *.man: Break URIs at points specified by the Chicago Style

[James K. Lowden]

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