Re: @url vs. @uref

[Michael Käppler]

Am 16.10.2020 um 15:52 schrieb Jonas Hahnfeld:
> Am Freitag, den 16.10.2020, 15:46 +0200 schrieb Michael Käppler:
> > Am 15.10.2020 um 23:03 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
> > > > we're using both `@url` and `@uref` commands in our documentation,
> > > > the overwhelming majority is `@uref`.
> > > >
> > > > michael] ~/lilypond/Documentation/en (master)]> git grep '@url' | wc
> > > > -l
> > > > 9
> > > > michael] ~/lilypond/Documentation/en (master)]> git grep '@uref' | wc
> > > > -l
> > > > 622
> > > >
> > > > The functionality is exactly the same:
> > > > https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/_0040url.html
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to unify this. Shall we go with `@uref` to avoid big diffs
> > > > and because it is already the majority, or use `@url` what seems
> > > > more intuitive to me?
> > > Since this is a pure mechanical change that can be done by a little
> > > script I favour a change to `@url` everywhere.
> > Here you are:
> > https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/462
> As commented there, this is the absolutely worst moment to post such
> mechanical change with no merit (as far as I understand): This will be
> a real nightmare of merge conflicts when picking commits between master
> and the to-be-created stable/2.22.
You're absolutely right, Jonas, I should have thought about that.
I closed the MR.

Michael