Re: URIs mark-up

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-01-08T12:58:36Z

Hi Alex,

The obligatory:

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Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>> Top-posting.
>>> What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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> On 1/8/21 12:00 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> On 1/7/21 6:50 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> See hostname.7:102.
>>> There are URLs and they're not marked up in any way.
>>> I guess there are a lot more like those around the pages.
>>> Should they?
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "not marked up". That
>> URI is wrapped in a .UR/.UE pair, and I think all of
>> the others in other pages are too(?).
>
> I meant the (fake) URLs around line 102.
> And yes, I meant surrounded by .UR/.UE, which they're not.
> But maybe it's exactly because they're fake?

Oh -- sorry, I misunderstood which line you meant. I
think maybe yes, because they are fake.

Thanks,

Michael

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