Re: URIs mark-up

Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-08T13:02:41Z

Hi Michael,

On 1/8/21 1:57 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> The obligatory:
>
> [[
> 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?
> ]]
>
> [Rearranged]

Oops! :-)

>
>> 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.

Okay

Thanks,

Alex

>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael