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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Mario Blättermann <mario.blaettermann <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#53976: closed (Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#53976: Improve markup
 in man pages)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 03:10:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#53976: Improve markup in man pages

which was filed against the diffutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 53976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mario Blättermann <mario.blaettermann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 53976-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#53976: Improve markup in man pages
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:09:19 -0800

Thanks, installed here:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=diffutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=dd9deb765548679e821be565229bb2e142d93573

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From: Mario Blättermann <mario.blaettermann <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Improve markup in man pages
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 13:55:41 +0100

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Hello,

the SEE ALSO sections in the man pages contain links which will be
pulled in from *.x files by help2man. While help2man evaluates the
Groff markup from --help and --version output, it doesn't bother with
the markup in the *.x files. See the attached patch. The bold
formatting of the links is especially useful in HTML output (but also
in terminal output); the links become clickable and point to the
respective man page in online collections [1]. You can test the
behavior in the German version, where the links are already properly
formatted [2].

[1] https://man.archlinux.org/man/cmp.1
[2] https://man.archlinux.org/man/cmp.1.de

Best Regards,
Mario

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