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From: "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: man pages (was Re: [OT] Punch card times)
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On 2026-11-01 23:32, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Nov 2026 13:07:09 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-10-31 22:57, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> Tip: if you prefer another form, like PDF, it’s quite easy to
>>> generate that from any man page.
>>
>> PDF is fine, but not if the source is a man page, because there are
>> no cross references that you can click or tap ...
> 
> Actually, you *can* include URLs in the source markup, and the PDF
> version will make them clickable.

Yes, that happens when the source is used to create several output 
formats. Tpically both man and info, but there can be more.

But not when the pdf is generated using the man as source.

> 
>> ... ditto table of contents and index.
> 
> Yeah, they‘re not (normally) supposed to be long enough to need that
> ...


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Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
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