[bug #63768] want configurable URL format for man page hyperlinks

[John Gardner]

Follow-up Comment #18, bug #63768 (project groff):

[comment #17 comment #17:]
> Please review this patch.
Works like a charm. However, the inline comments could use some rewording.
Here's an amended patch:


diff --git a/tmac/an.tmac b/tmac/an.tmac
index 917739199..581374789 100644
--- a/tmac/an.tmac
+++ b/tmac/an.tmac
@@ -1171,14 +1171,13 @@ contains unsupported escape sequence
 .de1 MR
 .  if ((\\n[.$] < 2) : (\\n[.$] > 3)) \
 .    an-style-warn .\\$0 expects 2 or 3 arguments, got \\n[.$]
-.  if (\\n[an*MR-URL-format] = 1) \
-.    ds an*url man:\\$1(\\$2)\" used everywhere but macOS
+.  ds an*url man:\\$1(\\$2)\" used everywhere but macOS
 .  if (\\n[an*MR-URL-format] = 2) \
-.    ds an*url man:\\$1.\\$2\" Bwana (macOS)
+.    ds an*url x-man-page://\\$2/\\$1\" used in macOS since OS/X 10.3
(Panther)
 .  if (\\n[an*MR-URL-format] = 3) \
-.    ds an*url x-man-doc://\\$2/\\$1(\\$2)\" ManOpen (macOS)
+.    ds an*url man:\\$1.\\$2\" Bwana (macOS)
 .  if (\\n[an*MR-URL-format] = 4) \
-.    ds an*url x-man-page://\\$2/\\$1\" Terminal.app, iTerm (macOS)
+.    ds an*url x-man-doc://\\$2/\\$1\" ManOpen (macOS pre-2005)
 .  nh
 .  if \\n[an*do-hyperlink] \{\
 .    if \\n[an*is-output-html] \
diff --git a/tmac/man.local b/tmac/man.local
index 6b30900f6..be658e794 100644
--- a/tmac/man.local
+++ b/tmac/man.local
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 .\" A de facto standard URL format for man pages is recognized
 .\" everywhere except Apple, where different macOS applications expect
 .\" different formats.
-.\"   1: man:groff(1)           -- package default
-.\"   2: man:groff.1            -- Bwana (macOS)
-.\"   3: x-man-doc://1/groff(1) -- ManOpen (macOS)
-.\"   4: x-man-page://1/groff   -- Terminal.app, iTerm (macOS)
+.\"   1: man:groff(1)          -- package default
+.\"   2: x-man-page://1/groff  -- macOS
+.\"   3: man:groff.1           -- Bwana (macOS)
+.\"   4: x-man-doc://1/groff   -- ManOpen (macOS, pre-2005)
 .\" Set this register to configure which the `MR` macro uses.
 .\" .nr an*MR-URL-format 1
 .\"


+1!


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