[bug #64548] [refer] want new fields: %e, %s, %c, %o, %a, %u

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
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                 Summary: [refer] want new fields: %e, %s, %c, %o, %a, %u
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: gbranden
               Submitted: Sat 12 Aug 2023 06:56:03 AM UTC
                Category: Preprocessor refer
                Severity: 1 - Wish
              Item Group: Feature change
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Sat 12 Aug 2023 06:56:03 AM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Peter Schaffter suggested
[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2021-08/msg00019.html a couple of
years ago]:


... I proposed %e as a candidate for the edition field
because it's been around long enough in mom that it makes sense for
other macro packages to follow suit.  Plus it has the advantage of
being a meaningful [mnemonic].

Mom implements five additional fields
for Internet sources as required by MLA:

  %s site name
  %c content (e.g. Web, Email, Blog...).
  %o organization, group, or sponsor or the site
  %a access date
  %u URL

Methinks, in 2021, that the other groff macro packages should catch
up with this newfangled Internet thingy.









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