Re: [Groff] inconsistent synopsis for .MAILTO

[Bernd Warken]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 10:18:44AM +0000, Gaius Mulley wrote:
> 
> well it maybe that Rick has hit upon a solution to the inconsistent
> synopsis for .MAILTO. We could use his rather neat .HTTP command and
> deprecate URL, FTP, MAILTO ? (And fold them onto .HTTP requests for
> the interim).
> 
> >     .HTTP www.dot.com/joecool/home.html
> >     Home Page for
> >     Silly Groff Tricks
> >     .HTTP
> 
> if needs be, for devices other than -Thtml, we could extract the
> protocol from the address component using the `substr' command and
> then highlight mail addresses differently from ftp locations etc, etc.
> 
> What do others think?
 
If we want a single name for all kinds of protocols something like .URL
or .URI (incl. local links, e.g. within a document) would be better.  
.HTTP suggest the http: protocol only; that's too restrictive.

Bernd Warken