Re: House style for DocBook documentation?

On 1/21/19 10:01 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2019-Jan-21, Chapman Flack wrote:
>
>> But the point's well taken that in /printed output/, that's of no use.
>> Which is, in a sense, an inconsistency: in one format, you can follow the
>> links, while in another, you're out of luck.
>>
>> Maybe a simpler transform for printed output, rather than collecting
>> all URLs into one section at the back, would just be to follow any
>>  that has link text with a  containing the same ulink
>> without the link text, so it shows the URL, and that would be right at
>> the bottom of the same 'page'.
> Of course, the text would also be clickable, right?  I think putting the
> URL in a footnote is good in that case; it works both on screen and on
> paper, which should alleviate JD's concerns.

Yeah I could see that. I thought about that but was wondering if it was 
possible to auto cite?

JD


>
>> I wouldn't think it important to apply the same treatment when making HTML.
> Right, only PDF.
>

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