Hi Helge,

On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 05:35:08PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Am Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 03:40:14PM +0100 schrieb Marc Haber:
> > > #: ../adduser.8:533
> > > Issue: B<deluser> → B<deluser>(8)
> > > 
> > > "The object that B<adduser> or B<deluser> was asked to operate on does 
> > > not "
> > > "exist."
> > 
> > I don't agree here, deluser(8) would mean the manpage, not the actual
> > tool, wouldnt it?
> 
> Well, it refers to the documentation of the tool.

The text means the tool. I don't think that a link to the docs is
helpful at that place.

> But I'm not arguing either way, there are different opinions on when
> and how often this reference should happen, e.g. I discussed this with
> Branden (from groff), who has a different point of view.

I found in man(7) that there is even a dedicated macro for manpage
cross-references, .MR. How much of your work would I destroy by going
through the manpages and replacing every occurence of \fBsomething(8)\fR
os to by 
.MR 8 something

> > > #: ../deluser.8:271
> > > Issue: B<adduser> → B<adduser>(8)
> > > Issue: adduser(8) → B<adduser>(8)
> > 
> > (8) see above. .B applied (using \fR and \fB is there a difference to
> > useing .B?
> 
> Beats me, to be honest.

Then I preferred to use the same construct that is in use in that part
of the manpage

Greetings
Marc

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