Hi Helge,

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 04:17:32PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello Alejandro,
> Am Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 10:04:04PM +0200 schrieb Alejandro Colomar:
> > On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 02:48:46PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > > Without further ado, the following was found:
> > > 
> > > Issue:    The URL is invalid
> > > 
> > > "For maximum interoperability, programs and users should also limit the "
> > > "characters that they use for their own pathnames to characters in the 
> > > POSIX "
> > > "E<.UR 
> > > https://pubs.opengroup.org/\\:onlinepubs/\\:9799919799/\\:basedefs/";
> > > "\\:V1_chap03.html#tag_03_265> Portable Filename Character Set E<.UE .>"
> > 
> > Hi Helge,
> > 
> > That URI has '\\:' in it, which is correct in roff(7) (and in man(7))
> > source code.  That is removed by troff(1) when formatting the page.
> > If you read the formatted page that's not there.
> 
> Yes, then no URL is there :))

Hmmm, that depends on your terminal.  If there's no URL or hyperlink,
this might be an issue in either the terminal or groff(1).

> > The effect of '\\:' is telling troff(1) that those are good points to
> > break the line if needed.
> 
> Thanks for the explanation. Checking the URL after removing the \\: is
> a valid URL.
> 
> I'll keep that in mind in the furture when checking URLs.
> 
> Greetings


Cheers,
Alex

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