1 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
2 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
3 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
4 xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
5 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
6 version="5.0" xml:id="man.font.links">
8 <refentrytitle>man.font.links</refentrytitle>
9 <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">string</refmiscinfo>
12 <refname>man.font.links</refname>
13 <refpurpose>Specifies font for links</refpurpose>
17 <src:fragment xml:id="man.font.links.frag">
18 <xsl:param name="man.font.links">B</xsl:param>
22 <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
24 <para>The <parameter>man.font.links</parameter> parameter
25 specifies the font for output of links (<tag>ulink</tag> instances
26 and any instances of any element with an <tag
27 class="attribute">xlink:href</tag> attribute).</para>
29 <para>The value of <parameter>man.font.links</parameter> must be
30 either <literal>B</literal> or <literal>I</literal>, or empty. If
31 the value is empty, no font formatting is applied to links.</para>
33 <para>If you set <parameter>man.endnotes.are.numbered</parameter> and/or
34 <parameter>man.endnotes.list.enabled</parameter> to zero (disabled), then
35 you should probably also set an empty value for
36 <parameter>man.font.links</parameter>. But if
37 <parameter>man.endnotes.are.numbered</parameter> is non-zero (enabled),
38 you should probably keep
39 <parameter>man.font.links</parameter> set to
40 <literal>B</literal> or <literal>I</literal><footnote><para>The
41 main purpose of applying a font format to links in most output
42 formats it to indicate that the formatted text is
43 “clickable”; given that links rendered in man pages are
44 not “real” hyperlinks that users can click on, it might
45 seem like there is never a good reason to have font formatting for
46 link contents in man output.</para>
47 <para>In fact, if you suppress the
48 display of inline link references (by setting
49 <parameter>man.endnotes.are.numbered</parameter> to zero), there is no
50 good reason to apply font formatting to links. However, if
51 <parameter>man.endnotes.are.numbered</parameter> is non-zero, having
52 font formatting for links (arguably) serves a purpose: It provides
53 “context” information about exactly what part of the text
54 is being “annotated” by the link. Depending on how you
55 mark up your content, that context information may or may not
56 have value.</para></footnote>.</para>
59 <refsection><info><title>Related Parameters</title></info>
60 <para><parameter>man.endnotes.list.enabled</parameter>,
61 <parameter>man.endnotes.are.numbered</parameter></para>