[Docutils-develop] [docutils:feature-requests] #107 use .MR for references to man-pages

[engelbert g. <gr...@us...>]

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 But then the rST input would loo like
 
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**[feature-requests:#107] use .MR for references to man-pages**

**Status:** open
**Group:** Default
**Labels:** manpage writer 
**Created:** Sun May 12, 2024 03:43 PM UTC by engelbert gruber
**Last Updated:** Sun May 12, 2024 03:43 PM UTC
**Owner:** engelbert gruber


the manpage of groff_man_style 

> See also
>        tbl(1), eqn(1), and refer(1) are preprocessors used with man pages.  man(1)  de‐
>        scribes  the man page librarian on your system.

is written using the .MR macro

~~~
  .SH "See also"
  .
  .MR \%tbl 1 ,
  .MR \%eqn 1 ,
  and
  .MR \%refer 1
  are preprocessors used with man pages.
  .
  .MR man 1
  describes the man page librarian on your system.
~~~

But then the rST input would loo like

~~~
See also
--------

tbl(1), eqn(1), and refer(1) are preprocessors used with man pages.  
man(1)  describes  the man page librarian on your system.
~~~

meaning we need to find the already formatted manpage references , which could be anywhere
in the text (except code . in code man(1) would be calling function man)


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