Re: man page output

[Sam Steingold <sds@podval.org>]

> * Daniel Leidert <qnavry.yrvqreg.fcnz@tzk.arg> [2006-08-20 05:21:03 +0200]:
>
> Am Samstag, den 19.08.2006, 22:56 -0400 schrieb Sam Steingold:
>> <refentryinfo>
>> <author><firstname>Bruno</firstname><surname>Haible</surname><address><otheraddr><ulink url="http://www.haible.de/bruno/"/></otheraddr></address></author>
>> <author><firstname>Sam</firstname><surname>Steingold</surname><address><otheraddr><ulink url="http://www.podval.org/~sds/"/></otheraddr></address></author>
>> <copyright><year>1992-2006</year><holder>Bruno Haible</holder></copyright>
>> <copyright><year>1998-2006</year><holder>Sam Steingold</holder></copyright>
>> </refentryinfo>
>> 
>> produces this in MAN page output:
>> 
>> AUTHORS
>>        Bruno Haible
>> 
>>           Author.
>> 
>>        Sam Steingold
>> 
>>           Author.
>
> With the empty line between the name and the contrib-sentence?

I do not understand this phrase. sorry.

>> 1. what do I do to replace "Author." in "AUTHORS" with the url?
>
> The "Author." string can be replaced by using the contrib-element:
>
> <author>
>   <firstname>John</firstname>
>   <surname>Doe</surname>
>   <contrib><ulink url="http://domain.tld"/></contrib>
> </author>
>
> I think, this is not the intended usage of <contrib>, but if you
> really need the link there ...

well, I think "Author." is a rather dumb default.
I would have expected there _all_ the information about the author that
is available rather than a default.

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