Allow custom target in manpage role

doc/usage/restructuredtext/roles.rst

@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ different style:
    ``:manpage:`ls(1)``` displays :manpage:`ls(1)`. Creates a hyperlink to an
    external site rendering the manpage if :confval:`manpages_url` is defined.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 7.3
+      Allowed to specify a custom target inside ``<>`` like hyperlinks.
+
 .. rst:role:: menuselection
 
    Menu selections should be marked using the ``menuselection`` role.  This is

sphinx/roles.py

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     'kbd': nodes.literal,
     'mailheader': addnodes.literal_emphasis,
     'makevar': addnodes.literal_strong,
-    'manpage': addnodes.manpage,
     'mimetype': addnodes.literal_emphasis,
     'newsgroup': addnodes.literal_emphasis,
     'program': addnodes.literal_strong,  # XXX should be an x-ref
@@ -342,6 +341,29 @@ def run(self) -> tuple[list[Node], list[system_message]]:
         return [nodes.abbreviation(self.rawtext, text, **options)], []
 
 
+class Manpage(ReferenceRole):
+    _manpage_re = re.compile(r'^(?P<path>(?P<page>.+)[(.](?P<section>[1-9]\w*)?\)?)$')
+
+    def run(self) -> tuple[list[Node], list[system_message]]:
+        manpage = ws_re.sub(' ', self.target)
+        if m := self._manpage_re.match(manpage):
+            info = m.groupdict()
+        else:
+            info = {'path': manpage, 'page': manpage, 'section': ''}
+
+        inner: nodes.Node
+        text = self.title[1:] if self.disabled else self.title
+        if not self.disabled and self.config.manpages_url:
+            uri = self.config.manpages_url.format(**info)
+            inner = nodes.reference('',  text, classes=[self.name], refuri=uri)
+        else:
+            inner = nodes.Text(text)
+        node = addnodes.manpage(self.rawtext, '', inner,
+                                classes=[self.name], **info)
+
+        return [node], []
+
+
 # Sphinx provides the `code-block` directive for highlighting code blocks.
 # Docutils provides the `code` role which in theory can be used similarly by
 # defining a custom role for a given programming language:
@@ -408,6 +430,7 @@ def code_role(name: str, rawtext: str, text: str, lineno: int,
     'file': EmphasizedLiteral(),
     'samp': EmphasizedLiteral(),
     'abbr': Abbreviation(),
+    'manpage': Manpage(),
 }
 
 

sphinx/transforms/__init__.py

@@ -397,24 +397,6 @@ def apply(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         self.app.emit('doctree-read', self.document)
 
 
-class ManpageLink(SphinxTransform):
-    """Find manpage section numbers and names"""
-
-    default_priority = 999
-
-    def apply(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
-        for node in self.document.findall(addnodes.manpage):
-            manpage = ' '.join(str(x) for x in node.children if isinstance(x, nodes.Text))
-            pattern = r'^(?P<path>(?P<page>.+)[\(\.](?P<section>[1-9]\w*)?\)?)$'
-            info = {'path': manpage,
-                    'page': manpage,
-                    'section': ''}
-            r = re.match(pattern, manpage)
-            if r:
-                info = r.groupdict()
-            node.attributes.update(info)
-
-
 class GlossarySorter(SphinxTransform):
     """Sort glossaries that have the ``sorted`` flag."""
 
@@ -520,7 +502,6 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> dict[str, Any]:
     app.add_transform(UnreferencedFootnotesDetector)
     app.add_transform(SphinxSmartQuotes)
     app.add_transform(DoctreeReadEvent)
-    app.add_transform(ManpageLink)
     app.add_transform(GlossarySorter)
     app.add_transform(ReorderConsecutiveTargetAndIndexNodes)
 

sphinx/writers/html5.py

@@ -846,13 +846,8 @@ def depart_abbreviation(self, node: Element) -> None:
 
     def visit_manpage(self, node: Element) -> None:
         self.visit_literal_emphasis(node)
-        if self.manpages_url:
-            node['refuri'] = self.manpages_url.format(**node.attributes)
-            self.visit_reference(node)
 
     def depart_manpage(self, node: Element) -> None:
-        if self.manpages_url:
-            self.depart_reference(node)
         self.depart_literal_emphasis(node)
 
     # overwritten to add even/odd classes

tests/roots/test-manpage_url/index.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
  * :manpage:`man(1)`
  * :manpage:`ls.1`
  * :manpage:`sphinx`
+ * :manpage:`mailx(1) <bsd-mailx/mailx.1>`
+ * :manpage:`!man(1)`

tests/test_build_html.py

@@ -1492,18 +1492,25 @@ def test_html_sidebar(app, status, warning):
     assert ctx['sidebars'] == []
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(("fname", "expect"), flat_dict({
-    'index.html': [(".//em/a[@href='https://example.com/man.1']", "", True),
-                   (".//em/a[@href='https://example.com/ls.1']", "", True),
-                   (".//em/a[@href='https://example.com/sphinx.']", "", True)],
+@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='manpage_url',
+                    confoverrides={'manpages_url': 'https://example.com/{page}.{section}'})
+def test_html_manpage(app, cached_etree_parse):
+    app.build(force_all=True)
 
-}))
-@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='manpage_url', confoverrides={
-    'manpages_url': 'https://example.com/{page}.{section}'})
-@pytest.mark.test_params(shared_result='test_build_html_manpage_url')
-def test_html_manpage(app, cached_etree_parse, fname, expect):
-    app.build()
-    check_xpath(cached_etree_parse(app.outdir / fname), fname, *expect)
+    content = (app.outdir / 'index.html').read_text(encoding='utf8')
+    assert ('<em class="manpage">'
+            '<a class="manpage reference external" href="https://example.com/man.1">man(1)</a>'
+            '</em>') in content
+    assert ('<em class="manpage">'
+            '<a class="manpage reference external" href="https://example.com/ls.1">ls.1</a>'
+            '</em>') in content
+    assert ('<em class="manpage">'
+            '<a class="manpage reference external" href="https://example.com/sphinx.">sphinx</a>'
+            '</em>') in content
+    assert ('<em class="manpage">'
+            '<a class="manpage reference external" href="https://example.com/bsd-mailx/mailx.1">mailx(1)</a>'
+            '</em>') in content
+    assert '<em class="manpage">man(1)</em>' in content
 
 
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='toctree-glob',