[bug #68412] [bjarnigroff] [PATCH] doc/Groff-PDF-Features.ms: avoid (creating) trailing whitespace

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 08:45:23 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.printing.groff.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #68412 (group groff):

At 2026-07-08T08:33:37-0400, Dave wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #6, bug #68412 (group groff):
>
> [comment #5 comment #5:]
>>> Branden may be perfectly happy for every grotty output line
>>> to be filled out with trailing spaces, but I'm not convinced
>>> that's a majority opinion.
>>
>> I don't know where you got this impression.
>
> I got it from a sentence you wrote in comment #1 in this ticket:
> "Moreover, we do not regard the presence of trailing spaces on line of
> _grotty_ output as a defect."  I'm glad to be wrong, though.

Well, yeah.  </TheDude>

Not every _ticket_ filed in Savannah reports a _defect_.  ;-)

That's _why_ we have the "Wish" severity and the "Rendering/Cosmetics"
Item Group.



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