[bug #68578] [doc] could detect (and resolve) more GNU troff warnings in "automake.mom" document

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:11:30 -0400 (EDT)
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Update of bug #68578 (group groff):=0A=0A                Category:         =
           None =3D> General=0A                Severity:              3 - N=
ormal =3D> 1 - Wish=0A                  Status:                    None =3D=
> Confirmed=0A             Assigned to:                    None =3D> gbrand=
en=0A                 Summary: [doc] automake.mom: new warnings about '[...=
].=0A[...]' =3D> [doc] could detect (and resolve) more GNU troff warnings i=
n=0A"automake.mom" document=0A=0A    ______________________________________=
_________________=0A=0AFollow-up Comment #1:=0A=0AThis ticket does not repo=
rt a defect in GNU _groff_ as presently configured.=0APerhaps Bjarni observ=
ed it in his fork, which I term "bjarnigroff".=0A=0A> Using options '-ww -W=
mac -Wreg' instead of '-wall' showed:=0A=0AI'm reinterpreting this report a=
s a desire to see a change like the foregoing=0Ain the _doc/doc.am_ file's =
target rule for "automake.pdf".=0A=0AIf warnings in category "style" are en=
abled, then I do expect messages like=0Athe following.=0A=0A=0A  GROFF    d=
oc/automake.pdf=0Atroff: backtrace: file '/home/bg/git/groff/build/../doc/a=
utomake.mom':61=0Atroff:/home/bg/git/groff/build/../doc/automake.mom:61: wa=
rning: end of=0Asentence detected before end of text line [-w style]=0Atrof=
f: backtrace: file '/home/bg/git/groff/build/../doc/automake.mom':93=0A=0A[=
more warnings]=0A=0Atroff: backtrace: file '/home/bg/git/groff/build/../doc=
/automake.mom':769=0Atroff:/home/bg/git/groff/build/../doc/automake.mom:769=
: warning: end of=0Asentence detected before end of text line [-w style]=0A=
=0A=0ASeems a harmless enough suggestion, and I like the idea of more of ou=
r=0Adocuments modeling idiomatic _roff_ composition well.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A   =
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