Re: lynx.1: Some remarks and a patch with editorial changes for this man page

Thomas Dickey <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:58:19 -0400
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 10:47:50PM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason via Lynx-dev=
 wrote:
> Package: lynx
> Version: 2.9.3-2
> Severity: minor
=2E..
>    * What led up to the situation?
>=20
>      Checking for defects with a new version
>=20
> test-[g|n]roff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=3D0 -rCHECKSTYLE=3D0 -ww -z <=
 "man page"
>=20
>   [Use=20
>=20
> grep -n -e ' $' -e '\\~$' -e ' \\f.$' -e ' \\"' <file>

I use my own script for checking manpages, and see that there is exactly
one occurence of a trailing blank.
=20
> -mandoc -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=3D0 -rCHECKSTYLE=3D0 -ww -z
>=20
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?

my script filters out some of the mandoc warnings...

(mostly what I get from this is seeing a few special cases to add to
my script, since it seems that neither groff or mandoc give diagnostics
to report these issues)

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