[docutils:feature-requests] #98 Warn on title underline too long

Thank you for the suggestion. It would need a lot of thinking about detail to get it right:

What should be done with headers like

     ***************
          this
     ***************
(no warning, warning if left an right overhang differs, ...)?

How about styles where a title underline should always be 75 characters wide?

Is it really worth defining a new setting for "don't warn about too long underlines".
Would this open the way to a setting for disabling every single warning type?

Should we opt for a generic setting "--disable-warning-of-type" and define names for the warning types/classes that can be used in this setting? ...

I would class a too long underline rather as a stylistic issue, that similar to line-length,
TAB use etc. should be enforced by external means, not the Docutils core.




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**[feature-requests:#98] Warn on title underline too long**

**Status:** open
**Group:** Default
**Created:** Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:14 AM UTC by xypron
**Last Updated:** Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:14 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


If title underlines are too short, docutils creates a warning:

docutils/parsers/rst/states.py:2750:
        msg = self.reporter.warning('Title underline too short.', 

Many documentation projects want the underline to match the title. It would be great if we could have a warning for titles that are too long too.  Maybe some switch would be needed to disable the warning.



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