[bug #64501] grohtml(1): confusing sentence in "Bugs" section

[Dave]

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #64501 (project groff):

[comment #5 comment #5:]
> [comment #4 comment #4:]
> > the user might want lines in the HTML source broken in
> > reasonable places for easier handling in a text editor.
> 
> But that's not the source form of the document, so why
> would they bother?

Who can understand the inscrutable actions of users?

But point taken; a more realistic reason might be for easier viewing in
"less".  Sometimes it's a little easier to work with lines of manageable
length, and if the HTML renderer doesn't care, why not let groff generate the
easier-for-humans thing?

> >  To an HTML renderer, a space and a newline are equivalent,
> 
> Except when <pre> is used.

Also a good point.

> > I see no downside to this for the vertical dimension.
> 
> I see none for the horizontal dimension either,

It's admittedly a nicety, but one that can certainly be punted down the line
until the software stops referring to itself as beta code.  There are much
bigger grohtml fish to fry.  (And some of its most glaring limitations seem to
not even have Savannah tickets.)

But all this seems far afield of the original bug report and perhaps ought to
have its own ticket.


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