URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68868>
Summary: [troff] `ne` request should not perform operation if
argument invalid
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Sun 01 Nov 2026 02:27:11 AM UTC
Category: Formatter
Severity: 1 - Wish
Item Group: Feature change
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Sun 01 Nov 2026 02:27:11 AM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
`.ne NONSENSE` should not be interpreted synonymously with `.ne 1`.
But it is.
This change would be a deliberate "deviation" from AT&T _troff_...along an
error-handing code path.
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