TODO

   1 ************************************************************************
   2 * missing features
   3 ************************************************************************
   4
   5 - explicit blocks with missing end macro should be implicitely closed
   6   at the end of the enclosing block, e.g. .Bl It (El) Sh
   7   reminded by stsp@  in net/pptp pptp.8  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:32:39 +0200
   8
   9 - .Bl -column .Xo support is missing
  10   ultimate goal:
  11   restore .Xr and .Dv to
  12   lib/libc/compat-43/sigvec.3
  13   lib/libc/gen/signal.3
  14   lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2
  15
  16 - .Bk / .Ek is broken, e.g.
  17   $ man ssh
  18   [...]
  19   ssh [-1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec] [-D
  20   [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile] [-I pkcs11]
  21   reminded by Ludo Smissaert  Mon, 10 May 2010 12:15:11 +0200
  22   also reported by jmc@ earlier
  23
  24 - implement \\
  25   in plain text, identical to \e
  26   as a macro argument, identical to \ i.e. escaping the next character
  27   We do not have macro definitions yet; if we implement them,
  28   \\ must behave in a macro def like in a macro argument,
  29   and when using the macro, it must expand yet again.
  30
  31 - look at bsd.lv tbl(1)
  32   from kristaps@  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:10:53 +0200
  33
  34 - look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1)
  35   These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level
  36   roff stuff.  Figure out to what extent we can cope.
  37   noted by stsp@  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200
  38   reminded by nicm@  Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100
  39
  40
  41 - FIXED OpenBSD term.h 1.16 term.c 1.30 mdoc_term.c 1.75 schwarze 23.4.10
  42   handle tab characters outside literal context, e.g. usb(4)
  43   reported by jmc@  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:42:12 +0100
  44   NEEDS MERGING TO bsd.lv
  45
  46 - FIXED OpenBSD man.h 1.15 libman.h 1.16 man_hash.c 1.9
  47   man.c 1.25 man_macro.c 1.15 man_validate.c 1.19 man_action.c 1.15
  48   man_term.c 1.28 man_html.c 1.9 schwarze 25.4.
  49   implement .if .ie .el
  50   noticed by espie@  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:10:35 +0200
  51   NEEDS MERGING TO bsd.lv
  52
  53
  54 ************************************************************************
  55 * formatting issues: ugly output
  56 ************************************************************************
  57
  58 - outside list context, text following .Sm off
  59   seems to follow without a blank (TERM_NOBLANK reset late?) e.g.
  60         .Sm off
  61         .Xo
  62         .Op Ar bind_address No /
  63         .Ar port
  64         .Xc
  65         .Sm on
  66         or by enclosing
  67   reported by jmc Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:48:14 +0100
  68
  69 - do not break the line after "--", it's probably a long option
  70   reminded by stsp in net/pptp pptp.8  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:32:39 +0200
  71
  72 - URGENT, this is making many kernel manuals look bad:
  73   .Ft/.Fn should MAYBE behave in custom section like in SYNOPSIS?
  74   autoconf.9:
  75     .Sh DIRECT CONFIGURATION
  76     .nr nS 1
  77     .Ft "struct device *"
  78     .Fn config_found_sm "struct device *parent"
  79   groff:
  80     DIRECT CONFIGURATION
  81       struct device *
  82       config_found_sm(struct device *parent, ...
  83   reported by sthen  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:42:51 +0100
  84
  85 - indentation got lost in SYNOPSIS, e.g.
  86    SYNOPSIS
  87         date [-ajnu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t minutes_west] [+format]
  88   -          [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.SS]]
  89   +     [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.SS]]
  90   reminded by Ludo Smissaert  Mon, 10 May 2010 12:15:11 +0200
  91
  92 - empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks
  93   try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta
  94   reported by millert Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:13:46 -0400
  95
  96 - nroff inserts a space before :, mandoc doesn't:
  97     .Dl expr "/$a" Li : '.*/\e(.*\e)'
  98
  99 ************************************************************************
 100 * formatting issues: gratuitious differences
 101 ************************************************************************
 102
 103 - lines containing blank characters, and nothing else,
 104   in literal context (.Bd -literal):
 105   groff outputs just blank lines "\n"
 106   mandoc outputs blanks to the left margin,
 107   then the number of balnks minus one
 108
 109
 110 ************************************************************************
 111 * parser errors without any effect on formatting
 112 ************************************************************************
 113
 114 - OpenBSD::PackageName(3p) has "if (block) 90:1" in the parse tree
 115