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* Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.284 2019/02/28 16:36:13 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.301 2020/02/15 14:59:21 schwarze Exp $
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Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100
loc ** exist *** algo *** size * imp ***
+- .als only works for macros in mandoc, not for user-defined strings.
+ Also, the "val" field in struct roffkv would have to be replaced
+ with a pointer to a reference-counted wrapper, and an alias
+ would have to point to the same wrapper as the original.
+ .als to undefined does nothing; the alias is not created.
+ .rm'ing the original leaves the alias to point to the old value.
+ .de .als .de changes both, but
+ .de .als .rm .de only changes the new value, not the alias.
+ Found in groffer(1) version 1.19
+ Jan Stary 20 Apr 2019 20:16:54 +0200
+ loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp *
+
+- roff string condition comparisons fail when vars contain quotes:
+ .ds s '
+ .if '\*s'' \&...
+ hard to fix because of the basic architecture (string replacement
+ happens before roff(7) syntax parsing)
+ Found in groffer(1) version 1.19
+ Jan Stary 20 Apr 2019 20:16:54 +0200
+ loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
+
--- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
+- .Sh and .Ss should be parsed and partially callable, see groff_mdoc(7)
+ reed at reedmedia dot net Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:13:07 -0600
+ loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *
+
- .Bl -column .Xo support is missing
ultimate goal:
restore .Xr and .Dv to
uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp **
+- In mdoc_validate.c, convert "Fl Fl opt" to "Fl \-opt".
+ Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu> 27 Jan 2020 17:27:13 +0100
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+
--- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
- groff_www(7) .MTO and .URL
--- missing eqn features -----------------------------------------------
- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line.
- Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015.
- Suggested by Avi Weinstock.
- loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+ Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. Suggested by Avi Weinstock.
+ This may not be the ideal solution after all: eqn(7) matrices
+ are lists of columns, so Avi's proposal would show each *column*
+ on its own *line*, which is likely to cause confusion.
+ A better solution, but much harder to implement, would be to
+ actually show the coordinates of column vectors on different
+ terminal output lines, using the clumnated output facilities
+ developed for .Bl -tag, .Bl -column, and also used for tbl(7).
+ loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp **
- The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter.
loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
--- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
+- -T man does not handle eqn(7) and tbl(7)
+ Stephen Gregoratto 16 Feb 2020 01:28:07 +1100
+ loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp **
+
- man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally
- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode
https://github.com/schmonz/ikiwiki/compare/mandoc
Amitai Schlair Mon, 19 May 2014 14:05:53 -0400
+- check compatibility with
+ https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc
+
- check features of the Slackware man.conf(5) format
Carsten Kunze Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:57:24 +0100
- a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace
and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1)
+ This will become easier once escape sequences are represented
+ by syntax tree nodes.
loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp **
- formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc
--- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
-- wrap Sh and Ss content into <div>
- Laura Morales <lauretas at mail dot com> 21 Apr 2018 18:10:48 +0200
- (Evaluate whether this is really useful and has no adverse
- side effects before implementing; if it is possible,
- it does seem cleaner.)
- loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp ***
-
-- format ".IP *" etc. as <ul> rather than <dl>
- https://github.com/Debian/debiman/issues/67
- reminded by Pali Rohar 25 Nov 2018 14:34:26 +0100
- loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp ***
+- get rid of the last handful of style= attributes such that
+ Content-Security-Policy: can be enabled without unsafe-inline
+ suggested by bentley@ Nov 10, 2019 at 06:02:49AM -0700
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
- .Bf at the beginning of a paragraph inserts a bogus 1ex horizontal
space, see for example random(3). Introduced in
https://github.com/Debian/debiman/issues/15
loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp **
+- space characters can end up in href= attributes, for example coming
+ from the first .Xr argument (where they make no sense, but still);
+ does this affect other characters, other source macros...?
+ Jackson Pauls 29 Aug 2017 16:56:27 +0100
+
- The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force
the width of the <body> to the max-width given for <html>.
Not yet sure how to fix that...
* warning issues
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-- When a man(1) command returns no result and there was an -S
- argument, check the -S argument against the list of valid
- architectures and say "Unknown architecture AAA" rather than
- "No entry for NNN in the manual" if there is no match.
- Requires moving the lists of valid architectures out of
- mdoc_validate.c such that they can be used by main.c.
- Discussed with jmc@ 10 Aug 2018 19:20:12 +0100.
- loc ** exist * algo * size * imp **
-
- warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads
gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200
loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
Found by Aaron M. Ucko in the GNU Hurd via Bdale Garbee,
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=829624
-- We use the input line number at several places to distinguish
- same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work
- with user-defined macros, leading to random breakage.
-
- Is it possible to further simplify ENDBODY_SPACE?
- Find better ways to prevent endless loops
* to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros
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+- delete OS release verification from .Dx, .Fx, .Nx, .Ox etc.
+ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629161
+ also Branden Robinson 18 Dec 2019 00:59:52 +1100
+
+- Can the distinction between .Vt and .Va be made stricter,
+ recommending .Vt extern char * Ns Va optarg ; ?
+ What about the block macro properties of .Vt in the SYNOPSIS?
+ zeurkous 25 Dec 2019 08:48:36 +0100
+
- .Cd # arch1, arch2 in section 4 pages:
find better way to indicate multiple architectures, maybe:
allow .Dt vgafb 4 "macppc sparc64"
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