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[mandoc.git] / TODO

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--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
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 * Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.103 2011/04/17 13:32:27 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.119 2011/07/09 10:26:57 kristaps Exp $
 ************************************************************************
 
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 * parser bugs
 ************************************************************************
 
+- ".\}" on its own line gets translated to bare ".\&"
+  which forces pset() into man(7)
+  and then triggers an unknown macro error
+  reported by naddy@  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 21:52:24 +0200
+
 - .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7)
   reported by brad@  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500
 
-- the roff parser doesn't tolerate additional characters between
-  a macro and the \} terminating a conditional block, e.g.
-  .if n \{
-  .br \}
-  reported by ulrich spoerlein  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:39:50 +0200
-
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 * formatter bugs
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@@ -31,6 +30,10 @@
 
 --- missing roff features ----------------------------------------------
 
+- .if n \{
+  .br\}
+  should cause an extra space to be raised.
+
 - .ad (adjust margins)
   .ad l -- adjust left margin only (flush left)
   .ad r -- adjust right margin only (flush right)
@@ -56,11 +59,6 @@
 
 - \c (interrupted text) occurs in chat(8)
 
-- \f(CW (constant width font) occurs in rsyncd.conf(5).
-  I think we should treat unknown/unavailable fonts as \fR
-  such that switching back with \fP works correctly -
-  and doesn't revert the _previous_ \fP.
-
 --- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
 
 - fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks
@@ -121,20 +119,31 @@
   (e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1)
   (mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified)
 
---- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
+- When there is free text in the SYNOPSIS and that free text contains
+  the .Nm macro, groff somehow understands to treat the .Nm as an in-line
+  macro, while mandoc treats it as a block macro and breaks the line.
+  No idea how the logic for distinguishing in-line and block instances
+  should be, needs investigation.
+  uqs@  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:03:51 +0200
+  uqs@  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200
 
-- .RS/.RE can be nested, see e.g. the x11/fluxbox manuals
-  noticed by dcoppa@  Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 04:58:14PM +0200:
+--- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
 
 - groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5)
   reported by brad@  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500
 
+- -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode
+
 --- missing tbl features -----------------------------------------------
 
 - implement basic non-parametric .de to support e.g. sox(1)
   reported by naddy@ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:51:57 +0200
   *** sox(1) still doesn't work, tbl(1) errors need investigation
 
+- allow standalone `.' to be interpreted as an end-of-layout
+  delimiter instead of being thrown away as a no-op roff line
+  reported by Yuri Pankov, Wed 18 May 2011 11:34:59 CEST
+
 --- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
 
 - clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes:
@@ -201,7 +210,7 @@
   reminded by jmc@  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
 
 ************************************************************************
-* formatting issues: gratuitious differences
+* formatting issues: gratuitous differences
 ************************************************************************
 
 - .Rv (and probably .Ex) print different text if an `Nm' has been named
@@ -279,13 +288,6 @@
   should not produce two blank lines before the .SH,
   see for example named-checkconf(8).
 
-- In man(7), the sequence
-    regular text
-    .RS
-    .IP
-  should have a blank line between the text and the beginning of the
-  indented paragraph, see for example sudo(1).
-
 - In man(7), the sequence
     .SH HEADER
     <blank line>
@@ -295,20 +297,6 @@
   see for example rsync(1).
   Reported by naddy@  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200
 
-- In man(7), the sequence
-    regular text
-    .PP
-    .RS
-    indented text
-  should produce one blank line between the regular and indented texts,
-  see for example rsync(1), and
-    .RE
-    <blank line>
-    .PP
-    .RS
-  should produce two,not one blank lines.
-  Reported by naddy@  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200
-
 - In man(7), the sequence
     regular text
     .IP
@@ -329,8 +317,6 @@
   should produce one, not three blank lines.
   Reported by naddy@  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200
 
-- At least sometimes, .sp is ignored right after .SH; see named.conf(5).
-
 - trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape,
   see for example 
     makes
@@ -354,6 +340,9 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster.  These are
 
 - the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets
 
+- instead of re-initialising the roff predefined-strings set before each
+  parse, create a read-only version the first time and copy it 
+
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 * structural issues
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