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* Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.197 2015/01/24 01:45:21 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.213 2015/08/29 15:10:28 schwarze Exp $
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Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
- .fc (field control)
found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1)
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-
+
- .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+)
found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700
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- .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1)
+ when implementing this, also let .TH set it
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500
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-- .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1)
- reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500
+- .ta (tab settings)
+ #1 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100
+ ircbug(1) gnats(1) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500
also Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100
also posix2time(3) Carsten Kunze Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:03:10 +0100
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found by bentley@ in nmh(1) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:28 -0600
loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp ** (parser reorg helps a lot)
-- .while and .shift
+- .while and .shift
found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200
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- \h horizontal move
- found in cclive(1) and nasm(1) asciidoc/DocBook output
+ #2 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100
+ found in cclive(1) nasm(1) bogofilter(1) asciidoc/DocBook output
bentley@ on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600
naddy@ Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:26:41 +0100
- loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp ** (parser reorg helps a lot)
+ loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *** (parser reorg helps a lot)
- \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement
found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700
loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+- \n(.$ macro argument count number register; ocserv(8) by autogen
+ found by sthen@ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:03:01 +0000
+ loc * exist ** algo * size * imp **
+
- \w'' improve width measurements
would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below
needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100
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+- \\ in high-level macro arguments
+ Currently, \\ is expanded in two situations:
+ 1) macro and string definition (roff.c setstrn())
+ 2) macro argument parsing (mandoc.c mandoc_getarg())
+ For user defined macros, the second happens in time because of ROFF_REPARSE.
+ But for standard high-level macros, it only happens after entering the
+ high level parsers, which is too late because the code doesn't get
+ back to roff.c roff_res() from that point. Because this requires
+ distinguishing requests, user-defined macros and standard macros
+ on the roff_res() level, it is hard to solve without the parser reorg.
+ Found by naddy@ in devel/cutils cobfusc(1) Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:10:52 +0100
+ loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
+
- using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty
wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000
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--- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
-- fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks
- see the OpenBSD mdoc_macro.c 1.47 commit message
- loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp **
-
- .Bl -column .Xo support is missing
ultimate goal:
restore .Xr and .Dv to
--- missing tbl features -----------------------------------------------
+- horizontal lines in the layout still consume data cells
+ and can be mixed with actual data on the same table line
+ synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400
+ loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ***
+
+- the "w" layout option is ignored
+ synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+
+- the "s" layout column specifier is used for placement of data
+ into columns, but ignored during column width calculations
+ synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400
+ loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp **
+
+- support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code;
+ probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7)
+ use roff_node such that macro sets can mix;
+ informed by bapt@ that FreeBSD needs this.
+ loc *** exist ** algo *** size ** imp ***
+
- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port,
they use some unsupported tbl(7) features.
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suggested by bentley@ Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:10:55 -0600
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-- 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
- loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
-
--- 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 **
+
- The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter.
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Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46
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-- When makewhatis(8) encounters a FATAL parse error,
- it silently treats the file as formatted, which makes no sense
- at all for paths like man1/foo.1 - and which also contradicts
- what the manual says at the end of the description.
- The end result will be ENOENT for file names returned
- by mansearch() in manpage.file.
- loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+- change the default PAGER to more -Es and use the pager
+ even for apropos title line output; req by bapt@
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
- makewhatis(8) for preformatted pages:
parse the section number from the header line
- kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET)
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---- compatibility checks -----------------------------------------------
+- Vsevolod Stakhov (FreeBSD) needs either a markdown output formatter
+ for mandoc -mdoc or a markdown to mdoc converter because they
+ have to maintain manuals needed both in markdown and mdoc format.
+ Look at the libsoldout (markdown -> whatever)
+ loc * exist * algo * size ** imp **
-- write a configure check for [[:<:]] support and provide some
- fallback for whatis(1) when it doesn't work;
- Svyatoslav Mishyn Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:07:10 +0200
+--- compatibility checks -----------------------------------------------
- is .Bk implemented correctly in modern groff?
sobrado@ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:12:55 +0200
http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html
"Anthony J. Bentley" <anthonyjbentley@gmail.com> 28 Dec 2010 21:58:40 -0700
+- check compatibility with COHERENT troff:
+ http://www.nesssoftware.com/home/mwc/source.php
+
- check compatibility with the man(7) formatter
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rofl0r/hardcore-utils/master/man.c
- consider whether <var> can be used for Ar Dv Er Ev Fa Va.
from bentley@ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:17:55 -0600
+- generate <img> tags in HTML
+ idea from florian@ Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:26:28 +0000
+ may be possible to implement with .Lk img://something.png alt_text
+
- check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml
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found while talking to Chris Bennett
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+- Sequences of multiple man(7) paragraphs (.PP, .IP) interspersed
+ with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy
+ and graphics/dcmtk. The parser reorg may help with this.
+
- trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape,
- see for example
+ see for example
makes
\fBdig \fR
operate in batch mode
in dig(1).
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+************************************************************************
+* portability
+************************************************************************
+
+- word boundaries in regular expressions for whatis(1)
+ set up config tests to use [[:<:]], \<, or nothing
+ Svyatoslav Mishyn Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:07:10 +0200
+ reminded by Peter Bray Fri, 03 Apr 2015 23:02:16 +1100
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
+
+- systems having UTF-8 but not en_US.UTF-8
+ call locale(1) from ./configure, select a UTF-8-locale,
+ and use that for test-wchar.c and term_ascii.c
+ to Markus Waldeck Sat, 18 Jul 2015 01:55:37 +0200
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
+
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* warning issues
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+- Report errors in -O suboption parsing.
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+
+- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros
+ Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+
- check that MANDOCERR_BADTAB is thrown in the right cases,
i.e. when finding a literal tab character in fill mode,
and possibly change the wording of the warning message
How does SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE actually work? Document it!
from kristaps@ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:51:36 +0200
-Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are
+Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are
- improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance)
- 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
+ parse, create a read-only version the first time and copy it
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- Find better ways to prevent endless loops
in roff(7) macro and string expansion.
-
+
- Finish cleanup of date handling.
Decide which formats should be recognized where.
Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation.
git.ckatri.com / mandoc.git / blobdiff