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* Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.239 2017/07/14 12:48:37 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.271 2018/10/02 12:18:33 schwarze Exp $
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Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1)
loc ** exist *** algo * size * imp *
-- .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+)
- found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700
- loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
-
- .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
loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
-- .while and .shift
- found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200
- loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
-
-- \h horizontal move
- #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)
-
-- \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
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
- loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
+- check for missing roff escape sequences, implement those that are
+ trivial even if not usually appearing in manual pages, gracefully
+ ignore the non-trivial ones, document what they are supposed to do
+ and what mandoc does instead
+ loc * exist ** algo * size * imp *
--- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
is not safe, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Pf a b .' gives "ab."
but should give "ab ."
-- check whether it is correct that `D1' uses INDENT+1;
- does it need its own constant?
- loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
-
- prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children
(e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1)
(mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified)
uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp **
---- 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 ***
-
-- break long text into lines inside cells
- net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016
+--- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
-- layout l1 for a column of max text width 3 reduces the following
- inter-column spacing for groff, but not for mandoc
- net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016
+- groff_www(7) .MTO and .URL
+ These macros were used by the GNU grep(1) man page.
+ The groff_www(7) manual page itself uses them, too.
+ We should probably *not* add them to mandoc.
+ Just mentioning this here to keep track of the abuse.
+ Laura Morales <lauretas at mail dot com> 20 Apr 2018 07:33:02 +0200
+ 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 **
+--- missing tbl features -----------------------------------------------
- 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 **
+- vertical centering in cells vertically spanned with ^
+ pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200
+ 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;
suggested by bentley@ Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:10:55 -0600
loc * exist ** algo * size * imp **
+- implement horizontal and vertical alignment in HTML output
+ pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
+
+- implement cell spanning in HTML output
+ pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200
+ loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp **
+
+- implement table borders in HTML output
+ pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200
+ loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp **
+
--- missing eqn features -----------------------------------------------
- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line.
surrounded by blanks, not when it is part of an unquoted word.
Also, check whether there are more such cases (e.g., +?).
reported by bentley@ 20 Jun 2017 02:04:29 -0600
+ loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp *
- Primes, opprime, and '
bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:14:20 -0600
--- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
+- man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally
+
- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode
Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46
loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp *
--- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
+- table of content at the top of HTML (and perhaps ps/pdf) pages
+ only if there are at least two (or three?) non-standard sections
+ only if the new option -O toc is given
+ suggested by Adam Kalisz during EuroBSDCon 2018
+
+- support -O man with two arguments, typically using the first for
+ a local tree (like the release pages on mandoc.bsd.lv) and the
+ second for a remote tree (e.g. man.openbsd.org).
+ Probable syntax: -O man=first;second
+ Suggested by kristaps@ during EuroBSDCon 2018.
+
+- 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
+ 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
http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/mdoc_html.c.diff?r1=1.91&r2=1.92
Steffen Nurpmeso Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100
loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
-- .Lk formatting for long links with line breaks
- Franco Fichtner 8 Oct 2013 00:33:42 +0200
-
- In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after
the number, mandoc breaks the line.
mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200
Probably, this should be fixed somewhere in termp_it_pre(), not sure.
loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
-- .Nx 1.0a
- should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a",
- see OpenBSD ccdconfig(8).
- loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
-
-- In .Bl -tag, if a tag exceeds the right margin and must be continued
- on the next line, it must be indented by -width, not width+1;
- see "rule block|pass" in OpenBSD ifconfig(8).
- loc * exist *** algo ** size * imp **
-
- When the -width string contains macros, the macros must be rendered
before measuring the width, for example
.Bl -tag -width ".Dv message"
* warning issues
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-- provide a way in mandoc(1) to warn about broken .Xr links;
- probably cannot be on by default in -Tlint because it needs
- to access the manpath and mandoc.db(3) after parsing.
- asked for by jmc@ Fri, 4 Dec 2015 22:39:40 +0000
+- 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 **
+
+- style message about macros inside .Bd -literal and .Dl, in particular
+ font changing macros like .Cm, .Ar, .Fa (from the mdoclint TODO)
+
+- style message about mismatches between the section number in the
+ file name (if it is known) and the section number in .Dt
+ (from the mdoclint TODO)
+
+- style message about NULL without .Dv (from the mdoclint TODO)
+
+- style message about error constants without .Er (from the mdoclint TODO)
- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros
Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034
loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+- style message about violations of the convention
+ .An name Aq Mt localpart@domain in AUTHORS (from the mdoclint TODO)
+
- warn about attempts to call non-callable macros
Steffen Nurpmeso Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:55:16 +0100
Note that formatting is inconsistent in groff.
all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different.
loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
+- style message about suspicious uses of - vs. \- vs. \(mi
+ e.g. -1 is likely wrong (from the mdoclint TODO)
+
+- warn about punctuation - e.g. ',' and ';' - at the beginning
+ of a text line, if it is likely intended to follow the preceding
+ output without intervening whitespace, in particular after a
+ macro line (from the mdoclint TODO)
+
- mandoc_special does not really check the escape sequence,
but just the overall format
loc ** exist ** algo *** size ** imp **
-- integrate mdoclint into mandoc ("end-of-line whitespace" thread)
- from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:09 +0100
- from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:53 +0200
- from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:45:37 +0059
- from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02:03 +0200
- (mostly done, check what remains)
+- makewhatis -p complains about language subdirectories:
+ /usr/local/man//ru: Unknown directory part
-- -Tlint parser errors and warnings to stdout
- to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200
- wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200
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* documentation issues
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+- dashes, hyphens, and minus signs in manual pages
+ jmc@ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:19:27 +0000
+
- mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain
is this useful?
* performance issues
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-- Why are we using MAP_SHARED, not MAP_PRIVATE for mmap(2)?
- from kristaps@ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:51:36 +0200
-
-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
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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
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.
- Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100
+- make buffers for parsing functions const
+ christos@ via wiz@ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:10:01 +0100
- struct mparse refactoring
Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200
- Enable HTTP compression by detecting gzip encoding and filtering
output through libz.
- - Sandbox (see OpenSSH).
+ - Privilege separation (see OpenSSH).
- Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since.
- Have Mac OSX systems automatically disable -static compilation of the
CGI: -static isn't supported.
* to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros
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+- .Cd # arch1, arch2 in section 4 pages:
+ find better way to indicate multiple architectures, maybe:
+ allow .Dt vgafb 4 "macppc sparc64"
+ already shown as "Device Drivers Manual (macppc sparc64)"
+ for apropos, make that "vgafb(4) - macppc # sparc64" instead of "- all"
+ groff can be made to show multiple arches, too, but it is
+ tedious to do the string parsing in roff code...
+ jmc@ 23 Apr 2018 07:24:52 +0100 [man for vgafb(4)...]
+ loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp ***
+
- use uname(1) to set doc-default-operating-system at install time
tobimensch Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:25:07 +0100
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