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* Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.236 2017/04/27 17:08:04 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.240 2017/07/19 21:48:37 schwarze Exp $
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Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500
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-- .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
- loc ** exist *** algo ** size ** imp ***
-
-- .ti (temporary indent)
- found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) [devel/libvstr] vstr(3)
- 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
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
--- 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 ***
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-- break long text into lines inside cells
- net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016
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-- 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
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-- the "w" layout option is ignored
- synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400
- loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
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- 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
see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 5 section 15.
loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
+- GNU eqn converts some operators to special characters, for example,
+ input HYPHEN-MINUS becomes output \(mi, unless it is part of a
+ quoted word. mandoc(1) only does this when the operator is
+ 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
+
+- Primes, opprime, and '
+ bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:14:20 -0600
+
--- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode
.Vt vs .Vt/.Va vs .Ft/.Va vs .Ft/.Fa ...
from kristaps@ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:13:32 +0200
+- implicit whitespace around inline equations
+ example code: where '$times$' denotes matrix multiplication
+ must not have an HTML line break, nor a blank, before <math>
+ partial solution: html.c {"math", HTML_NLINSIDE | HTML_INDENT},
+ bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:00:59 -0600
+
- in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence
reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ***
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
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- 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
* 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
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- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros
Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034
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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)
-
- -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
Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are
-- improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance)
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- the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets
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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.
- Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100
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- struct mparse refactoring
Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200