nested .RS/.RE is becoming more important

[mandoc.git] / TODO

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+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ************************************************************************
 * Official mandoc TODO.
 ************************************************************************
 * Official mandoc TODO.

-* $Id: TODO,v 1.99 2011/04/12 23:54:12 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.107 2011/05/21 21:38:17 schwarze Exp $

 ************************************************************************
 
 ************************************************************************
 ************************************************************************
 
 ************************************************************************


@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 * formatter bugs
 ************************************************************************
 
 * formatter bugs
 ************************************************************************
 

+- tbl(7): Horizontal and vertical lines are formatted badly:
+  With the box option, there is too much white space at the end of cells.
+  Horizontal lines from "=" lines are a bit too long.
+  yuri dot pankov at gmail dot com  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:45:26 +0400
+

 ************************************************************************
 * missing features
 ************************************************************************
 ************************************************************************
 * missing features
 ************************************************************************


@@ -51,11 +56,6 @@
 
 - \c (interrupted text) occurs in chat(8)
 
 
 - \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
 --- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
 
 - fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks


@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@
 - explicitly disallow nested `Bl -column', which would clobber internal
   flags defined for struct mdoc_macro
 
 - explicitly disallow nested `Bl -column', which would clobber internal
   flags defined for struct mdoc_macro
 

+- In .Bl -column .It, the end of the line probably has to be regarded
+  as an implicit .Ta, if there could be one, see the following mildly
+  ugly code from login.conf(5):
+    .Bl -column minpasswordlen program xetcxmotd
+    .It path Ta path Ta value of Dv _PATH_DEFPATH
+    .br
+    Default search path.
+  reported by Michal Mazurek <akfaew at jasminek dot net>
+  via jmc@ Thu, 7 Apr 2011 16:00:53 +0059
+

 - inside `.Bl -column' phrases, punctuation is handled like normal
   text, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Fl x . Ta ...' should give "-x -."
 
 - inside `.Bl -column' phrases, punctuation is handled like normal
   text, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Fl x . Ta ...' should give "-x -."
 


@@ -108,6 +118,11 @@
 
 --- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
 
 
 --- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
 

+- .RS/.RE can be nested, see e.g. the x11/fluxbox manuals
+  noticed by dcoppa@  Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 04:58:14PM +0200:
+  also affects p5-Net-SFTP-Foreign-1.65
+  as reported by gsoares@  Wed, 18 May 2011 09:59:06 -0300
+

 - groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5)
   reported by brad@  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500
 
 - groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5)
   reported by brad@  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500
 


@@ -117,6 +132,10 @@
   reported by naddy@ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:51:57 +0200
   *** sox(1) still doesn't work, tbl(1) errors need investigation
 
   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:
 --- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
 
 - clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes:


@@ -183,7 +202,7 @@
   reminded by jmc@  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
 
 ************************************************************************
   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
 ************************************************************************
 
 - .Rv (and probably .Ex) print different text if an `Nm' has been named


@@ -206,6 +225,10 @@
   Also have `It' complain if `Pp' is invoked at certain times (not
   -compact?).
 
   Also have `It' complain if `Pp' is invoked at certain times (not
   -compact?).
 

+- .Pp between two .It in .Bl -column should produce one,
+  not two blank lines, see e.g. login.conf(5).
+  reported by jmc@  Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:04:58 +0059
+

 - If the *first* line after .It is .Pp, break the line right after
   the tag, do not pad with space characters before breaking.
   See the description of the a, c, and i commands in sed(1).
 - If the *first* line after .It is .Pp, break the line right after
   the tag, do not pad with space characters before breaking.
   See the description of the a, c, and i commands in sed(1).


@@ -320,13 +343,6 @@
 * error reporting issues
 ************************************************************************
 
 * error reporting issues
 ************************************************************************
 

-- In man(7), an empty subsection (.SS) should not be an error, probably
-  not even a warning.  For example, in ExtUtils::CChecker(3p), this is
-  used in a way similar to empty .It -tag in mdoc(7), that is, explaining
-  two commands (both presented with .SS markup) in one paragraph of text.
-  Reported by Gleydson Soares <gsoares at trusted dot com dot br>
-  on ports@  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:39:26 -0300
-

 ************************************************************************
 * performance issues
 ************************************************************************
 ************************************************************************
 * performance issues
 ************************************************************************