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************************************************************************
* Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.311 2021/03/28 18:45:43 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.333 2023/11/24 04:38:50 schwarze Exp $
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Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
@@ -47,7 +47,42 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
which risks causing more severe bugs.
loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp *
+
************************************************************************
+* bugs: invalid output
+************************************************************************
+
+- wrong number of layout columns in tbl(7) code generated by -T man
+ https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57720
+ The reason likely is that tbl(7) does not support the -Bl -column
+ feature of not explicitly specifying the last table column.
+ loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp ***
+
+- eqn(7) delimiters cause conditional lines to misbehave
+ nabijaczleweli 8 Sep 2021 15:24:48 +0200
+ loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp *
+
+- roff.c, roff_expand() should not remove blanks before comments
+ to Oliver Corff, Sep 7, 2021
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
+ but watch out for regressions in the high-level parsers
+ maybe it should not even remove comments? - consider T{\"
+
+- In the body of conditional requests, escape sequence expansion
+ must not be performed if the condition is false. This implies
+ the first part of a request line must be expanded before
+ request parsing (like it is now), but expansion in the second
+ part must be delayed.
+ to Nab 8 Aug 2023 20:05:32 +0200 Subject: if/ie d condition always true
+ loc ** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
+
+- tag.c, tag_put() should not put ASCII_HYPH into the tag file,
+ which happens when the tag contains "-" on the input side
+ weerd@ 28 Sep 2021 12:44:07 +0200
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
+
+
+************************************************************************
* missing features
************************************************************************
@@ -121,8 +156,17 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
some can possibly be supported
kamil at netbsd 12 Nov 2020 17:27:09 +0100 + reply
+- \s with arbitrary arg delimiters as already supported for other escapes
+ found following jmc@'s mail 28 Apr 2021 18:31:41 +0100
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
+
--- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
+- support mixed case for section names
+ also, first section is not "NAME" should not appear more than once per page
+ Alejandro Colomar 28 Apr 2023 16:57:49 +0200
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
+
- .Sh and .Ss should be parsed and partially callable, see groff_mdoc(7)
reed at reedmedia dot net Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:13:07 -0600
loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *
@@ -266,8 +310,34 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
--- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
+- use the default volume headers for sections with suffixes
+ certainly affects man(7); possibly mdoc(7)?; and also groff(1)
+ Alejandro Colomar 21 Aug 2022
+
+- consider whether man(1) fallback code in main.c/fs_*() can find files
+ like man3c/fopen.3c (illumos, Solaris) and man3p/fopen.3p (POSIX)
+ discussed with Robert Mustacchi 21 Sep 2021 10:39:40 -0700
+ loc * exist * algo ** size * imp **
+
+- let makewhatis(8) follow symbolic links to dirs below READ_ALLOWED_PATH
+ this may be feasible using fts_set(FTS_FOLLOW)
+ mail to sternenseemann 19 Aug 2021 19:11:50 +0200
+ loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
+
+- tag.c, tag_put() and callers like man_validate.c, check_tag()
+ should not mistake "\-" as a word-ending escape sequence but
+ instead translate it to plain "-" in the tag name
+ weerd@ 28 Sep 2021 12:44:07 +0200
+ loc ** exist * algo * size * imp ***
+
+- handle Unicode letters in tags in both HTML and terminal output
+ thread "section headers with diacritics" starting with
+ Mario Blaettermann 24 Mar 2022 18:13:23 +0100
+ loc ** exist * algo * size * imp **
+
- -T man does not handle eqn(7) and tbl(7)
Stephen Gregoratto 16 Feb 2020 01:28:07 +1100
+ also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901636
loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp **
- man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally
@@ -288,6 +358,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
(3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING
loc *** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** (parser reorg helps)
+- man.conf(5) alias aliasname dirname or just -Mb -Mx -Mp
+ mail to jmc@ Mar 23, 2015 03:53:14PM +0100
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+
- kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET)
loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp *
@@ -344,6 +418,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
- check features of the Slackware man.conf(5) format
Carsten Kunze Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:57:24 +0100
+- look at http://www.snake.net/software/troffcvt/ (troff to HTML)
+ mentioned by Oliver Corff 22 Jan 2021 01:36:49 +0100
+
+
************************************************************************
* formatting issues: ugly output
************************************************************************
@@ -402,6 +480,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ***
+- the man(7) single-font macros (e.g. .B) use .itc,
+ so ".B foo\c" followed by "bar" prints "bar" in bold
+ gbranden@ Sun, 5 Jun 2022 18:08:46 -0500
+
- a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace
and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1)
This will become easier once escape sequences are represented
@@ -427,10 +509,46 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
--- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
+- support the idiom .TP .IP .TP for multi-paragraph list item bodies
+ to: Alejandro Colomar Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:45:21 +0200
+ loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
+
+- .Nm without an argument and .Bx cause premature
+ Nab Sun, 5 Jun 2022 18:30:09 +0200
+
+- .Aq Mt could set and reset "white-space: nowrap";
+ Check whether other enclosure macros could profit from similar handling,
+ or whether that is covered by Unicode line-breaking classes WJ, ZW, GL, ZWJ.
+ John Gardner 25 Mar 2022 04:44:27 +1100
+
+- make the HTML scaffolding customizable with -O skip=...
+ mail to Oliver Corff 3 Jun 2021 17:28:02 +0200
+ more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 18:27:56 +0200
+ more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 23:37:18 +0200
+ would also be useful for
+ https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds-www/blob/master/
+ maintainer/support/man_postproc.awk
+
- .Bd -unfilled should not use monospaced font
anton@ 4 Mar 2021 08:19:35 +0100
loc ** exist * algo * size * imp **
+- HTML formatting of .nf should avoid
,
+ even when input lines start with whitespace,
+ and not close and re-open
on .P + my mail to ports@ 27 Jun 2021 16:09:20 +0200 + reported again by Mohamed Akram 25 Jun 2022 16:28:18 +0000 + loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp ** + +- tbl(7) HTML output does not implement column width specifications + reported by Ted Bullock 11 Jan 2022 16:00:44 -0700 + loc * exist * algo ? size ? imp * + +- link from flags in the SYNOPSIS to their descriptions + https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds-www/blob/master/ + maintainer/support/man_postproc.awk + loc * exist * algo ** size * imp * + - get rid of the last handful of style= attributes such that Content-Security-Policy: can be enabled without unsafe-inline suggested by bentley@ Nov 10, 2019 at 06:02:49AM -0700 @@ -453,19 +571,18 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. does this affect other characters, other source macros...? Jackson Pauls 29 Aug 2017 16:56:27 +0100 -- The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force - the width of the to the max-width given for . - Not yet sure how to fix that... - Observed by an Anonymous Coward on undeadly.org: - http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140925064244&pid=1 - loc * exist * algo ** size * imp *** - - generate 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 +--- CSS issues --------------------------------------------------------- + +- use flexbox for .Bl-tag instead of the fragile float/clear mechanism + John Gardner 25 Mar 2022 04:44:27 +1100 + + ************************************************************************ * formatting issues: gratuitous differences ************************************************************************ @@ -511,6 +628,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. reported again by Nicolas Joly Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:41:26 +0100 via wiz@ 5 Mar reported again by Franco Fichtner Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:02:28 +0200 reported again by Bruce Evans Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:22:44 +0100 via bapt@ + https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35245 + even groff_mdoc(7) uses this: Nab Sun, 5 Jun 2022 22:16:37 +0200 + When implementing this, try to avoid breaking existing manuals, + or at least fix them: Jan Stary Sun, 5 Jun 2022 22:48:05 +0200 loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *** An easy partial fix would be to just skip the first word if it starts with a dot, including any following white space, when measuring. @@ -525,6 +646,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy and graphics/dcmtk. The parser reorg may help with this. +- The man(7) .UR macro produces UTF-8 angle brackets in -Tutf8 output mode + with groff, but ASCII <> with mandoc + Alejandro Colomar Mon, 7 Aug 2023 17:13:29 +0200 Subject: hostname + - trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape, see for example makes @@ -540,6 +665,14 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - shorten/simplify error messages for usage errors To: deraadt@ 25 Oct 2020 23:37:01 +0100 loc ** exist * algo * size ** imp *** + +- warn about \\ and \. in interpretation mode + gbranden@, groff issue #62776, 10 Nov 2023 01:57:32 -0500 + +- warn about output lines exceeding 80 characters + Alejandro Colomar Aug 22, 2022 + not trivial because -T lint does not call any formatter + loc *** exist * algo ** size ** imp ** - warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200