=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.83 retrieving revision 1.101 diff -u -p -r1.83 -r1.101 --- mandoc/TODO 2011/01/24 01:34:56 1.83 +++ mandoc/TODO 2011/04/16 22:35:26 1.101 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.83 2011/01/24 01:34:56 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.101 2011/04/16 22:35:26 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ @@ -10,15 +10,6 @@ - .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500 -- The mdoc(7) parser should handle `\.' as punctuation: - .Ql .if ${VAR} op something \. - should produce - `.if ${VAR} op something'. - not - `.if ${VAR} op something .' - as seen in make(1). - To escape the dot, one would use `\&.'. - - the roff parser doesn't tolerate additional characters between a macro and the \} terminating a conditional block, e.g. .if n \{ @@ -29,6 +20,11 @@ * 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 ************************************************************************ @@ -60,6 +56,11 @@ - \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 @@ -112,11 +113,8 @@ --- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- -- bashbug(1) complains "line scope broken" after - .SM - .B something - should either just work or be a warning - reported by naddy@ +- .RS/.RE can be nested, see e.g. the x11/fluxbox manuals + noticed by dcoppa@ Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 04:58:14PM +0200: - groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 @@ -160,6 +158,9 @@ * formatting issues: ugly output ************************************************************************ +- a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurrious + start-with-whitespace printing of a newline + - double quotes inside double quotes are escaped by doubling them implement this in mdoc(7), too so far, we only have it in roff(7) and man(7) @@ -225,15 +226,6 @@ should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a", see OpenBSD ccdconfig(8). -- The space character joining .Dx .Fx .Nx .Ox (are these all?) to its - argument is non-breaking. See the cdio(1) HISTORY and many others. - -- .Bx uses a dash before its argument, not a space, - see for example the chpass(1) and column(1) HISTORY. - Besides, the second argument is capitalized, for example, - .Bx 4.3 tahoe . - produces 4.3BSD-Tahoe. - - 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). @@ -252,10 +244,6 @@ should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3); reported by jmc@ on discuss@ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100 -- .Ns should only be effective when called by another macro, - not as a stand-alone macro at the beginning of a line; - see for example the awk(1) SYNOPSIS. - - .Ns should work when called at the end of an input line, see the following code in vi(1): .It Xo @@ -265,11 +253,6 @@ .Xc The input text is appended after the specified line. -- When we have both .%T and .%B in .Rs, .%T uses "", not underline, see - for example arp(4); admittedly, arp(4) is abusing both .%T and .%B, - but when dealing with anthologies, sensible use of of both in the - same .Rs can occur. - - Header lines of excessive length: Port OpenBSD man_term.c rev. 1.25 to mdoc_term.c and document it in mdoc(7) and man(7) COMPATIBILITY @@ -289,6 +272,49 @@ should have a blank line between the text and the beginning of the indented paragraph, see for example sudo(1). +- In man(7), the sequence + .SH HEADER + + .PP + regular text + should not produce any blank lines between the header and the text, + see for example rsync(1). + Reported by naddy@ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200 + +- In man(7), the sequence + regular text + .PP + .RS + indented text + should produce one blank line between the regular and indented texts, + see for example rsync(1), and + .RE + + .PP + .RS + should produce two,not one blank lines. + Reported by naddy@ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200 + +- In man(7), the sequence + regular text + .IP + .IP "tag" + indented text + should produce one, not four blank lines between the regular text + and the tag, see for example rsync(1). + Likewise, + regular text + .IP + indented text + should produce one, not two blank lines in between, and + regular text + .IP + .RS + .IP tag + indented text + should produce one, not three blank lines. + Reported by naddy@ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200 + - At least sometimes, .sp is ignored right after .SH; see named.conf(5). - trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape, @@ -320,4 +346,8 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa - 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