=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.86 retrieving revision 1.104 diff -u -p -r1.86 -r1.104 --- mandoc/TODO 2011/01/25 16:20:24 1.86 +++ mandoc/TODO 2011/04/30 10:18:24 1.104 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.86 2011/01/25 16:20:24 kristaps Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.104 2011/04/30 10:18:24 kristaps 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 @@ -95,6 +96,16 @@ - 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 + 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 -." @@ -112,11 +123,8 @@ --- 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 +168,9 @@ * 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) @@ -190,7 +201,7 @@ 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 @@ -213,6 +224,10 @@ 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). @@ -243,10 +258,6 @@ 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 @@ -275,6 +286,49 @@ 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, @@ -306,4 +360,8 @@ 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