=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.111 retrieving revision 1.130 diff -u -p -r1.111 -r1.130 --- mandoc/TODO 2011/06/18 16:18:04 1.111 +++ mandoc/TODO 2012/05/27 14:42:05 1.130 @@ -1,16 +1,9 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.111 2011/06/18 16:18:04 kristaps Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.130 2012/05/27 14:42:05 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ -* parser bugs -************************************************************************ - -- .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7) - reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500 - -************************************************************************ * formatter bugs ************************************************************************ @@ -25,6 +18,15 @@ --- missing roff features ---------------------------------------------- +- The pod2man preamble wants \h'...' with quoted numerical arguments, + see for example AUTHORS in MooseX::Getopt.3p, p5-MooseX-Getopt. + reported by Andreas Voegele + Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:34:47 +0100 on ports@ + +- .if n \{ + .br\} + should cause an extra space to be raised. + - .ad (adjust margins) .ad l -- adjust left margin only (flush left) .ad r -- adjust right margin only (flush right) @@ -42,14 +44,17 @@ reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 - xloadimage(1) wants .ti (temporary indent), rep by naddy@ + reported again by bentley@ in nmh(1) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:28 -0600 + also uses .ce (center N lines) and .fc (field control) - .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 -- pod2man expects `tr' to be implemented for \*(-- to work - - \c (interrupted text) occurs in chat(8) +- using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty + wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 + --- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- - fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks @@ -120,14 +125,11 @@ --- 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 +- -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode + --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- - implement basic non-parametric .de to support e.g. sox(1) @@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ .It Em AuthenticationKey Length ought to render "Key Length" with emphasis, too, see OpenBSD iked.conf(5). + reported again Nicolas Joly via wiz@ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:20:00 +0200 - empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta @@ -230,6 +233,7 @@ - .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 + reported again by sthen@ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:09:39 +0000 (UTC) - If the *first* line after .It is .Pp, break the line right after the tag, do not pad with space characters before breaking. @@ -252,6 +256,8 @@ .Bl -tag -width ".Dv message" in magic(5), located in src/usr.bin/file, is the same as -width 7n, not -width 11n. + The same applies to .Bl -column column widths; + reported again by Nicolas Joly Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:41:26 +0100 via wiz@ 5 Mar - The \& zero-width character counts as output. That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp, @@ -260,6 +266,9 @@ - When .Fn arguments exceed one output line, all but the first should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3); reported by jmc@ on discuss@ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100 + reported again by Nicolas Joly via wiz@ Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:24:40 +0200 + Also, we don't want to break the line within the argument of: + .Fa "chtype tl" - .Ns should work when called at the end of an input line, see the following code in vi(1): @@ -283,13 +292,6 @@ see for example named-checkconf(8). - In man(7), the sequence - regular text - .RS - .IP - 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 @@ -300,20 +302,6 @@ - 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 @@ -332,8 +320,6 @@ 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, see for example makes @@ -345,6 +331,8 @@ * error reporting issues ************************************************************************ +- .TP directly followed by .RS gives an assertion. + ************************************************************************ * performance issues ************************************************************************ @@ -357,9 +345,16 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa - the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets +- instead of re-initialising the roff predefined-strings set before each + parse, create a read-only version the first time and copy it + ************************************************************************ * structural issues ************************************************************************ + +- We use the input line number at several places to distinguish + same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work + with user-defined macros, leading to random breakage. - Find better ways to prevent endless loops in roff(7) macro and string expansion.