=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.157 retrieving revision 1.168 diff -u -p -r1.157 -r1.168 --- mandoc/TODO 2013/09/27 21:12:34 1.157 +++ mandoc/TODO 2014/03/30 19:47:48 1.168 @@ -1,19 +1,13 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.157 2013/09/27 21:12:34 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.168 2014/03/30 19:47:48 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * crashes ************************************************************************ -- .Bl -tag followed by a text node preceding the first .It should not - throw a FATAL error, but only a normal ERROR. Putting this into the - HEAD of an implicit .It might be cleanest, inserting an implicit .Pp - or just dumping the orphan stuff directly into the BODY of the .Bl - might be easier to implement, and all options can no doubt be made - to yield correct (i.e. groff bug-compatible) rendering. - Anthony J. Bentley on discuss@ Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:33:21 -0600 +None known. ************************************************************************ * missing features @@ -21,11 +15,6 @@ --- missing roff features ---------------------------------------------- -- roff.c should treat \n(.H>23 and \n(.V>19 in the pod2man(1) - preamble as true, see for example AUTHORS in MooseX::Getopt.3p - reported by Andreas Voegele - Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:34:47 +0100 on ports@ - - .ad (adjust margins) .ad l -- adjust left margin only (flush left) .ad r -- adjust right margin only (flush right) @@ -35,22 +24,18 @@ .ad -- re-enable adjustment without changing the mode Adjustment mode is ignored while in no-fill mode (.nf). -- .as (append to string) - found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200 - -- .ce (center N lines) - found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) - found by Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado - in lang/racket(1) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:19:11 +0200 - - .fc (field control) found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) +- .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+) + found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 + - .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 - .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 + also Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 - .ti (temporary indent) found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) @@ -67,9 +52,21 @@ found in cclive(1) DocBook output Anthony J. Bentley on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600 +- \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement + found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 + +- \w'' width measurements + would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below + needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 + - using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 +- general expression parser, including arithmetics + to be used at least for .if/.ie and .nr and maybe at other places + could use J.T.Conklin's PD code in bin/expr/expr.c for inspiration + needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 + --- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- - fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks @@ -140,11 +137,6 @@ --- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- -- groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) - reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 - also occur in freeciv-client(6) freeciv-server(6) freeciv-modpack(6) - reported by bentley@ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:05:57 -0600 - - -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- @@ -159,6 +151,9 @@ --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- +- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode + Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 + - The whatis(1) utility looks for whole words in Nm. If the file name of a page does not agree with the contents of any of its Nm macros (e.g. pool(9)), add the file name as an Nm entry @@ -182,6 +177,9 @@ noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 +- look at pages generated from Texinfo source by yat2m, e.g. security/gnupg + First impression is not that bad. + - check compatibility with Plan9: http://swtch.com/usr/local/plan9/tmac/tmac.an http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html @@ -194,11 +192,6 @@ - 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) - reminded by millert@ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:29:52 -0500 - - In .Bl -column, .It Em AuthenticationKey Length ought to render "Key Length" with emphasis, too, @@ -282,13 +275,6 @@ That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp, we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc. -- 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" - - 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 @@ -300,6 +286,17 @@ \fBdig \fR operate in batch mode in dig(1). + +************************************************************************ +* warning issues +************************************************************************ + +- check that MANDOCERR_BADTAB is thrown in the right cases, + i.e. when finding a literal tab character in fill mode, + and possibly change the wording of the warning message + to refer to fill mode, not literal mode + See the mail from Werner LEMBERG on the groff list, + Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:54:42 +0100 (CET) ************************************************************************ * performance issues