| version 1.164, 2014/02/14 23:05:20 |
version 1.176, 2014/08/09 14:24:53 |
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| * crashes |
* crashes |
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| None known. |
- The abort() in bufcat(), html.c, can be triggered via buffmt_includes() |
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by running -Thtml -Oincludes on a file containing a long .In argument. |
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Fixing this will probably require reworking the whole bufcat() concept. |
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| * missing features |
* missing features |
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| .ad -- re-enable adjustment without changing the mode |
.ad -- re-enable adjustment without changing the mode |
| Adjustment mode is ignored while in no-fill mode (.nf). |
Adjustment mode is ignored while in no-fill mode (.nf). |
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| - .ce (center N lines) |
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| found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
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| found by Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado <iam at juanfra dot info> |
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| in lang/racket(1) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:19:11 +0200 |
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| - .fc (field control) |
- .fc (field control) |
| found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
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| - .ll (line length) |
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| found by naddy@ in textproc/enchant(1) Sat, 12 Oct 2013 03:27:10 +0200 |
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| - .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+) |
- .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+) |
| found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
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| - .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1) |
- .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1) |
| reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 |
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also Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
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| - .ti (temporary indent) |
- .ti (temporary indent) |
| found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
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| - \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement |
- \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement |
| found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
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- \w'' width measurements |
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would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below |
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needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
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| - using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty |
- using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty |
| wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 |
wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 |
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| because libmdoc does not yet use mandoc_getarg(). |
because libmdoc does not yet use mandoc_getarg(). |
| Also check what happens in plain text, it must be identical to \e. |
Also check what happens in plain text, it must be identical to \e. |
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- .Bd -centered implies -filled, not -unfilled, which is not |
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easy to implement; it requires code similar to .ce, which |
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we don't have either. |
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Besides, groff has bug causing text right *before* .Bd -centered |
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to be centered as well. |
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| - .Bd -filled should not be the same as .Bd -ragged, but align both |
- .Bd -filled should not be the same as .Bd -ragged, but align both |
| the left and right margin. In groff, it is implemented in terms |
the left and right margin. In groff, it is implemented in terms |
| of .ad b, which we don't have either. Found in cksum(1). |
of .ad b, which we don't have either. Found in cksum(1). |
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| - have a blank `It' head for `Bl -tag' not puke |
- have a blank `It' head for `Bl -tag' not puke |
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- check whether it is correct that `D1' uses INDENT+1; |
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does it need its own constant? |
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| - prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children |
- prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children |
| (e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1) |
(e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1) |
| (mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified) |
(mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified) |
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- support translated section names |
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e.g. x11/scrotwm scrotwm_es.1:21:2: error: NAME section must be first |
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that one uses NOMBRE because it is spanish... |
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deraadt tends to think that section-dependent macro behaviour |
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is a bad idea in the first place, so this may be irrelevant |
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| - When there is free text in the SYNOPSIS and that free text contains |
- When there is free text in the SYNOPSIS and that free text contains |
| the .Nm macro, groff somehow understands to treat the .Nm as an in-line |
the .Nm macro, groff somehow understands to treat the .Nm as an in-line |
| macro, while mandoc treats it as a block macro and breaks the line. |
macro, while mandoc treats it as a block macro and breaks the line. |
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| --- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- |
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| - groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) |
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| reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
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| also occur in freeciv-client(6) freeciv-server(6) freeciv-modpack(6) |
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| reported by bentley@ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:05:57 -0600 |
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| - -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode |
- -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode |
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| --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
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| - implement basic non-parametric .de to support e.g. sox(1) |
- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port, |
| reported by naddy@ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:51:57 +0200 |
they use some unsupported tbl(7) features. |
| *** sox(1) still doesn't work, tbl(1) errors need investigation |
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- investigate tbl(1) errors in sox(1) |
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see also naddy@ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:51:57 +0200 |
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| - allow standalone `.' to be interpreted as an end-of-layout |
- allow standalone `.' to be interpreted as an end-of-layout |
| delimiter instead of being thrown away as a no-op roff line |
delimiter instead of being thrown away as a no-op roff line |
| reported by Yuri Pankov, Wed 18 May 2011 11:34:59 CEST |
reported by Yuri Pankov, Wed 18 May 2011 11:34:59 CEST |
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| - italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode |
- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode |
| Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 |
Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 |
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| - The whatis(1) utility looks for whole words in Nm. |
- When makewhatis(8) encounters a FATAL parse error, |
| If the file name of a page does not agree with the contents of any |
it silently treats the file as formatted, which makes no sense |
| of its Nm macros (e.g. pool(9)), add the file name as an Nm entry |
at all for paths like man1/foo.1 - and which also contradicts |
| to the mandoc.db as well, such that whatis(1) finds it. |
what the manual says at the end of the description. |
| If there is a page with a file name that does not appear as a substring |
The end result will be ENOENT for file names returned |
| neither in Nm nor in Nd, the same fix would allow finding that page |
by mansearch() in manpage.file. |
| with apropos(1) using the file name as a key, as well. |
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| Issue reported by tedu@ Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:15:23 -0400 |
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- makewhatis(8) for preformatted pages: |
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parse the section number from the header line |
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and compare to the section number from the directory name |
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- Does makewhatis(8) detect missing NAME sections, missing names, |
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and missing descriptions in all the file formats? |
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| - clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes: |
- clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes: |
| (1) fully implemented, or parsed and ignored without loss of content |
(1) fully implemented, or parsed and ignored without loss of content |
| (2) unimplemented, potentially causing loss of content |
(2) unimplemented, potentially causing loss of content |
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| see textproc/mgdiff(1) for nice examples |
see textproc/mgdiff(1) for nice examples |
| (3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING |
(3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING |
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- kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET) |
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--- compatibility checks ----------------------------------------------- |
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- is .Bk implemented correctly in modern groff? |
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sobrado@ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:12:55 +0200 |
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- compare output to Heirloom roff, Solaris roff, and |
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http://repo.or.cz/w/neatroff.git http://litcave.rudi.ir/ |
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| - look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1) |
- look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1) |
| These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level |
These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level |
| roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope. |
roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope. |
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| noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 |
noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 |
| reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 |
reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 |
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- look at pages generated from ronn(1) github.com/rtomayko/ronn |
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(based on markdown) |
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| - look at pages generated from Texinfo source by yat2m, e.g. security/gnupg |
- look at pages generated from Texinfo source by yat2m, e.g. security/gnupg |
| First impression is not that bad. |
First impression is not that bad. |
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- look at pages generated by pandoc; see |
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https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/blob/master/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Man.hs |
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porting planned by kili@ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:46:28 +0200 |
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| - check compatibility with Plan9: |
- check compatibility with Plan9: |
| http://swtch.com/usr/local/plan9/tmac/tmac.an |
http://swtch.com/usr/local/plan9/tmac/tmac.an |
| http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html |
http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html |
| "Anthony J. Bentley" <anthonyjbentley@gmail.com> 28 Dec 2010 21:58:40 -0700 |
"Anthony J. Bentley" <anthonyjbentley@gmail.com> 28 Dec 2010 21:58:40 -0700 |
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- check compatibility with the man(7) formatter |
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rofl0r/hardcore-utils/master/man.c |
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| * formatting issues: ugly output |
* formatting issues: ugly output |
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| the right solution, it sends mandoc into an endless loop. |
the right solution, it sends mandoc into an endless loop. |
| reported by Nicolas Joly Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:49:54 +0100 |
reported by Nicolas Joly Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:49:54 +0100 |
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- global variables in the SYNOPSIS of section 3 pages |
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.Vt vs .Vt/.Va vs .Ft/.Va vs .Ft/.Fa ... |
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from kristaps@ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:13:32 +0200 |
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| - in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence |
- in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence |
| reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059 |
reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059 |
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| reveals lots of bugs both in groff and mandoc... |
reveals lots of bugs both in groff and mandoc... |
| reported by bentley@ Wed, 22 May 2013 23:49:30 -0600 |
reported by bentley@ Wed, 22 May 2013 23:49:30 -0600 |
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--- PDF issues --------------------------------------------------------- |
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- PDF output doesn't use a monospaced font for .Bd -literal |
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Example: "mandoc -Tpdf afterboot.8 > output.pdf && pdfviewer output.pdf". |
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Search the text "Routing tables". |
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Also check what PostScript mode does when fixing this. |
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reported by juanfra@ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:44:58 +0200 |
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--- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- |
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- <dl><dt><dd> formatting is ugly |
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hints are easy to find on the web, e.g. |
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1713048/ |
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see also matthew@ Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:25:12 -0700 |
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- check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml |
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| * formatting issues: gratuitous differences |
* formatting issues: gratuitous differences |
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| is just "o\bo". |
is just "o\bo". |
| see for example OpenBSD ksh(1) |
see for example OpenBSD ksh(1) |
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- In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after |
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the number, mandoc breaks the line. |
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mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200 |
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| - .Pp between two .It in .Bl -column should produce one, |
- .Pp between two .It in .Bl -column should produce one, |
| not two blank lines, see e.g. login.conf(5). |
not two blank lines, see e.g. login.conf(5). |
| reported by jmc@ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:04:58 +0059 |
reported by jmc@ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:04:58 +0059 |
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| in dig(1). |
in dig(1). |
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* warning issues |
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- check that MANDOCERR_BADTAB is thrown in the right cases, |
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i.e. when finding a literal tab character in fill mode, |
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and possibly change the wording of the warning message |
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to refer to fill mode, not literal mode |
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See the mail from Werner LEMBERG on the groff list, |
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Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:54:42 +0100 (CET) |
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- warn about "new sentence, new line" |
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- mandoc_special does not really check the escape sequence, |
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but just the overall format |
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- integrate mdoclint into mandoc ("end-of-line whitespace" thread) |
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from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:09 +0100 |
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from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:53 +0200 |
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from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:45:37 +0059 |
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from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02:03 +0200 |
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- -Tlint parser errors and warnings to stdout |
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to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200 |
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wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200 |
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- for system errors, use errno/strerror/warn/err |
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* documentation issues |
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- mention hyphenation rules: |
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breaking at letter-letter in text mode (not macro args) |
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proper hyphenation is unimplemented |
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- talk about spacing around delimiters |
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to jmc@, kristaps@ Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:41:27 +0200 |
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- mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain |
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is this useful? |
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- mention /usr/share/misc/mdoc.template in mdoc(7)? |
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| * performance issues |
* performance issues |
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- Why are we using MAP_SHARED, not MAP_PRIVATE for mmap(2)? |
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How does SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE actually work? Document it! |
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from kristaps@ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:51:36 +0200 |
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| Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are |
Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are |
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| - improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance) |
- improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance) |
| Line 320 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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| Line 429 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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| Decide which formats should be recognized where. |
Decide which formats should be recognized where. |
| Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation. |
Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation. |
| Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100 |
Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100 |
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- Consider creating some views that will make the database more |
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readable from the sqlite3 shell. Consider using them to |
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abstract from the database structure, too. |
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suggested by espie@ Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:52:57 +0200 |
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