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-version 1.20, 2010/07/02 10:43:21
+version 1.61, 2010/10/19 21:40:27
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  ************************************************************************
+ * Official mandoc TODO.
+ * $Id$
+ ************************************************************************
+ ************************************************************************
+ * parser bugs
+ ************************************************************************
+ - the roff parser doesn't tolerate additional characters between
+   a macro and the \} terminating a conditional block, e.g.
+   .if n \{
+   .br \}
+   reported by ulrich spoerlein  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:39:50 +0200
+ ************************************************************************
  * missing features
  ************************************************************************
+ - deal with nested displays, e.g. D1 inside Bd
+   schwarze has an old patch somewhere and would need to brush it up
  - explicit blocks with missing end macro should be implicitely closed
    at the end of the enclosing block, e.g. .Bl It (El) Sh
    reminded by stsp@  in net/pptp pptp.8  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:32:39 +0200
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  - fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks
    see the OpenBSD mdoc_macro.c 1.47 commit message
- - we need real .ds; for example, terminfo.3 has
-   .ds n 5
-   and then later
-   \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)
-   reported orally by halex@ during c2k10
- - \*(Pu is not implemented, but used in mdoc.samples
-   implementing .ds would solve this as well
-   reminded by jmc@, last on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:29:18 +0100
  - .Bl -column .Xo support is missing
    ultimate goal:
    restore .Xr and .Dv to
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    lib/libc/gen/signal.3
    lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2
+ - edge case: decide how to deal with blk_full bad nesting, e.g.
+   .Sh .Nm .Bk .Nm .Ek .Sh found by jmc@ in ssh-keygen(1)
+   from jmc@  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:10:32 +0100
+ - auto-Bk in the SYNOPSIS
+   patch from kristaps@  Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:51:24 +0200
+   to be revisited after OpenBSD 4.8 tree unlock
  - implement \\
    in plain text, identical to \e
    as a macro argument, identical to \ i.e. escaping the next character
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    \\ must behave in a macro def like in a macro argument,
    and when using the macro, it must expand yet again.
- - look at bsd.lv tbl(1)
+ - implement basic non-parametric .de to support e.g. sox(1)
-   from kristaps@  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:10:53 +0200
+   .de SP
-   also look at the mail from Thomas Klausner wiz at NetBSD
+   .if t .sp .5
-     on Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:01:29 +0200
+   .if n .sp
+   ..
+   .de EX
+   .SP
+   .nf
+   .ft CW
+   ..
+   .de EE
+   .ft R
+   .SP
+   .fi
+   ..
+   reported by naddy@ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:51:57 +0200
+ - port OpenBSD tbl integration bsd.lv, probably cleaning it up
  - 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
    roff stuff.  Figure out to what extent we can cope.
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  - explicitly disallow nested `Bl -column', which would clobber internal
    flags defined for struct mdoc_macro
+ - inside `.Bl -column' phrases, punctuation is handled like normal
+   text, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Fl x . Ta ...' should give "-x -."
+ - inside `.Bl -column' phrases, TERMP_IGNDELIM handling by `Pf'
+   is not safe, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Pf a b .' gives "ab."
+   but should give "ab ."
  - set a meaningful default if no `Bl' list type is assigned
  - have a blank `It' head for `Bl -tag' not puke
- - ignore horrendous m[] font colouring
-   reported by J.C. Roberts
  - prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children
    (e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1)
    (mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified)
+ - allow `Qq', `Dq', `Sq', `Aq', `Bq' to have 0 arguments
+   noted by Alex Kozlov 08/06/10 23:05
+ - Have `Sh', `It', `Ss' and others complain if `Pp' is invoked prior to
+   close (in the post validation) or prior to open (pre).  This noted by
+   jmc@ a thousand years ago.
  ************************************************************************
  * formatting issues: ugly output
  ************************************************************************
- - outside list context, text following .Sm off
+ - perl(1) SYNOPSIS looks bad; reported by deraadt@
-   seems to follow without a blank (TERM_NOBLANK reset late?) e.g.
+) man(7) seems to need SYNOPSIS .Nm blocks, too
-         .Sm off
-         .Xo
-         .Op Ar bind_address No /
-         .Ar port
-         .Xc
-         .Sm on
-         or by enclosing
-   reported by jmc Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:48:14 +0100
- - indentation got lost in SYNOPSIS, e.g.
+ - In .Bl -column,
-    SYNOPSIS
+   .It Em Authentication<tab>Key Length
-         date [-ajnu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t minutes_west] [+format]
+   ought to render "Key Length" with emphasis, too,
-   -          [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.SS]]
+   see OpenBSD iked.conf(5).
-   +     [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.SS]]
-   reminded by Ludo Smissaert  Mon, 10 May 2010 12:15:11 +0200
  - empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks
    try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta
    reported by millert Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:13:46 -0400
+ - in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence
+   reminded by jmc@  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
  ************************************************************************
  * formatting issues: gratuitious differences
  ************************************************************************
- - none reported right now (yet schwarze@ knows of some)
+ - .%T should be quoted, not underlined, when .%J is also present,
+   to better distinguish the contents of .%T and .%J,
+   see for example OpenBSD cat(1)
+ - In .Bl -bullet, the groff bullet is "+\b+\bo\bo", the mandoc bullet
+   is just "o\bo".
+   see for example OpenBSD ksh(1)
+ - The characters "|" and "\*(Ba" should never be bold,
+   not even in the middle of a word, e.g. ".Cm b\*(Bac" in
+   "mknod [-m mode] name b|c major minor"
+   in OpenBSD ksh(1)
+ - A bogus .Pp between two .It must not produce a double blank line,
+   see between -R and -r in OpenBSD rm(1), before "update" in mount(8),
+   or in DIAGNOSTICS in init(8).
+ - .Bd -literal and .Bd -unfilled are *not* identical.
+   In -literal, tabs are 8 spaces.
+   In -unfilled, tabs are 5 spaces, just like in -filled and -ragged.
+   See the CCDF_* display in OpenBSD ccdconfig(8).
+ - .Nx 1.0a
+   should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a",
+   see OpenBSD ccdconfig(8).
+ - 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).
+ - The \& zero-width character counts as output.
+   That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp,
+   we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc.
  ************************************************************************
  * performance issues
  ************************************************************************
  Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster.  These are
- - improve caching mechanism to handle other per-element arguments so
-   that they need not be recalculated between front- and back-ends (also
-   reduces code size and complexity):
-     `Bl -column' pointer
-     `Bf' font type
  - improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance)
  - improve hashing mechanism for characters (not as important)
+ - the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets
+ ************************************************************************
+ * structural issues
+ ************************************************************************

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