=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.233 retrieving revision 1.240 diff -u -p -r1.233 -r1.240 --- mandoc/TODO 2017/02/08 12:20:16 1.233 +++ mandoc/TODO 2017/07/19 21:48:37 1.240 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.233 2017/02/08 12:20:16 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.240 2017/07/19 21:48:37 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -61,37 +61,14 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * -- .ta (tab settings) - #1 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100 - ircbug(1) 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 - also posix2time(3) Carsten Kunze Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:03:10 +0100 - loc ** exist *** algo ** size ** imp *** - -- .ti (temporary indent) - found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) [devel/libvstr] vstr(3) - found by bentley@ in nmh(1) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:28 -0600 - loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp ** (parser reorg helps a lot) - - .while and .shift found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200 loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** -- \h horizontal move - #2 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100 - found in cclive(1) nasm(1) bogofilter(1) asciidoc/DocBook output - bentley@ on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600 - naddy@ Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:26:41 +0100 - loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *** (parser reorg helps a lot) - - \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** -- \n(.$ macro argument count number register; ocserv(8) by autogen - found by sthen@ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:03:01 +0000 - loc * exist ** algo * size * imp ** - - \w'' improve 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 @@ -195,22 +172,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- -- horizontal lines in the layout still consume data cells - and can be mixed with actual data on the same table line - synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 - loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** - -- break long text into lines inside cells - net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016 - -- layout l1 for a column of max text width 3 reduces the following - inter-column spacing for groff, but not for mandoc - net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016 - -- the "w" layout option is ignored - synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 - loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** - - the "s" layout column specifier is used for placement of data into columns, but ignored during column width calculations synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 @@ -252,6 +213,16 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 5 section 15. loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** +- GNU eqn converts some operators to special characters, for example, + input HYPHEN-MINUS becomes output \(mi, unless it is part of a + quoted word. mandoc(1) only does this when the operator is + surrounded by blanks, not when it is part of an unquoted word. + Also, check whether there are more such cases (e.g., +?). + reported by bentley@ 20 Jun 2017 02:04:29 -0600 + +- Primes, opprime, and ' + bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:14:20 -0600 + --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- - italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode @@ -273,12 +244,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET) loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp * -- Vsevolod Stakhov (FreeBSD) needs either a markdown output formatter - for mandoc -mdoc or a markdown to mdoc converter because they - have to maintain manuals needed both in markdown and mdoc format. - Look at the libsoldout (markdown -> whatever) - loc * exist * algo * size ** imp ** - --- compatibility checks ----------------------------------------------- - is .Bk implemented correctly in modern groff? @@ -377,6 +342,12 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. .Vt vs .Vt/.Va vs .Ft/.Va vs .Ft/.Fa ... from kristaps@ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:13:32 +0200 +- implicit whitespace around inline equations + example code: where '$times$' denotes matrix multiplication + must not have an HTML line break, nor a blank, before + partial solution: html.c {"math", HTML_NLINSIDE | HTML_INDENT}, + bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:00:59 -0600 + - in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059 loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp *** @@ -385,10 +356,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1) loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp ** -- rendering of double quotes in -Tascii is ugly in both groff and mandoc - to improve, both would have to be changed - Carsten Kunze Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:27:56 +0100 - - formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc reveals lots of bugs both in groff and mandoc... reported by bentley@ Wed, 22 May 2013 23:49:30 -0600 @@ -443,9 +410,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. Steffen Nurpmeso Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100 loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** -- .Lk formatting for long links with line breaks - Franco Fichtner 8 Oct 2013 00:33:42 +0200 - - In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after the number, mandoc breaks the line. mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200 @@ -490,6 +454,7 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. 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 reported again by Franco Fichtner Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:02:28 +0200 + reported again by Bruce Evans Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:22:44 +0100 via bapt@ loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *** An easy partial fix would be to just skip the first word if it starts with a dot, including any following white space, when measuring. @@ -516,11 +481,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. * warning issues ************************************************************************ -- provide a way in mandoc(1) to warn about broken .Xr links; - probably cannot be on by default in -Tlint because it needs - to access the manpath and mandoc.db(3) after parsing. - asked for by jmc@ Fri, 4 Dec 2015 22:39:40 +0000 - - warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034 loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** @@ -537,13 +497,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. but just the overall format loc ** exist ** algo *** size ** imp ** -- integrate mdoclint into mandoc ("end-of-line whitespace" thread) - from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:09 +0100 - from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:53 +0200 - from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:45:37 +0059 - from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02:03 +0200 - (mostly done, check what remains) - - -Tlint parser errors and warnings to stdout to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200 wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200 @@ -569,8 +522,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are -- improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance) - - the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets ************************************************************************ @@ -591,11 +542,6 @@ 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 - - struct mparse refactoring Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200 @@ -616,3 +562,10 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa - use uname(1) to set doc-default-operating-system at install time tobimensch Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:25:07 +0100 + +- apostrophe (39), circumflex (94), grave (96), tilde (126) + in manuals: \(aq, \(ha, \`, \(ti + Re: [Groff] ASCII Minus Sign in man Pages. + bentley@ 26 Apr 2017 10:02:06 -0600 + Do we need to fix existing manuals? + Do we need to fix the definition of the mdoc(7) language?