=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.285 retrieving revision 1.291 diff -u -p -r1.285 -r1.291 --- mandoc/TODO 2019/03/01 10:57:17 1.285 +++ mandoc/TODO 2019/04/23 11:43:24 1.291 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.285 2019/03/01 10:57:17 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.291 2019/04/23 11:43:24 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -62,6 +62,27 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 loc ** exist *** algo *** size * imp *** +- .als only works for macros in mandoc, not for user-defined strings. + Also, the "val" field in struct roffkv would have to be replaced + with a pointer to a reference-counted wrapper, and an alias + would have to point to the same wrapper as the original. + .als to undefined does nothing; the alias is not created. + .rm'ing the original leaves the alias to point to the old value. + .de .als .de changes both, but + .de .als .rm .de only changes the new value, not the alias. + Found in groffer(1) version 1.19 + Jan Stary 20 Apr 2019 20:16:54 +0200 + loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp * + +- roff string condition comparisons fail when vars contain quotes: + .ds s ' + .if '\*s'' \&... + hard to fix because of the basic architecture (string replacement + happens before roff(7) syntax parsing) + Found in groffer(1) version 1.19 + Jan Stary 20 Apr 2019 20:16:54 +0200 + loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp * + --- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- - .Bl -column .Xo support is missing @@ -162,9 +183,15 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing eqn features ----------------------------------------------- - In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line. - Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. - Suggested by Avi Weinstock. - loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** + Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. Suggested by Avi Weinstock. + This may not be the ideal solution after all: eqn(7) matrices + are lists of columns, so Avi's proposal would show each *column* + on its own *line*, which is likely to cause confusion. + A better solution, but much harder to implement, would be to + actually show the coordinates of column vectors on different + terminal output lines, using the clumnated output facilities + developed for .Bl -tag, .Bl -column, and also used for tbl(7). + loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp ** - The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter. loc * exist * algo * size * imp * @@ -190,6 +217,30 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- +- man 3am readline + does not work because man(1) only accepts digit + one letter, + otherwise explicit -s is currently required + https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/9868 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp *** + +- man 3 readline may show readline(3m) + because in manpage_compare, "3" and "3am" compare equal + https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/9868 + probably requires putting string version of section into struct manpage + loc * exist ** algo * size * imp *** + +- restore flags for result ordering, but only for man(1), not for apropos(1) + such that man 3 syslog show syslog.3 not klogctl.3 + and such that man 3p acosl shows acosl.3p not acos.3p + https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/9868 + loc * exist ** algo * size * imp *** + +- dead .so links should be entered into the database to avoid: + man -M. lvm-config + man: outdated mandoc.db lacks lvm-config(8) entry, run makewhatis /co/void-man + https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/9868 + loc * exist ** algo * size * imp ** + - man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally - italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode @@ -321,6 +372,8 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1) + This will become easier once escape sequences are represented + by syntax tree nodes. loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp ** - formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc @@ -342,11 +395,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- -- format ".IP *" etc. as