=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.297 retrieving revision 1.315 diff -u -p -r1.297 -r1.315 --- mandoc/TODO 2019/11/10 17:38:26 1.297 +++ mandoc/TODO 2021/06/27 17:29:02 1.315 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.297 2019/11/10 17:38:26 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.315 2021/06/27 17:29:02 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -33,14 +33,33 @@ Obviously, as the issues have not been solved yet, the are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. ************************************************************************ -* crashes +* assertion failures ************************************************************************ -- .ce .if n .B two crashes because "return (*roffs[t].sub)" bypasses - the "high level macros abort .ce" safeguard in roff_parseln() - reported by espie@ in textproc/fstrcmp +- .if n .ce in the middle of .TS data + afl case f1/id:000103,sig:06,src:009024+009105,op:splice,rep:2 (jes@) + While roff_parseln() prevents .ce and similar requests in the middle + of a tbl, the guard is no longer effective when the .ce is wrapped + in a roff block, for example a conditional. The resulting assertion + has never been seen in any real-world manual page. + This is too dangerous to fix before release because it requires + reorganizing the very delicate internals of roff_parseln(), + which risks causing more severe bugs. + loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp * + ************************************************************************ +* bugs: invalid output +************************************************************************ + +- wrong number of layout columns in tbl(7) code generated by -T man + https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57720 + The reason likely is that tbl(7) does not support the -Bl -column + feature of not explicitly specifying the last table column. + loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp *** + + +************************************************************************ * missing features ************************************************************************ @@ -91,8 +110,39 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. Jan Stary 20 Apr 2019 20:16:54 +0200 loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp * +- mandoc replaces all ASCII control characters except tab and line feed + with '?' during input. It would be better to replace them with + Unicode escapes in preconv_encode() or somewhere in the vicinity, + such that the already existing better replacement strings show + up in the output. Emulating groff is not desirable: groff replaces + 0x00, 0x0b, and 0x0d to 0x1f with the empty string (bad because + that's easy to overlook for the document author), 0x01 with '.' + (very confusing), and passes through 0x02 to 0x08, 0x0c, and 0x7f + raw (bad because that is insecure output). Remember that 0x07 may + need special handling because it is sometimes used for certain + delimiters, so it may need handling *after* roff.c rather than before. + reminded by John Gardner 16 Jun 2020 14:26:28 +1000 + Actually, more ASCII control characters than just 0x07 may need + later handling because they can for example be used in macro names. + So they may need handling after roff(7) processing. + pointed out by John Gardner 23 Jun 2020 18:28:08 +1000 + more info from John Gardner 29 Jun 2020 19:54:04 +1000 + loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp * + +- many missing features used in old groff_char(7), + some can possibly be supported + kamil at netbsd 12 Nov 2020 17:27:09 +0100 + reply + +- \s with arbitrary arg delimiters as already supported for other escapes + found following jmc@'s mail 28 Apr 2021 18:31:41 +0100 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp * + --- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- +- .Sh and .Ss should be parsed and partially callable, see groff_mdoc(7) + reed at reedmedia dot net Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:13:07 -0600 + loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp * + - .Bl -column .Xo support is missing ultimate goal: restore .Xr and .Dv to @@ -161,6 +211,13 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- +- MANWIDTH + Markus Waldeck 9 Jun 2015 05:49:56 +0200 + Laura Morales 26 Apr 2018 08:15:55 +0200 + Kamil Rytarowski 13 Nov 2020 00:19:36 +0100 + patch from Kamil 13 Nov 2020 22:37:07 +0100 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp * + - groff_www(7) .MTO and .URL These macros were used by the GNU grep(1) man page. The groff_www(7) manual page itself uses them, too. @@ -225,6 +282,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- +- -T man does not handle eqn(7) and tbl(7) + Stephen Gregoratto 16 Feb 2020 01:28:07 +1100 + loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp ** + - man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally - italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode @@ -299,6 +360,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - check features of the Slackware man.conf(5) format Carsten Kunze Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:57:24 +0100 +- look at http://www.snake.net/software/troffcvt/ (troff to HTML) + mentioned by Oliver Corff 22 Jan 2021 01:36:49 +0100 + + ************************************************************************ * formatting issues: ugly output ************************************************************************ @@ -378,10 +443,22 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. add a new <> block to the PDF files with /BaseFont /Courier and change the /Name from /F0 to the new font (/F5 (?)). re-reported by tb@ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:47:21 +0100 - loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** + loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp ** --- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- +- make the HTML scaffolding customozable with -O skip=... + mail to Oliver Corff 3 Jun 2021 17:28:02 +0200 + +- .Bd -unfilled should not use monospaced font + anton@ 4 Mar 2021 08:19:35 +0100 + loc ** exist * algo * size * imp ** + +- HTML formatting of .nf should avoid
+ and not close and re-open 
 on .P
+  my mail to ports@ 27 Jun 2021 16:09:20 +0200
+  loc **  exist **  algo *  size *  imp **
+
 - get rid of the last handful of style= attributes such that
   Content-Security-Policy: can be enabled without unsafe-inline
   suggested by bentley@  Nov 10, 2019 at 06:02:49AM -0700
@@ -411,6 +488,12 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140925064244&pid=1
   loc *  exist *  algo **  size *  imp ***
 
+- implement the tbl(7) layout "n" specifier for HTML output,
+  probably by manual alignment, inserting adequate numbers of
+  digit-width spaces, similar to tbl_term.c, tbl_number()
+  Oliver Corff 16 May 2021 20:29:00 +0200
+  loc **  exist **  algo **  size *  imp **
+
 - generate  tags in HTML
   idea from florian@  Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:26:28 +0000
   may be possible to implement with .Lk img://something.png alt_text
@@ -488,6 +571,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
 * warning issues
 ************************************************************************
 
+- shorten/simplify error messages for usage errors
+  To: deraadt@ 25 Oct 2020 23:37:01 +0100
+  loc **  exist *  algo *  size **  imp ***
+
 - warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads
   gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200
   loc *  exist *  algo *  size *  imp **
@@ -523,6 +610,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   output without intervening whitespace, in particular after a
   macro line (from the mdoclint TODO)
 
+- report double .TH in man(7) as an ERROR and let the first win
+  kristaps@  28 Mar 2021 13:30:41 +0200
+  loc *  exist *  algo *  size *  imp *
+
 - makewhatis -p complains about language subdirectories:
   /usr/local/man//ru: Unknown directory part
 
@@ -571,6 +662,9 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
 * CGI issues
 ************************************************************************
 
+ - Inspect httpd(8) logs on man.openbsd.org and consider
+   whether logging can be improved, where bad syntax comes from,
+   and what needs to be done to get rid of COMPAT_OLDURI.
  - Enable HTTP compression by detecting gzip encoding and filtering
    output through libz.
  - Privilege separation (see OpenSSH).
@@ -579,6 +673,15 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
 ************************************************************************
 * to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros
 ************************************************************************
+
+- delete OS release verification from .Dx, .Fx, .Nx, .Ox etc.
+  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629161
+  also Branden Robinson 18 Dec 2019 00:59:52 +1100
+
+- Can the distinction between .Vt and .Va be made stricter,
+  recommending .Vt extern char * Ns Va optarg ; ?
+  What about the block macro properties of .Vt in the SYNOPSIS?
+  zeurkous 25 Dec 2019 08:48:36 +0100
 
 - .Cd # arch1, arch2 in section 4 pages:
   find better way to indicate multiple architectures, maybe: