=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.304 retrieving revision 1.316 diff -u -p -r1.304 -r1.316 --- mandoc/TODO 2020/06/24 12:09:29 1.304 +++ mandoc/TODO 2021/07/04 15:38:26 1.316 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.304 2020/06/24 12:09:29 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.316 2021/07/04 15:38:26 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -33,6 +33,33 @@ Obviously, as the issues have not been solved yet, the are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. ************************************************************************ +* assertion failures +************************************************************************ + +- .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 ************************************************************************ @@ -99,8 +126,17 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. 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) @@ -175,6 +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. @@ -185,6 +228,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- +- fully support the "nospaces" option; + Oliver Corff mentioned usefulness 20 Jun 2021 09:41:06 +0200 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp * + - vertical centering in cells vertically spanned with ^ pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200 loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp * @@ -241,6 +288,7 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - -T man does not handle eqn(7) and tbl(7) Stephen Gregoratto 16 Feb 2020 01:28:07 +1100 + also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901636 loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp ** - man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally @@ -317,6 +365,10 @@ 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 ************************************************************************ @@ -396,10 +448,22 @@ 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
@@ -429,6 +493,12 @@ 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
@@ -506,6 +576,10 @@ 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 **
@@ -540,6 +614,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   of a text line, if it is likely intended to follow the preceding
   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