=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.304 retrieving revision 1.321 diff -u -p -r1.304 -r1.321 --- mandoc/TODO 2020/06/24 12:09:29 1.304 +++ mandoc/TODO 2022/01/12 00:16:46 1.321 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.304 2020/06/24 12:09:29 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.321 2022/01/12 00:16:46 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -33,6 +33,48 @@ 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 *** + +- eqn(7) delimiters cause conditional lines to misbehave + nabijaczleweli 8 Sep 2021 15:24:48 +0200 + loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp * + +- roff.c, roff_expand() should not remove blanks before comments + to Oliver Corff, Sep 7, 2021 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp * + but watch out for regressions in the high-level parsers + maybe it should not even remove comments? - consider T{\" + +- tag.c, tag_put() should not put ASCII_HYPH into the tag file, + which happens when the tag contains "-" on the input side + weerd@ 28 Sep 2021 12:44:07 +0200 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp *** + + +************************************************************************ * missing features ************************************************************************ @@ -99,8 +141,17 @@ 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 +226,13 @@ 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. @@ -239,8 +297,25 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- +- conisder whether man(1) fallback code in main.c/fs_*() can find files + like man3c/fopen.3c (illumos, Solaris) and man3p/fopen.3p (POSIX) + discussed with Robert Mustacchi 21 Sep 2021 10:39:40 -0700 + loc * exist * algo ** size * imp ** + +- let makewhatis(8) follow symbolic links to dirs below READ_ALLOWED_PATH + this may be feasible using fts_set(FTS_FOLLOW) + mail to sternenseemann 19 Aug 2021 19:11:50 +0200 + loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** + +- tag.c, tag_put() and callers like man_validate.c, check_tag() + should not mistake "\-" as a word-ending escape sequence but + instead translate it to plain "-" in the tag name + weerd@ 28 Sep 2021 12:44:07 +0200 + loc ** exist * algo * size * imp *** + - -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 +392,10 @@ 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 +475,28 @@ 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 + more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 18:27:56 +0200 + more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 23:37:18 +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 **
+
+- tbl(7) HTML output does not implement column width specifications
+  reported by Ted Bullock 11 Jan 2022 16:00:44 -0700
+  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
@@ -506,6 +603,10 @@ 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 +641,10 @@ 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