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* Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.317 2021/09/06 14:32:07 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.334 2023/11/24 05:02:18 schwarze Exp $
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Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
@@ -58,7 +58,25 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
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{\"
+
+- In the body of conditional requests, escape sequence expansion
+ must not be performed if the condition is false. This implies
+ the first part of a request line must be expanded before
+ request parsing (like it is now), but expansion in the second
+ part must be delayed.
+ to Nab 8 Aug 2023 20:05:32 +0200 Subject: if/ie d condition always true
+ loc ** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
+
+
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* missing features
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@@ -139,6 +157,11 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
--- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
+- support mixed case for section names
+ also, first section is not "NAME" should not appear more than once per page
+ Alejandro Colomar 28 Apr 2023 16:57:49 +0200
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
+
- .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 *
@@ -228,10 +251,6 @@ 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 *
@@ -286,11 +305,25 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
--- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
+- use the default volume headers for sections with suffixes
+ certainly affects man(7); possibly mdoc(7)?; and also groff(1)
+ Alejandro Colomar 21 Aug 2022
+
+- consider 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 **
+- handle Unicode letters in tags in both HTML and terminal output
+ thread "section headers with diacritics" starting with
+ Mario Blaettermann 24 Mar 2022 18:13:23 +0100
+ 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
@@ -314,6 +347,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
(3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING
loc *** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** (parser reorg helps)
+- man.conf(5) alias aliasname dirname or just -Mb -Mx -Mp
+ mail to jmc@ Mar 23, 2015 03:53:14PM +0100
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+
- kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET)
loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp *
@@ -432,6 +469,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ***
+- the man(7) single-font macros (e.g. .B) use .itc,
+ so ".B foo\c" followed by "bar" prints "bar" in bold
+ gbranden@ Sun, 5 Jun 2022 18:08:46 -0500
+
- 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
@@ -457,18 +498,46 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
--- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
-- make the HTML scaffolding customozable with -O skip=...
+- support the idiom .TP .IP .TP for multi-paragraph list item bodies
+ to: Alejandro Colomar Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:45:21 +0200
+ loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
+
+- .Nm without an argument and .Bx cause premature
+ Nab Sun, 5 Jun 2022 18:30:09 +0200
+
+- .Aq Mt could set and reset "white-space: nowrap";
+ Check whether other enclosure macros could profit from similar handling,
+ or whether that is covered by Unicode line-breaking classes WJ, ZW, GL, ZWJ.
+ John Gardner 25 Mar 2022 04:44:27 +1100
+
+- make the HTML scaffolding customizable 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
+ would also be useful for
+ https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds-www/blob/master/
+ maintainer/support/man_postproc.awk
- .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
+- HTML formatting of .nf should avoid
,
+ even when input lines start with whitespace,
and not close and re-open on .P
my mail to ports@ 27 Jun 2021 16:09:20 +0200
+ reported again by Mohamed Akram 25 Jun 2022 16:28:18 +0000
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 *
+
+- link from flags in the SYNOPSIS to their descriptions
+ https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds-www/blob/master/
+ maintainer/support/man_postproc.awk
+ 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
@@ -491,25 +560,18 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
does this affect other characters, other source macros...?
Jackson Pauls 29 Aug 2017 16:56:27 +0100
-- The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force
- the width of the to the max-width given for .
- Not yet sure how to fix that...
- Observed by an Anonymous Coward on undeadly.org:
- 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
- check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml
+--- CSS issues ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+- use flexbox for .Bl-tag instead of the fragile float/clear mechanism
+ John Gardner 25 Mar 2022 04:44:27 +1100
+
+
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* formatting issues: gratuitous differences
************************************************************************
@@ -555,6 +617,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
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@
+ https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35245
+ even groff_mdoc(7) uses this: Nab Sun, 5 Jun 2022 22:16:37 +0200
+ When implementing this, try to avoid breaking existing manuals,
+ or at least fix them: Jan Stary Sun, 5 Jun 2022 22:48:05 +0200
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.
@@ -569,6 +635,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy
and graphics/dcmtk. The parser reorg may help with this.
+- The man(7) .UR macro produces UTF-8 angle brackets in -Tutf8 output mode
+ with groff, but ASCII <> with mandoc
+ Alejandro Colomar Mon, 7 Aug 2023 17:13:29 +0200 Subject: hostname
+
- trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape,
see for example
makes
@@ -584,6 +654,14 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
- shorten/simplify error messages for usage errors
To: deraadt@ 25 Oct 2020 23:37:01 +0100
loc ** exist * algo * size ** imp ***
+
+- warn about \\ and \. in interpretation mode
+ gbranden@, groff issue #62776, 10 Nov 2023 01:57:32 -0500
+
+- warn about output lines exceeding 80 characters
+ Alejandro Colomar Aug 22, 2022
+ not trivial because -T lint does not call any formatter
+ loc *** exist * algo ** size ** imp **
- warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads
gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200