=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.84 retrieving revision 1.97 diff -u -p -r1.84 -r1.97 --- mandoc/TODO 2011/01/25 10:37:49 1.84 +++ mandoc/TODO 2011/03/29 09:00:48 1.97 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.84 2011/01/25 10:37:49 kristaps Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.97 2011/03/29 09:00:48 kristaps Exp $ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ @@ -10,15 +10,6 @@ - .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500 -- The mdoc(7) parser should handle `\.' as punctuation: - .Ql .if ${VAR} op something \. - should produce - `.if ${VAR} op something'. - not - `.if ${VAR} op something .' - as seen in make(1). - To escape the dot, one would use `\&.'. - - the roff parser doesn't tolerate additional characters between a macro and the \} terminating a conditional block, e.g. .if n \{ @@ -112,12 +103,6 @@ --- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- -- bashbug(1) complains "line scope broken" after - .SM - .B something - should either just work or be a warning - reported by naddy@ - - groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 @@ -160,6 +145,9 @@ * formatting issues: ugly output ************************************************************************ +- a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurrious + start-with-whitespace printing of a newline + - double quotes inside double quotes are escaped by doubling them implement this in mdoc(7), too so far, we only have it in roff(7) and man(7) @@ -225,15 +213,6 @@ should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a", see OpenBSD ccdconfig(8). -- The space character joining .Dx .Fx .Nx .Ox (are these all?) to its - argument is non-breaking. See the cdio(1) HISTORY and many others. - -- .Bx uses a dash before its argument, not a space, - see for example the chpass(1) and column(1) HISTORY. - Besides, the second argument is capitalized, for example, - .Bx 4.3 tahoe . - produces 4.3BSD-Tahoe. - - In .Bl -tag, if a tag exceeds the right margin and must be continued on the next line, it must be indented by -width, not width+1; see "rule block|pass" in OpenBSD ifconfig(8). @@ -252,10 +231,6 @@ should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3); reported by jmc@ on discuss@ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100 -- .Ns should only be effective when called by another macro, - not as a stand-alone macro at the beginning of a line; - see for example the awk(1) SYNOPSIS. - - .Ns should work when called at the end of an input line, see the following code in vi(1): .It Xo @@ -315,4 +290,8 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa - Find better ways to prevent endless loops in roff(7) macro and string expansion. - + +- Finish cleanup of date handling. + Decide which formats should be recognized where. + Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation. + Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100