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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.87
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -u -p -r1.87 -r1.95
--- mandoc/TODO	2011/01/31 12:52:43	1.87
+++ mandoc/TODO	2011/03/23 09:47:13	1.95
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ************************************************************************
 * Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.87 2011/01/31 12:52:43 kristaps Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.95 2011/03/23 09:47:13 kristaps Exp $
 ************************************************************************
 
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@@ -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
 
@@ -246,10 +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
@@ -309,4 +290,12 @@ 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.
-  
+ 
+- Clean up date handling.
+  Store dates as strings, not time numbers.
+  When the format is not recognized, just use the string from the input.
+  When the format is recognized, normalize the string to whatever
+  format is standard at the respective place.
+  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