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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.83
retrieving revision 1.91
diff -u -p -r1.83 -r1.91
--- mandoc/TODO	2011/01/24 01:34:56	1.83
+++ mandoc/TODO	2011/02/27 14:17:28	1.91
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ************************************************************************
 * Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.83 2011/01/24 01:34:56 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.91 2011/02/27 14:17:28 schwarze Exp $
 ************************************************************************
 
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@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
 * 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 +228,6 @@
   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 +246,6 @@
   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
@@ -265,11 +255,6 @@
     .Xc
     The input text is appended after the specified line.
 
-- When we have both .%T and .%B in .Rs, .%T uses "", not underline, see
-  for example arp(4); admittedly, arp(4) is abusing both .%T and .%B,
-  but when dealing with anthologies, sensible use of of both in the
-  same .Rs can occur.
-
 - Header lines of excessive length:
   Port OpenBSD man_term.c rev. 1.25 to mdoc_term.c
   and document it in mdoc(7) and man(7) COMPATIBILITY
@@ -320,4 +305,12 @@ 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