Annotation of mandoc/TODO, Revision 1.209
1.1 kristaps 1: ************************************************************************
1.37 kristaps 2: * Official mandoc TODO.
1.209 ! schwarze 3: * $Id: TODO,v 1.208 2015/06/10 22:26:19 schwarze Exp $
1.27 kristaps 4: ************************************************************************
1.145 schwarze 5:
1.184 schwarze 6: Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
7:
8: - loc = locality of the issue
9: * single file issue, affects file only, or very few
10: ** single module issue, affects several files of one module
11: *** cross-module issue, significantly impacts multiple modules
12: and may require substantial changes to internal interfaces
13: - exist = difficulty of the existing code in this area
14: * affected code is straightforward and easy to read and change
15: ** affected code is somewhat complex, but once you understand
16: the design, not particularly difficult to understand
17: *** affected code uses a special, exceptionally tricky design
18: - algo = difficulty of the new algorithm to be written
19: * the required logic and code is straightforward
20: ** the required logic is somewhat complex and needs a careful design
21: *** the required logic is exceptionally tricky,
22: maybe an approach to solve that is not even known yet
23: - size = the amount of code to be written or changed
24: * a small number of lines (at most 100, usually much less)
25: ** a considerable amount of code (several dozen to a few hundred)
26: *** a large amount of code (many hundreds, maybe thousands)
27: - imp = importance of the issue
28: * mostly for completeness
29: ** would be nice to have
30: *** issue causes considerable inconvenience
31:
32: Obviously, as the issues have not been solved yet, these annotations
33: are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
34:
1.145 schwarze 35: ************************************************************************
36: * crashes
37: ************************************************************************
38:
1.169 schwarze 39: - The abort() in bufcat(), html.c, can be triggered via buffmt_includes()
40: by running -Thtml -Oincludes on a file containing a long .In argument.
41: Fixing this will probably require reworking the whole bufcat() concept.
1.184 schwarze 42: loc ** exist * algo * size ** imp **
1.101 schwarze 43:
1.61 schwarze 44: ************************************************************************
1.1 kristaps 45: * missing features
46: ************************************************************************
1.70 kristaps 47:
1.79 schwarze 48: --- missing roff features ----------------------------------------------
49:
1.82 schwarze 50: - .ad (adjust margins)
51: .ad l -- adjust left margin only (flush left)
52: .ad r -- adjust right margin only (flush right)
53: .ad c -- center text on line
54: .ad b -- adjust both margins (alias: .ad n)
55: .na -- temporarily disable adjustment without changing the mode
56: .ad -- re-enable adjustment without changing the mode
57: Adjustment mode is ignored while in no-fill mode (.nf).
1.184 schwarze 58: loc *** exist *** algo ** size ** imp ** (parser reorg would help)
1.150 schwarze 59:
60: - .fc (field control)
61: found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1)
1.184 schwarze 62: loc ** exist *** algo * size * imp *
1.198 schwarze 63:
1.160 schwarze 64: - .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+)
65: found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700
1.184 schwarze 66: loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
1.160 schwarze 67:
1.80 schwarze 68: - .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1)
1.205 schwarze 69: when implementing this, also let .TH set it
1.80 schwarze 70: reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500
1.184 schwarze 71: loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
1.61 schwarze 72:
1.200 schwarze 73: - .ta (tab settings)
74: #1 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100
75: ircbug(1) gnats(1) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500
1.167 schwarze 76: also Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100
1.191 schwarze 77: also posix2time(3) Carsten Kunze Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:03:10 +0100
78: loc ** exist *** algo ** size ** imp ***
1.150 schwarze 79:
80: - .ti (temporary indent)
1.197 schwarze 81: found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) [devel/libvstr] vstr(3)
1.150 schwarze 82: found by bentley@ in nmh(1) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:28 -0600
1.184 schwarze 83: loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp ** (parser reorg helps a lot)
1.154 schwarze 84:
1.198 schwarze 85: - .while and .shift
1.154 schwarze 86: found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200
1.184 schwarze 87: loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
1.155 schwarze 88:
89: - \h horizontal move
1.200 schwarze 90: #2 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100
91: found in cclive(1) nasm(1) bogofilter(1) asciidoc/DocBook output
1.194 schwarze 92: bentley@ on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600
93: naddy@ Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:26:41 +0100
1.200 schwarze 94: loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *** (parser reorg helps a lot)
1.125 schwarze 95:
1.160 schwarze 96: - \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement
97: found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700
1.184 schwarze 98: loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
1.201 schwarze 99:
100: - \n(.$ macro argument count number register; ocserv(8) by autogen
101: found by sthen@ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:03:01 +0000
102: loc * exist ** algo * size * imp **
1.160 schwarze 103:
1.184 schwarze 104: - \w'' improve width measurements
1.167 schwarze 105: would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below
106: needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100
1.184 schwarze 107: loc ** exist *** algo *** size * imp ***
1.203 schwarze 108:
109: - \\ in high-level macro arguments
110: Currently, \\ is expanded in two situations:
111: 1) macro and string definition (roff.c setstrn())
112: 2) macro argument parsing (mandoc.c mandoc_getarg())
113: For user defined macros, the second happens in time because of ROFF_REPARSE.
114: But for standard high-level macros, it only happens after entering the
115: high level parsers, which is too late because the code doesn't get
116: back to roff.c roff_res() from that point. Because this requires
117: distinguishing requests, user-defined macros and standard macros
118: on the roff_res() level, it is hard to solve without the parser reorg.
119: Found by naddy@ in devel/cutils cobfusc(1) Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:10:52 +0100
120: loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
1.167 schwarze 121:
1.125 schwarze 122: - using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty
123: wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000
1.184 schwarze 124: loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
1.167 schwarze 125:
1.79 schwarze 126: --- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
1.18 schwarze 127:
1.1 kristaps 128: - .Bl -column .Xo support is missing
129: ultimate goal:
130: restore .Xr and .Dv to
131: lib/libc/compat-43/sigvec.3
132: lib/libc/gen/signal.3
133: lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2
1.184 schwarze 134: loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp **
1.1 kristaps 135:
1.28 schwarze 136: - edge case: decide how to deal with blk_full bad nesting, e.g.
137: .Sh .Nm .Bk .Nm .Ek .Sh found by jmc@ in ssh-keygen(1)
138: from jmc@ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:10:32 +0100
1.184 schwarze 139: loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp **
1.28 schwarze 140:
1.174 schwarze 141: - .Bd -centered implies -filled, not -unfilled, which is not
142: easy to implement; it requires code similar to .ce, which
143: we don't have either.
144: Besides, groff has bug causing text right *before* .Bd -centered
145: to be centered as well.
1.184 schwarze 146: loc *** exist *** algo ** size ** imp ** (parser reorg would help)
1.174 schwarze 147:
1.82 schwarze 148: - .Bd -filled should not be the same as .Bd -ragged, but align both
149: the left and right margin. In groff, it is implemented in terms
150: of .ad b, which we don't have either. Found in cksum(1).
1.184 schwarze 151: loc *** exist *** algo ** size ** imp ** (parser reorg would help)
1.22 schwarze 152:
1.10 kristaps 153: - implement blank `Bl -column', such as
154: .Bl -column
155: .It foo Ta bar
156: .El
1.184 schwarze 157: loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp *
1.11 kristaps 158:
159: - explicitly disallow nested `Bl -column', which would clobber internal
160: flags defined for struct mdoc_macro
1.184 schwarze 161: loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
1.102 schwarze 162:
163: - In .Bl -column .It, the end of the line probably has to be regarded
164: as an implicit .Ta, if there could be one, see the following mildly
165: ugly code from login.conf(5):
166: .Bl -column minpasswordlen program xetcxmotd
167: .It path Ta path Ta value of Dv _PATH_DEFPATH
168: .br
169: Default search path.
170: reported by Michal Mazurek <akfaew at jasminek dot net>
171: via jmc@ Thu, 7 Apr 2011 16:00:53 +0059
1.184 schwarze 172: loc * exist *** algo ** size * imp **
1.42 schwarze 173:
174: - inside `.Bl -column' phrases, punctuation is handled like normal
175: text, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Fl x . Ta ...' should give "-x -."
176:
177: - inside `.Bl -column' phrases, TERMP_IGNDELIM handling by `Pf'
178: is not safe, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Pf a b .' gives "ab."
179: but should give "ab ."
1.12 kristaps 180:
1.174 schwarze 181: - check whether it is correct that `D1' uses INDENT+1;
182: does it need its own constant?
1.184 schwarze 183: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.174 schwarze 184:
1.20 kristaps 185: - prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children
186: (e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1)
187: (mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified)
1.109 schwarze 188:
1.174 schwarze 189: - support translated section names
190: e.g. x11/scrotwm scrotwm_es.1:21:2: error: NAME section must be first
191: that one uses NOMBRE because it is spanish...
192: deraadt tends to think that section-dependent macro behaviour
193: is a bad idea in the first place, so this may be irrelevant
1.184 schwarze 194: loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.174 schwarze 195:
1.109 schwarze 196: - When there is free text in the SYNOPSIS and that free text contains
197: the .Nm macro, groff somehow understands to treat the .Nm as an in-line
198: macro, while mandoc treats it as a block macro and breaks the line.
199: No idea how the logic for distinguishing in-line and block instances
200: should be, needs investigation.
201: uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:03:51 +0200
202: uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200
1.184 schwarze 203: loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp **
1.57 kristaps 204:
1.79 schwarze 205: --- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
206:
1.119 kristaps 207: - -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode
1.80 schwarze 208:
1.79 schwarze 209: --- missing tbl features -----------------------------------------------
210:
1.208 schwarze 211: - support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code;
212: probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7)
213: use roff_node such that macro sets can mix;
214: informed by bapt@ that FreeBSD needs this.
215: loc *** exist ** algo *** size ** imp ***
216:
1.171 schwarze 217: - look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port,
218: they use some unsupported tbl(7) features.
1.184 schwarze 219: loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp ***
1.171 schwarze 220:
1.183 schwarze 221: - use Unicode U+2500 to U+256C for table borders
222: in tbl(7) -Tutf-8 output
223: suggested by bentley@ Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:10:55 -0600
1.184 schwarze 224: loc * exist ** algo * size * imp **
1.105 kristaps 225:
226: - allow standalone `.' to be interpreted as an end-of-layout
227: delimiter instead of being thrown away as a no-op roff line
228: reported by Yuri Pankov, Wed 18 May 2011 11:34:59 CEST
1.184 schwarze 229: loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.79 schwarze 230:
1.182 schwarze 231: --- missing eqn features -----------------------------------------------
1.209 ! schwarze 232:
! 233: - In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line.
! 234: Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015.
! 235: Suggested by Avi Weinstock.
! 236: loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
1.182 schwarze 237:
238: - The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter.
1.184 schwarze 239: loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
1.182 schwarze 240:
241: - The spacing characters `~', `^', and tab are currently ignored,
242: see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 2 section 4.
1.184 schwarze 243: loc * exist * algo ** size * imp **
1.182 schwarze 244:
245: - Mark and lineup are parsed and ignored,
246: see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 5 section 15.
1.184 schwarze 247: loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
1.182 schwarze 248:
1.79 schwarze 249: --- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
1.159 schwarze 250:
251: - italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode
252: Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46
1.184 schwarze 253: loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp *
1.153 schwarze 254:
1.173 schwarze 255: - When makewhatis(8) encounters a FATAL parse error,
256: it silently treats the file as formatted, which makes no sense
257: at all for paths like man1/foo.1 - and which also contradicts
258: what the manual says at the end of the description.
259: The end result will be ENOENT for file names returned
260: by mansearch() in manpage.file.
1.184 schwarze 261: loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
1.173 schwarze 262:
1.171 schwarze 263: - makewhatis(8) for preformatted pages:
264: parse the section number from the header line
265: and compare to the section number from the directory name
1.184 schwarze 266: loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
1.171 schwarze 267:
268: - Does makewhatis(8) detect missing NAME sections, missing names,
269: and missing descriptions in all the file formats?
1.184 schwarze 270: loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
1.171 schwarze 271:
1.79 schwarze 272: - clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes:
273: (1) fully implemented, or parsed and ignored without loss of content
274: (2) unimplemented, potentially causing loss of content
275: or serious mangling of formatting (e.g. \n) -> ERROR
276: see textproc/mgdiff(1) for nice examples
277: (3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING
1.184 schwarze 278: loc *** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** (parser reorg helps)
1.83 schwarze 279:
1.174 schwarze 280: - kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET)
1.184 schwarze 281: loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp *
1.208 schwarze 282:
283: - Some FreeBSD people need either a markdown output formatter
284: for mandoc -mdoc or a markdown to mdoc converter because they
285: have to maintain manuals needed both in markdown and mdoc format.
1.174 schwarze 286:
287: --- compatibility checks -----------------------------------------------
1.196 schwarze 288:
289: - write a configure check for [[:<:]] support and provide some
290: fallback for whatis(1) when it doesn't work;
291: Svyatoslav Mishyn Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:07:10 +0200
1.174 schwarze 292:
293: - is .Bk implemented correctly in modern groff?
294: sobrado@ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:12:55 +0200
295:
1.175 schwarze 296: - compare output to Heirloom roff, Solaris roff, and
297: http://repo.or.cz/w/neatroff.git http://litcave.rudi.ir/
1.178 schwarze 298:
299: - look at AT&T DWB http://www2.research.att.com/sw/download
300: Carsten Kunze <carsten dot kunze at arcor dot de> has patches
301: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:01:28 +0200
1.174 schwarze 302:
1.79 schwarze 303: - look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1)
304: These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level
305: roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope.
1.80 schwarze 306: For details, see http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
1.79 schwarze 307: noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200
308: reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100
1.160 schwarze 309:
1.174 schwarze 310: - look at pages generated from ronn(1) github.com/rtomayko/ronn
311: (based on markdown)
312:
1.160 schwarze 313: - look at pages generated from Texinfo source by yat2m, e.g. security/gnupg
314: First impression is not that bad.
1.172 schwarze 315:
316: - look at pages generated by pandoc; see
317: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/blob/master/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Man.hs
318: porting planned by kili@ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:46:28 +0200
1.71 schwarze 319:
320: - check compatibility with Plan9:
321: http://swtch.com/usr/local/plan9/tmac/tmac.an
322: http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html
323: "Anthony J. Bentley" <anthonyjbentley@gmail.com> 28 Dec 2010 21:58:40 -0700
1.63 schwarze 324:
1.207 schwarze 325: - check compatibility with COHERENT troff:
326: http://www.nesssoftware.com/home/mwc/source.php
327:
1.174 schwarze 328: - check compatibility with the man(7) formatter
329: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rofl0r/hardcore-utils/master/man.c
330:
1.186 schwarze 331: - check compatibility with
332: http://ikiwiki.info/plugins/contrib/mandoc/
333: https://github.com/schmonz/ikiwiki/compare/mandoc
334: Amitai Schlair Mon, 19 May 2014 14:05:53 -0400
335:
1.1 kristaps 336: ************************************************************************
337: * formatting issues: ugly output
338: ************************************************************************
1.87 kristaps 339:
1.195 schwarze 340: - revisit empty in-line macros
341: look at the difference between "Em x Em ." and "Sq x Em ."
342: Carsten Kunze Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:15:41 +0100
343: loc *** exist *** algo *** size * imp **
344:
345: - a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurious
1.87 kristaps 346: start-with-whitespace printing of a newline
1.195 schwarze 347:
348: - In .Bl -column, .It a<tab>"b<tab>c"
349: shows the quotes in groff, but not in mandoc
350: loc * exist *** algo ** size * imp **
1.1 kristaps 351:
1.39 schwarze 352: - In .Bl -column,
353: .It Em Authentication<tab>Key Length
354: ought to render "Key Length" with emphasis, too,
355: see OpenBSD iked.conf(5).
1.123 schwarze 356: reported again Nicolas Joly via wiz@ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:20:00 +0200
1.184 schwarze 357: loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp ***
1.39 schwarze 358:
1.1 kristaps 359: - empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks
360: try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta
361: reported by millert Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:13:46 -0400
1.184 schwarze 362: loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp **
1.48 schwarze 363:
1.83 schwarze 364: - .%T can have trailing punctuation. Currently, it puts the trailing
365: punctuation into a trailing MDOC_TEXT element inside its own scope.
366: That element should rather be outside its scope, such that the
367: punctuation does not get underlines. This is not trivial to
368: implement because .%T then needs some features of in_line_eoln() -
369: slurp all arguments into one single text element - and one feature
370: of in_line() - put trailing punctuation out of scope.
371: Found in mount_nfs(8) and exports(5), search for "Appendix".
1.184 schwarze 372: loc ** exist ** algo *** size * imp **
1.83 schwarze 373:
1.147 schwarze 374: - Trailing punctuation after .%T triggers EOS spacing, at least
375: outside .Rs (eek!). Simply setting ARGSFL_DELIM for .%T is not
376: the right solution, it sends mandoc into an endless loop.
377: reported by Nicolas Joly Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:49:54 +0100
1.184 schwarze 378: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.147 schwarze 379:
1.174 schwarze 380: - global variables in the SYNOPSIS of section 3 pages
381: .Vt vs .Vt/.Va vs .Ft/.Va vs .Ft/.Fa ...
382: from kristaps@ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:13:32 +0200
383:
1.48 schwarze 384: - in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence
385: reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
1.184 schwarze 386: loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ***
1.197 schwarze 387:
388: - a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace
389: and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1)
390: loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp **
1.149 schwarze 391:
392: - formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc
393: reveals lots of bugs both in groff and mandoc...
394: reported by bentley@ Wed, 22 May 2013 23:49:30 -0600
1.171 schwarze 395:
396: --- PDF issues ---------------------------------------------------------
397:
398: - PDF output doesn't use a monospaced font for .Bd -literal
399: Example: "mandoc -Tpdf afterboot.8 > output.pdf && pdfviewer output.pdf".
400: Search the text "Routing tables".
401: Also check what PostScript mode does when fixing this.
402: reported by juanfra@ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:44:58 +0200
1.186 schwarze 403: instructions from juanfra@ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 02:21:01 +0200
404: add a new <</Type /Font>> block to the PDF files with /BaseFont /Courier
405: and change the /Name from /F0 to the new font (/F5 (?)).
406: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.173 schwarze 407:
408: --- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
409:
1.174 schwarze 410: - <dl><dt><dd> formatting is ugly
411: hints are easy to find on the web, e.g.
412: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1713048/
413: see also matthew@ Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:25:12 -0700
1.184 schwarze 414: loc * exist * algo ** size * imp ***
1.180 schwarze 415:
1.187 schwarze 416: - jsg on icb, Nov 3, 2014:
417: try to guess Xr in man(7) for hyperlinking
418:
1.180 schwarze 419: - The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force
420: the width of the <body> to the max-width given for <html>.
421: Not yet sure how to fix that...
422: Observed by an Anonymous Coward on undeadly.org:
423: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140925064244&pid=1
1.184 schwarze 424: loc * exist * algo ** size * imp ***
1.177 schwarze 425:
426: - consider whether <var> can be used for Ar Dv Er Ev Fa Va.
427: from bentley@ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:17:55 -0600
1.206 schwarze 428:
429: - generate <img> tags in HTML
430: idea from florian@ Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:26:28 +0000
431: may be possible to implement with .Lk img://something.png alt_text
1.174 schwarze 432:
1.173 schwarze 433: - check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml
1.35 kristaps 434:
1.1 kristaps 435: ************************************************************************
1.104 kristaps 436: * formatting issues: gratuitous differences
1.1 kristaps 437: ************************************************************************
1.187 schwarze 438:
439: - .Fn reopens a new scope after punctuation in mandoc,
440: but closes its scope for good in groff.
441: Do we want to change mandoc or groff?
442: Steffen Nurpmeso Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100
443: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.103 schwarze 444:
1.174 schwarze 445: - In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after
446: the number, mandoc breaks the line.
447: mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200
1.184 schwarze 448: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.174 schwarze 449:
1.103 schwarze 450: - .Pp between two .It in .Bl -column should produce one,
451: not two blank lines, see e.g. login.conf(5).
452: reported by jmc@ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:04:58 +0059
1.129 schwarze 453: reported again by sthen@ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:09:39 +0000 (UTC)
1.184 schwarze 454: loc * exist *** algo ** size * imp **
1.39 schwarze 455:
1.83 schwarze 456: - If the *first* line after .It is .Pp, break the line right after
457: the tag, do not pad with space characters before breaking.
458: See the description of the a, c, and i commands in sed(1).
1.184 schwarze 459: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.83 schwarze 460:
461: - If the first line after .It is .D1, do not assert a blank line
462: in between, see for example tmux(1).
463: reported by nicm@ 13 Jan 2011 00:18:57 +0000
1.184 schwarze 464: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.147 schwarze 465:
466: - Trailing punctuation after .It should trigger EOS spacing.
467: reported by Nicolas Joly Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:49:54 +0100
468: Probably, this should be fixed somewhere in termp_it_pre(), not sure.
1.184 schwarze 469: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.83 schwarze 470:
1.39 schwarze 471: - .Nx 1.0a
472: should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a",
473: see OpenBSD ccdconfig(8).
1.184 schwarze 474: loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
1.83 schwarze 475:
1.39 schwarze 476: - In .Bl -tag, if a tag exceeds the right margin and must be continued
477: on the next line, it must be indented by -width, not width+1;
478: see "rule block|pass" in OpenBSD ifconfig(8).
1.184 schwarze 479: loc * exist *** algo ** size * imp **
1.56 schwarze 480:
1.83 schwarze 481: - When the -width string contains macros, the macros must be rendered
482: before measuring the width, for example
483: .Bl -tag -width ".Dv message"
484: in magic(5), located in src/usr.bin/file, is the same
485: as -width 7n, not -width 11n.
1.129 schwarze 486: The same applies to .Bl -column column widths;
487: reported again by Nicolas Joly Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:41:26 +0100 via wiz@ 5 Mar
1.157 schwarze 488: reported again by Franco Fichtner Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:02:28 +0200
1.184 schwarze 489: loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp ***
1.157 schwarze 490: An easy partial fix would be to just skip the first word if it starts
491: with a dot, including any following white space, when measuring.
1.184 schwarze 492: loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
1.83 schwarze 493:
1.56 schwarze 494: - The \& zero-width character counts as output.
495: That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp,
496: we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc.
1.184 schwarze 497: loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.83 schwarze 498:
1.64 schwarze 499: - Header lines of excessive length:
500: Port OpenBSD man_term.c rev. 1.25 to mdoc_term.c
501: and document it in mdoc(7) and man(7) COMPATIBILITY
502: found while talking to Chris Bennett
1.184 schwarze 503: loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
1.205 schwarze 504:
505: - Sequences of multiple man(7) paragraphs (.PP, .IP) interspersed
506: with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy
1.207 schwarze 507: and graphics/dcmtk. The parser reorg may help with this.
1.83 schwarze 508:
509: - trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape,
1.198 schwarze 510: see for example
1.83 schwarze 511: makes
512: \fBdig \fR
513: operate in batch mode
514: in dig(1).
1.184 schwarze 515: loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.204 schwarze 516:
517: ************************************************************************
518: * portability
519: ************************************************************************
520:
521: - word boundaries in regular expressions for whatis(1)
522: set up config tests to use [[:<:]], \<, or nothing
523: reminded by Peter Bray Fri, 03 Apr 2015 23:02:16 +1100
1.166 schwarze 524:
525: ************************************************************************
526: * warning issues
527: ************************************************************************
528:
529: - check that MANDOCERR_BADTAB is thrown in the right cases,
530: i.e. when finding a literal tab character in fill mode,
531: and possibly change the wording of the warning message
532: to refer to fill mode, not literal mode
533: See the mail from Werner LEMBERG on the groff list,
534: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:54:42 +0100 (CET)
1.184 schwarze 535: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.188 schwarze 536:
537: - warn about attempts to call non-callable macros
538: Steffen Nurpmeso Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:55:16 +0100
539: Note that formatting is inconsistent in groff.
540: .Fn Po prints "Po()", .Ar Sh prints "file ..." and no "Sh".
541: Relatively hard because the relevant code is scattered
542: all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different.
543: loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
1.174 schwarze 544:
545: - warn about "new sentence, new line"
1.184 schwarze 546: loc ** exist ** algo *** size * imp **
1.174 schwarze 547:
548: - mandoc_special does not really check the escape sequence,
549: but just the overall format
1.184 schwarze 550: loc ** exist ** algo *** size ** imp **
1.174 schwarze 551:
552: - integrate mdoclint into mandoc ("end-of-line whitespace" thread)
553: from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:09 +0100
554: from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:53 +0200
555: from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:45:37 +0059
556: from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02:03 +0200
1.184 schwarze 557: (mostly done, check what remains)
1.174 schwarze 558:
559: - -Tlint parser errors and warnings to stdout
560: to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200
561: wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200
562:
563: - for system errors, use errno/strerror/warn/err
564:
565: ************************************************************************
566: * documentation issues
567: ************************************************************************
568:
569: - mention hyphenation rules:
570: breaking at letter-letter in text mode (not macro args)
571: proper hyphenation is unimplemented
572:
573: - talk about spacing around delimiters
574: to jmc@, kristaps@ Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:41:27 +0200
575:
576: - mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain
577: is this useful?
578:
579: - mention /usr/share/misc/mdoc.template in mdoc(7)?
1.185 schwarze 580:
581: - Is all the content from http://www.std.com/obi/BSD/doc/usd/28.tbl/tbl
582: covered in tbl(7)?
1.1 kristaps 583:
1.9 kristaps 584: ************************************************************************
585: * performance issues
586: ************************************************************************
1.176 schwarze 587:
588: - Why are we using MAP_SHARED, not MAP_PRIVATE for mmap(2)?
589: How does SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE actually work? Document it!
590: from kristaps@ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:51:36 +0200
1.9 kristaps 591:
1.198 schwarze 592: Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are
1.9 kristaps 593:
594: - improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance)
595:
596: - improve hashing mechanism for characters (not as important)
1.23 kristaps 597:
1.37 kristaps 598: - the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets
1.115 kristaps 599:
600: - instead of re-initialising the roff predefined-strings set before each
1.198 schwarze 601: parse, create a read-only version the first time and copy it
1.184 schwarze 602: loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
1.37 kristaps 603:
1.23 kristaps 604: ************************************************************************
605: * structural issues
606: ************************************************************************
1.202 schwarze 607:
608: - Improve -O suboption parsing. Do it in the main program such that
609: errors can be reported. Pay attention to distinguishing the
610: mandoc(1) and apropos(1) styles of both options.
611: loc ** exist * algo ** size ** imp ***
1.189 schwarze 612:
613: - Use libz directly instead of forking gunzip(1).
614: Suggested by bapt at FreeBSD among others.
1.122 schwarze 615:
616: - We use the input line number at several places to distinguish
617: same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work
618: with user-defined macros, leading to random breakage.
1.67 schwarze 619:
620: - Find better ways to prevent endless loops
621: in roff(7) macro and string expansion.
1.198 schwarze 622:
1.96 schwarze 623: - Finish cleanup of date handling.
1.91 schwarze 624: Decide which formats should be recognized where.
625: Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation.
626: Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100
1.186 schwarze 627:
628: - struct mparse refactoring
629: Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200
1.170 schwarze 630:
631: - Consider creating some views that will make the database more
632: readable from the sqlite3 shell. Consider using them to
633: abstract from the database structure, too.
634: suggested by espie@ Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:52:57 +0200
635:
1.179 kristaps 636: ************************************************************************
637: * CGI issues
638: ************************************************************************
639:
640: - Enable HTTP compression by detecting gzip encoding and filtering
641: output through libz.
642: - Sandbox (see OpenSSH).
643: - Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since.
644: - Allow for cgi.h to be overridden by CGI environment variables.
645: Otherwise, binary distributions will inherit the compile-time
646: behaviour, which is not optimal.
647: - Have Mac OSX systems automatically disable -static compilation of the
648: CGI: -static isn't supported.
1.181 kristaps 649:
1.192 schwarze 650: ************************************************************************
651: * to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros
652: ************************************************************************
653:
654: - use uname(1) to set doc-default-operating-system at install time
655: tobimensch Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:25:07 +0100
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