| version 1.115, 2011/06/30 08:05:13 |
version 1.162, 2013/12/25 14:40:34 |
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| * parser bugs |
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| - .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7) |
None known. |
| reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500 |
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| * formatter bugs |
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| - tbl(7): Horizontal and vertical lines are formatted badly: |
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| With the box option, there is too much white space at the end of cells. |
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| Horizontal lines from "=" lines are a bit too long. |
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| yuri dot pankov at gmail dot com Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:45:26 +0400 |
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* missing features |
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| --- missing roff features ---------------------------------------------- |
--- missing roff features ---------------------------------------------- |
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- roff.c should treat \n(.H>23 and \n(.V>19 in the pod2man(1) |
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preamble as true, see for example AUTHORS in MooseX::Getopt.3p |
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reported by Andreas Voegele <mail at andreasvoegele dot com> |
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Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:34:47 +0100 on ports@ |
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| - .ad (adjust margins) |
- .ad (adjust margins) |
| .ad l -- adjust left margin only (flush left) |
.ad l -- adjust left margin only (flush left) |
| .ad r -- adjust right margin only (flush right) |
.ad r -- adjust right margin only (flush right) |
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| .ad -- re-enable adjustment without changing the mode |
.ad -- re-enable adjustment without changing the mode |
| Adjustment mode is ignored while in no-fill mode (.nf). |
Adjustment mode is ignored while in no-fill mode (.nf). |
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| - .it (line traps) occur in mysql(1), yasm_arch(7) |
- .as (append to string) |
| generated by DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> |
found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200 |
| reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:48:18 -0500 |
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- .ce (center N lines) |
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found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
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found by Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado <iam at juanfra dot info> |
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in lang/racket(1) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:19:11 +0200 |
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- .fc (field control) |
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found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
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- .ll (line length) |
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found by naddy@ in textproc/enchant(1) Sat, 12 Oct 2013 03:27:10 +0200 |
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- .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+) |
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found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
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| - .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) |
- .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) |
| reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
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| - xloadimage(1) wants .ti (temporary indent), rep by naddy@ |
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| - .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1) |
- .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1) |
| reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 |
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| - pod2man expects `tr' to be implemented for \*(-- to work |
- .ti (temporary indent) |
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found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
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found by bentley@ in nmh(1) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:28 -0600 |
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| - \c (interrupted text) occurs in chat(8) |
- .while and .shift |
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found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200 |
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- \c (interrupted text) should prevent the line break |
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even inside .Bd literal; that occurs in chat(8) |
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also found in cclive(1) - DocBook output |
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- \h horizontal move |
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found in cclive(1) DocBook output |
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Anthony J. Bentley on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600 |
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- \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement |
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found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
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- using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty |
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wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 |
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| --- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- |
--- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- |
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| - fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks |
- fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks |
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| - groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) |
- groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) |
| reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
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also occur in freeciv-client(6) freeciv-server(6) freeciv-modpack(6) |
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reported by bentley@ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:05:57 -0600 |
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- -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode |
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| --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
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| - implement basic non-parametric .de to support e.g. sox(1) |
- implement basic non-parametric .de to support e.g. sox(1) |
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| --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- |
--- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- |
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- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode |
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Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 |
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- The whatis(1) utility looks for whole words in Nm. |
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If the file name of a page does not agree with the contents of any |
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of its Nm macros (e.g. pool(9)), add the file name as an Nm entry |
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to the mandoc.db as well, such that whatis(1) finds it. |
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If there is a page with a file name that does not appear as a substring |
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neither in Nm nor in Nd, the same fix would allow finding that page |
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with apropos(1) using the file name as a key, as well. |
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Issue reported by tedu@ Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:15:23 -0400 |
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| - clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes: |
- clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes: |
| (1) fully implemented, or parsed and ignored without loss of content |
(1) fully implemented, or parsed and ignored without loss of content |
| (2) unimplemented, potentially causing loss of content |
(2) unimplemented, potentially causing loss of content |
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| see textproc/mgdiff(1) for nice examples |
see textproc/mgdiff(1) for nice examples |
| (3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING |
(3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING |
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| - The \t escape sequence is the same as a literal tab, see for example |
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| the ASCII table in hexdump(1) where |
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| .Bl -column \&000_nu \&001_so \&002_st \&003_et \&004_eo |
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| .It \&000\ nul\t001\ soh\t002\ stx\t003\ etx\t004\ eot\t005\ enq |
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| 000 nul 001 soh 002 stx 003 etx 004 eot 005 enq |
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| and the example in oldrdist(1) |
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| - look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1) |
- look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1) |
| These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level |
These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level |
| roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope. |
roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope. |
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| noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 |
noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 |
| reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 |
reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 |
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- look at pages generated from Texinfo source by yat2m, e.g. security/gnupg |
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First impression is not that bad. |
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| - check compatibility with Plan9: |
- check compatibility with Plan9: |
| http://swtch.com/usr/local/plan9/tmac/tmac.an |
http://swtch.com/usr/local/plan9/tmac/tmac.an |
| http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html |
http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html |
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| - a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurrious |
- a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurrious |
| start-with-whitespace printing of a newline |
start-with-whitespace printing of a newline |
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| - double quotes inside double quotes are escaped by doubling them |
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| implement this in mdoc(7), too |
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| so far, we only have it in roff(7) and man(7) |
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| reminded by millert@ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:29:52 -0500 |
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| - perl(1) SYNOPSIS looks bad; reported by deraadt@ |
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| 1) man(7) seems to need SYNOPSIS .Nm blocks, too |
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| - In .Bl -column, |
- In .Bl -column, |
| .It Em Authentication<tab>Key Length |
.It Em Authentication<tab>Key Length |
| ought to render "Key Length" with emphasis, too, |
ought to render "Key Length" with emphasis, too, |
| see OpenBSD iked.conf(5). |
see OpenBSD iked.conf(5). |
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reported again Nicolas Joly via wiz@ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:20:00 +0200 |
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| - empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks |
- empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks |
| try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta |
try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta |
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| of in_line() - put trailing punctuation out of scope. |
of in_line() - put trailing punctuation out of scope. |
| Found in mount_nfs(8) and exports(5), search for "Appendix". |
Found in mount_nfs(8) and exports(5), search for "Appendix". |
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- Trailing punctuation after .%T triggers EOS spacing, at least |
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outside .Rs (eek!). Simply setting ARGSFL_DELIM for .%T is not |
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the right solution, it sends mandoc into an endless loop. |
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reported by Nicolas Joly Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:49:54 +0100 |
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| - in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence |
- in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence |
| reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059 |
reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059 |
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- formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc |
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reveals lots of bugs both in groff and mandoc... |
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reported by bentley@ Wed, 22 May 2013 23:49:30 -0600 |
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| * formatting issues: gratuitous differences |
* formatting issues: gratuitous differences |
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| is just "o\bo". |
is just "o\bo". |
| see for example OpenBSD ksh(1) |
see for example OpenBSD ksh(1) |
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| - The characters "|" and "\*(Ba" should never be bold, |
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| not even in the middle of a word, e.g. ".Cm b\*(Bac" in |
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| "mknod [-m mode] name b|c major minor" |
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| in OpenBSD ksh(1) |
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| - A bogus .Pp between two .It must not produce a double blank line, |
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| see between -R and -r in OpenBSD rm(1), before "update" in mount(8), |
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| or in DIAGNOSTICS in init(8), or before "is always true" in ksh(1). |
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| The same happens with .Pp just before .El, see bgpd.conf(5). |
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| Also have `It' complain if `Pp' is invoked at certain times (not |
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| -compact?). |
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| - .Pp between two .It in .Bl -column should produce one, |
- .Pp between two .It in .Bl -column should produce one, |
| not two blank lines, see e.g. login.conf(5). |
not two blank lines, see e.g. login.conf(5). |
| reported by jmc@ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:04:58 +0059 |
reported by jmc@ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:04:58 +0059 |
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reported again by sthen@ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:09:39 +0000 (UTC) |
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| - If the *first* line after .It is .Pp, break the line right after |
- If the *first* line after .It is .Pp, break the line right after |
| the tag, do not pad with space characters before breaking. |
the tag, do not pad with space characters before breaking. |
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| in between, see for example tmux(1). |
in between, see for example tmux(1). |
| reported by nicm@ 13 Jan 2011 00:18:57 +0000 |
reported by nicm@ 13 Jan 2011 00:18:57 +0000 |
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- Trailing punctuation after .It should trigger EOS spacing. |
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reported by Nicolas Joly Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:49:54 +0100 |
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Probably, this should be fixed somewhere in termp_it_pre(), not sure. |
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| - .Nx 1.0a |
- .Nx 1.0a |
| should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a", |
should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a", |
| see OpenBSD ccdconfig(8). |
see OpenBSD ccdconfig(8). |
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| .Bl -tag -width ".Dv message" |
.Bl -tag -width ".Dv message" |
| in magic(5), located in src/usr.bin/file, is the same |
in magic(5), located in src/usr.bin/file, is the same |
| as -width 7n, not -width 11n. |
as -width 7n, not -width 11n. |
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The same applies to .Bl -column column widths; |
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reported again by Nicolas Joly Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:41:26 +0100 via wiz@ 5 Mar |
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reported again by Franco Fichtner Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:02:28 +0200 |
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An easy partial fix would be to just skip the first word if it starts |
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with a dot, including any following white space, when measuring. |
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| - The \& zero-width character counts as output. |
- The \& zero-width character counts as output. |
| That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp, |
That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp, |
| we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc. |
we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc. |
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| - When .Fn arguments exceed one output line, all but the first |
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| should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3); |
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| reported by jmc@ on discuss@ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100 |
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| - .Ns should work when called at the end of an input line, see |
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| the following code in vi(1): |
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| .It Xo |
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| .Op Ar line |
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| .Cm a Ns Op Cm ppend Ns |
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| .Op Cm !\& |
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| .Xc |
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| The input text is appended after the specified line. |
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| - Header lines of excessive length: |
- Header lines of excessive length: |
| Port OpenBSD man_term.c rev. 1.25 to mdoc_term.c |
Port OpenBSD man_term.c rev. 1.25 to mdoc_term.c |
| and document it in mdoc(7) and man(7) COMPATIBILITY |
and document it in mdoc(7) and man(7) COMPATIBILITY |
| found while talking to Chris Bennett |
found while talking to Chris Bennett |
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| - In man(7), the sequence |
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| .HP |
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| one line of regular text |
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| .SH |
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| should not produce two blank lines before the .SH, |
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| see for example named-checkconf(8). |
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| - In man(7), the sequence |
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| .SH HEADER |
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| <blank line> |
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| .PP |
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| regular text |
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| should not produce any blank lines between the header and the text, |
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| see for example rsync(1). |
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| Reported by naddy@ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200 |
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| - In man(7), the sequence |
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| regular text |
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| .IP |
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| .IP "tag" |
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| indented text |
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| should produce one, not four blank lines between the regular text |
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| and the tag, see for example rsync(1). |
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| Likewise, |
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| regular text |
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| .IP |
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| indented text |
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| should produce one, not two blank lines in between, and |
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| regular text |
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| .IP |
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| .RS |
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| .IP tag |
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| indented text |
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| should produce one, not three blank lines. |
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| Reported by naddy@ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200 |
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| - trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape, |
- trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape, |
| see for example |
see for example |
| makes |
makes |
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| in dig(1). |
in dig(1). |
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| * error reporting issues |
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| * performance issues |
* performance issues |
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| Line 335 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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| Line 316 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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| * structural issues |
* structural issues |
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- We use the input line number at several places to distinguish |
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same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work |
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with user-defined macros, leading to random breakage. |
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| - Find better ways to prevent endless loops |
- Find better ways to prevent endless loops |
| in roff(7) macro and string expansion. |
in roff(7) macro and string expansion. |
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