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- The abort() in bufcat(), html.c, can be triggered via buffmt_includes() |
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by running -Thtml -Oincludes on a file containing a long .In argument. |
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Fixing this will probably require reworking the whole bufcat() concept. |
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* missing features |
* 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) |
- .fc (field control) |
generated by DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> |
found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:48:18 -0500 |
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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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reported again by bentley@ in nmh(1) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:28 -0600 |
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also uses .ce (center N lines) and .fc (field control) |
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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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also Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
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- .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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- .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 |
- \c (interrupted text) should prevent the line break |
even inside .Bd literal; that occurs in chat(8) |
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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- \w'' width measurements |
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would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below |
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needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
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- using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty |
- using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty |
wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 |
wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 |
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- general expression parser, including arithmetics |
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to be used at least for .if/.ie and .nr and maybe at other places |
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could use J.T.Conklin's PD code in bin/expr/expr.c for inspiration |
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needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
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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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--- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) |
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reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
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- -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode |
- -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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- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port, |
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they use some unsupported tbl(7) 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) |
reported by naddy@ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:51:57 +0200 |
reported by naddy@ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:51:57 +0200 |
*** sox(1) still doesn't work, tbl(1) errors need investigation |
*** sox(1) still doesn't work, tbl(1) errors need investigation |
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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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- makewhatis(8) for preformatted pages: |
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parse the section number from the header line |
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and compare to the section number from the directory name |
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- Does makewhatis(8) detect missing NAME sections, missing names, |
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and missing descriptions in all the file formats? |
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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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produces |
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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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- 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, |
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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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- PDF output doesn't use a monospaced font for .Bd -literal |
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Example: "mandoc -Tpdf afterboot.8 > output.pdf && pdfviewer output.pdf". |
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Search the text "Routing tables". |
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Also check what PostScript mode does when fixing this. |
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reported by juanfra@ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:44:58 +0200 |
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* formatting issues: gratuitous differences |
* formatting issues: gratuitous differences |
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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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as -width 7n, not -width 11n. |
as -width 7n, not -width 11n. |
The same applies to .Bl -column column widths; |
The same applies to .Bl -column column widths; |
reported again by Nicolas Joly Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:41:26 +0100 via wiz@ 5 Mar |
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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reported again by Nicolas Joly via wiz@ Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:24:40 +0200 |
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Also, we don't want to break the line within the argument of: |
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.Fa "chtype tl" |
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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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.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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- check that MANDOCERR_BADTAB is thrown in the right cases, |
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i.e. when finding a literal tab character in fill mode, |
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and possibly change the wording of the warning message |
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to refer to fill mode, not literal mode |
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See the mail from Werner LEMBERG on the groff list, |
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Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:54:42 +0100 (CET) |
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Line 314 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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Line 348 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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Decide which formats should be recognized where. |
Decide which formats should be recognized where. |
Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation. |
Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation. |
Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100 |
Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100 |
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- Consider creating some views that will make the database more |
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readable from the sqlite3 shell. Consider using them to |
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abstract from the database structure, too. |
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suggested by espie@ Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:52:57 +0200 |
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