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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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- .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) |
- .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) |
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when implementing this, also let .TH set it |
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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- .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1) |
- .ta (tab settings) |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 |
#1 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100 |
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ircbug(1) gnats(1) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 |
also Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
also Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
also posix2time(3) Carsten Kunze Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:03:10 +0100 |
also posix2time(3) Carsten Kunze Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:03:10 +0100 |
loc ** exist *** algo ** size ** imp *** |
loc ** exist *** algo ** size ** imp *** |
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Line 78 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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- \h horizontal move |
- \h horizontal move |
found in cclive(1) and nasm(1) asciidoc/DocBook output |
#2 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100 |
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found in cclive(1) nasm(1) bogofilter(1) asciidoc/DocBook output |
bentley@ on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600 |
bentley@ on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600 |
naddy@ Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:26:41 +0100 |
naddy@ Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:26:41 +0100 |
loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp ** (parser reorg helps a lot) |
loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *** (parser reorg helps a lot) |
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- \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement |
- \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement |
found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 |
loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** |
loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** |
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- \n(.$ macro argument count number register; ocserv(8) by autogen |
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found by sthen@ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:03:01 +0000 |
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- \w'' improve width measurements |
- \w'' improve width measurements |
would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below |
would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below |
needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 |
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- \\ in high-level macro arguments |
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Currently, \\ is expanded in two situations: |
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1) macro and string definition (roff.c setstrn()) |
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2) macro argument parsing (mandoc.c mandoc_getarg()) |
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For user defined macros, the second happens in time because of ROFF_REPARSE. |
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But for standard high-level macros, it only happens after entering the |
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high level parsers, which is too late because the code doesn't get |
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back to roff.c roff_res() from that point. Because this requires |
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distinguishing requests, user-defined macros and standard macros |
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on the roff_res() level, it is hard to solve without the parser reorg. |
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Found by naddy@ in devel/cutils cobfusc(1) Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:10:52 +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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Line 182 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 193 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200 |
uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200 |
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--- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode |
- horizontal lines in the layout still consume data cells |
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and can be mixed with actual data on the same table line |
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synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 |
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--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
- break long text into lines inside cells |
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net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016 |
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- layout l1 for a column of max text width 3 reduces the following |
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inter-column spacing for groff, but not for mandoc |
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net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016 |
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- the "w" layout option is ignored |
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synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 |
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- the "s" layout column specifier is used for placement of data |
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into columns, but ignored during column width calculations |
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synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 |
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- support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code; |
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probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7) |
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use roff_node such that macro sets can mix; |
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informed by bapt@ that FreeBSD needs this. |
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- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port, |
- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port, |
they use some unsupported tbl(7) features. |
they use some unsupported tbl(7) features. |
loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** |
loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** |
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suggested by bentley@ Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:10:55 -0600 |
suggested by bentley@ Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:10:55 -0600 |
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- allow standalone `.' to be interpreted as an end-of-layout |
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delimiter instead of being thrown away as a no-op roff line |
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reported by Yuri Pankov, Wed 18 May 2011 11:34:59 CEST |
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--- missing eqn features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line. |
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Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. |
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Suggested by Avi Weinstock. |
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- The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter. |
- The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter. |
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Line 255 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 |
Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 |
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- When makewhatis(8) encounters a FATAL parse error, |
- change the default PAGER to more -Es and use the pager |
it silently treats the file as formatted, which makes no sense |
even for apropos title line output; req by bapt@ |
at all for paths like man1/foo.1 - and which also contradicts |
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what the manual says at the end of the description. |
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The end result will be ENOENT for file names returned |
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by mansearch() in manpage.file. |
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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: |
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- kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET) |
- kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET) |
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- Vsevolod Stakhov (FreeBSD) needs either a markdown output formatter |
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for mandoc -mdoc or a markdown to mdoc converter because they |
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have to maintain manuals needed both in markdown and mdoc format. |
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Look at the libsoldout (markdown -> whatever) |
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--- compatibility checks ----------------------------------------------- |
--- compatibility checks ----------------------------------------------- |
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- write a configure check for [[:<:]] support and provide some |
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fallback for whatis(1) when it doesn't work; |
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Svyatoslav Mishyn Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:07:10 +0200 |
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- is .Bk implemented correctly in modern groff? |
- is .Bk implemented correctly in modern groff? |
sobrado@ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:12:55 +0200 |
sobrado@ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:12:55 +0200 |
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http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html |
http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html |
"Anthony J. Bentley" <anthonyjbentley@gmail.com> 28 Dec 2010 21:58:40 -0700 |
"Anthony J. Bentley" <anthonyjbentley@gmail.com> 28 Dec 2010 21:58:40 -0700 |
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- check compatibility with COHERENT troff: |
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http://www.nesssoftware.com/home/mwc/source.php |
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- check compatibility with the man(7) formatter |
- check compatibility with the man(7) formatter |
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rofl0r/hardcore-utils/master/man.c |
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rofl0r/hardcore-utils/master/man.c |
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Line 395 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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--- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- |
--- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- |
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- <dl><dt><dd> formatting is ugly |
- .Bf at the beginning of a paragraph inserts a bogus 1ex horizontal |
hints are easy to find on the web, e.g. |
space, see for example random(3). Introduced in |
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1713048/ |
http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/mdoc_html.c.diff?r1=1.91&r2=1.92 |
see also matthew@ Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:25:12 -0700 |
reported by deraadt@ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 20:14:13 -0600 (MDT) |
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- jsg on icb, Nov 3, 2014: |
- jsg on icb, Nov 3, 2014: |
try to guess Xr in man(7) for hyperlinking |
try to guess Xr in man(7) for hyperlinking |
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and render them with <a class="Xr" href=...> |
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https://github.com/Debian/debiman/issues/15 |
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- The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force |
- The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force |
the width of the <body> to the max-width given for <html>. |
the width of the <body> to the max-width given for <html>. |
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- consider whether <var> can be used for Ar Dv Er Ev Fa Va. |
- consider whether <var> can be used for Ar Dv Er Ev Fa Va. |
from bentley@ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:17:55 -0600 |
from bentley@ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:17:55 -0600 |
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- generate <img> tags in HTML |
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idea from florian@ Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:26:28 +0000 |
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may be possible to implement with .Lk img://something.png alt_text |
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- check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml |
- check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml |
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Line 493 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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found while talking to Chris Bennett |
found while talking to Chris Bennett |
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- Sequences of multiple man(7) paragraphs (.PP, .IP) interspersed |
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with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy |
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and graphics/dcmtk. The parser reorg may help with this. |
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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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- check that MANDOCERR_BADTAB is thrown in the right cases, |
- provide a way in mandoc(1) to warn about broken .Xr links; |
i.e. when finding a literal tab character in fill mode, |
probably cannot be on by default in -Tlint because it needs |
and possibly change the wording of the warning message |
to access the manpath and mandoc.db(3) after parsing. |
to refer to fill mode, not literal mode |
asked for by jmc@ Fri, 4 Dec 2015 22:39:40 +0000 |
See the mail from Werner LEMBERG on the groff list, |
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- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros |
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Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034 |
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- warn about attempts to call non-callable macros |
- warn about attempts to call non-callable macros |
Steffen Nurpmeso Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:55:16 +0100 |
Steffen Nurpmeso Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:55:16 +0100 |
Note that formatting is inconsistent in groff. |
Note that formatting is inconsistent in groff. |
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Line 544 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200 |
to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200 |
wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200 |
wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200 |
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- for system errors, use errno/strerror/warn/err |
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- Why are we using MAP_SHARED, not MAP_PRIVATE for mmap(2)? |
- Why are we using MAP_SHARED, not MAP_PRIVATE for mmap(2)? |
How does SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE actually work? Document it! |
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from kristaps@ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:51:36 +0200 |
from kristaps@ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:51:36 +0200 |
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Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are |
Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are |
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- Use libz directly instead of forking gunzip(1). |
- POSIX says in the documentation of sysconf(3) that PATH_MAX |
Suggested by bapt at FreeBSD among others. |
is allowed to be so large that it is a bad idea to use it |
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for sizing static buffers. So use dynamic buffers throughout. |
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See the file test-PATH_MAX.c for details. |
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Found by Aaron M. Ucko in the GNU Hurd via Bdale Garbee, |
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=829624 |
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- We use the input line number at several places to distinguish |
- We use the input line number at several places to distinguish |
same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work |
same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work |
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- struct mparse refactoring |
- struct mparse refactoring |
Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200 |
Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200 |
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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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* CGI issues |