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Line 52 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) |
loc ** exist *** algo * size * imp * |
loc ** exist *** algo * size * imp * |
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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) |
when implementing this, also let .TH set it |
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 |
loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * |
loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * |
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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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- \h horizontal move |
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#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 |
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bentley@ on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600 |
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naddy@ Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:26:41 +0100 |
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *** (parser reorg helps a lot) |
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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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- \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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Line 75 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Found by naddy@ in devel/cutils cobfusc(1) Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:10:52 +0100 |
Found by naddy@ in devel/cutils cobfusc(1) Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:10:52 +0100 |
loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * |
loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * |
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- using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty |
- check for missing roff escape sequences, implement those that are |
wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 |
trivial even if not usually appearing in manual pages, gracefully |
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ignore the non-trivial ones, document what they are supposed to do |
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and what mandoc does instead |
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--- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- |
--- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- |
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Line 157 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 136 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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is not safe, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Pf a b .' gives "ab." |
is not safe, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Pf a b .' gives "ab." |
but should give "ab ." |
but should give "ab ." |
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- check whether it is correct that `D1' uses INDENT+1; |
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does it need its own constant? |
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- prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children |
- prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children |
(e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1) |
(e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1) |
(mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified) |
(mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified) |
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Line 156 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 |
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ** |
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ** |
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--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- horizontal lines in the layout still consume data cells |
- groff_www(7) .MTO and .URL |
and can be mixed with actual data on the same table line |
These macros were used by the GNU grep(1) man page. |
synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 |
The groff_www(7) manual page itself uses them, too. |
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We should probably *not* add them to mandoc. |
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Just mentioning this here to keep track of the abuse. |
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Laura Morales <lauretas at mail dot com> 20 Apr 2018 07:33:02 +0200 |
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- break long text into lines inside cells |
--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
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 |
- the "s" layout column specifier is used for placement of data |
into columns, but ignored during column width calculations |
into columns, but ignored during column width calculations |
synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 |
synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400 |
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ** |
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ** |
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- vertical centering in cells vertically spanned with ^ |
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pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200 |
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- support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code; |
- support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code; |
probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7) |
probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7) |
use roff_node such that macro sets can mix; |
use roff_node such that macro sets can mix; |
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Line 195 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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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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loc * exist ** algo * size * imp ** |
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- implement horizontal and vertical alignment in HTML output |
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pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200 |
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- implement cell spanning in HTML output |
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pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200 |
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- implement table borders in HTML output |
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pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200 |
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--- missing eqn features ----------------------------------------------- |
--- missing eqn features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line. |
- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line. |
Line 240 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 225 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 5 section 15. |
see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 5 section 15. |
loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** |
loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** |
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- GNU eqn converts some operators to special characters, for example, |
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input HYPHEN-MINUS becomes output \(mi, unless it is part of a |
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quoted word. mandoc(1) only does this when the operator is |
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surrounded by blanks, not when it is part of an unquoted word. |
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Also, check whether there are more such cases (e.g., +?). |
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reported by bentley@ 20 Jun 2017 02:04:29 -0600 |
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- Primes, opprime, and ' |
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bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:14:20 -0600 |
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--- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- |
--- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- |
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- man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally |
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- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode |
- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode |
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 |
loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp * |
loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp * |
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Line 357 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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.Vt vs .Vt/.Va vs .Ft/.Va vs .Ft/.Fa ... |
.Vt vs .Vt/.Va vs .Ft/.Va vs .Ft/.Fa ... |
from kristaps@ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:13:32 +0200 |
from kristaps@ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:13:32 +0200 |
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- implicit whitespace around inline equations |
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example code: where '$times$' denotes matrix multiplication |
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must not have an HTML line break, nor a blank, before <math> |
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partial solution: html.c {"math", HTML_NLINSIDE | HTML_INDENT}, |
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bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:00:59 -0600 |
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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 |
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp *** |
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp *** |
Line 386 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 390 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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--- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- |
--- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- |
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- table of content at the top of HTML (and perhaps ps/pdf) pages |
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only if there are at least two (or three?) non-standard sections |
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only if the new option -O toc is given |
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suggested by Adam Kalisz during EuroBSDCon 2018 |
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- wrap Sh and Ss content into <div> |
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Laura Morales <lauretas at mail dot com> 21 Apr 2018 18:10:48 +0200 |
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(Evaluate whether this is really useful and has no adverse |
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side effects before implementing; if it is possible, |
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it does seem cleaner.) |
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- format ".IP *" etc. as <ul> rather than <dl> |
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https://github.com/Debian/debiman/issues/67 |
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *** |
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- .Bf at the beginning of a paragraph inserts a bogus 1ex horizontal |
- .Bf at the beginning of a paragraph inserts a bogus 1ex horizontal |
space, see for example random(3). Introduced in |
space, see for example random(3). Introduced in |
http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/mdoc_html.c.diff?r1=1.91&r2=1.92 |
http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/mdoc_html.c.diff?r1=1.91&r2=1.92 |
Line 421 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 441 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Steffen Nurpmeso Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100 |
Steffen Nurpmeso Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100 |
loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** |
loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** |
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- .Lk formatting for long links with line breaks |
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Franco Fichtner 8 Oct 2013 00:33:42 +0200 |
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- In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after |
- In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after |
the number, mandoc breaks the line. |
the number, mandoc breaks the line. |
mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200 |
mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200 |
Line 450 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Line 467 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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Probably, this should be fixed somewhere in termp_it_pre(), not sure. |
Probably, this should be fixed somewhere in termp_it_pre(), not sure. |
loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** |
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- .Nx 1.0a |
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should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a", |
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see OpenBSD ccdconfig(8). |
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- In .Bl -tag, if a tag exceeds the right margin and must be continued |
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on the next line, it must be indented by -width, not width+1; |
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see "rule block|pass" in OpenBSD ifconfig(8). |
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- When the -width string contains macros, the macros must be rendered |
- When the -width string contains macros, the macros must be rendered |
before measuring the width, for example |
before measuring the width, for example |
.Bl -tag -width ".Dv message" |
.Bl -tag -width ".Dv message" |
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Line 502 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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* warning issues |
* warning issues |
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- provide a way in mandoc(1) to warn about broken .Xr links; |
- When a man(1) command returns no result and there was an -S |
probably cannot be on by default in -Tlint because it needs |
argument, check the -S argument against the list of valid |
to access the manpath and mandoc.db(3) after parsing. |
architectures and say "Unknown architecture AAA" rather than |
asked for by jmc@ Fri, 4 Dec 2015 22:39:40 +0000 |
"No entry for NNN in the manual" if there is no match. |
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Requires moving the lists of valid architectures out of |
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mdoc_validate.c such that they can be used by main.c. |
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Discussed with jmc@ 10 Aug 2018 19:20:12 +0100. |
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- warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads |
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gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200 |
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- style message about macros inside .Bd -literal and .Dl, in particular |
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font changing macros like .Cm, .Ar, .Fa (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- style message about mismatches between the section number in the |
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file name (if it is known) and the section number in .Dt |
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(from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- style message about NULL without .Dv (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- style message about error constants without .Er (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros |
- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros |
Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034 |
Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034 |
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- style message about violations of the convention |
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.An name Aq Mt localpart@domain in AUTHORS (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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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 541 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. |
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all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different. |
all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different. |
loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** |
loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** |
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- style message about suspicious uses of - vs. \- vs. \(mi |
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e.g. -1 is likely wrong (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- warn about punctuation - e.g. ',' and ';' - at the beginning |
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of a text line, if it is likely intended to follow the preceding |
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output without intervening whitespace, in particular after a |
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macro line (from the mdoclint TODO) |
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- mandoc_special does not really check the escape sequence, |
- mandoc_special does not really check the escape sequence, |
but just the overall format |
but just the overall format |
loc ** exist ** algo *** size ** imp ** |
loc ** exist ** algo *** size ** imp ** |
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- integrate mdoclint into mandoc ("end-of-line whitespace" thread) |
- makewhatis -p complains about language subdirectories: |
from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:09 +0100 |
/usr/local/man//ru: Unknown directory part |
from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:53 +0200 |
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from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:45:37 +0059 |
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from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02:03 +0200 |
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(mostly done, check what remains) |
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- -Tlint parser errors and warnings to stdout |
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to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200 |
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wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200 |
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* documentation issues |
* documentation issues |
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- dashes, hyphens, and minus signs in manual pages |
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jmc@ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:19:27 +0000 |
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- mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain |
- mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain |
is this useful? |
is this useful? |
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* performance issues |
* performance issues |
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- Why are we using MAP_SHARED, not MAP_PRIVATE for mmap(2)? |
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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 |
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- the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets |
- the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets |
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Line 565 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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Line 593 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work |
same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work |
with user-defined macros, leading to random breakage. |
with user-defined macros, leading to random breakage. |
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- Is it possible to further simplify ENDBODY_SPACE? |
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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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- Finish cleanup of date handling. |
- make buffers for parsing functions const |
Decide which formats should be recognized where. |
christos@ via wiz@ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:10:01 +0100 |
Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation. |
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Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100 |
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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 |
Line 582 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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Line 610 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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- Enable HTTP compression by detecting gzip encoding and filtering |
- Enable HTTP compression by detecting gzip encoding and filtering |
output through libz. |
output through libz. |
- Sandbox (see OpenSSH). |
- Privilege separation (see OpenSSH). |
- Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since. |
- Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since. |
- Have Mac OSX systems automatically disable -static compilation of the |
- Have Mac OSX systems automatically disable -static compilation of the |
CGI: -static isn't supported. |
CGI: -static isn't supported. |
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Line 618 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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* to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros |
* to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros |
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- .Cd # arch1, arch2 in section 4 pages: |
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find better way to indicate multiple architectures, maybe: |
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allow .Dt vgafb 4 "macppc sparc64" |
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already shown as "Device Drivers Manual (macppc sparc64)" |
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for apropos, make that "vgafb(4) - macppc # sparc64" instead of "- all" |
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groff can be made to show multiple arches, too, but it is |
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tedious to do the string parsing in roff code... |
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jmc@ 23 Apr 2018 07:24:52 +0100 [man for vgafb(4)...] |
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- use uname(1) to set doc-default-operating-system at install time |
- use uname(1) to set doc-default-operating-system at install time |
tobimensch Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:25:07 +0100 |
tobimensch Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:25:07 +0100 |