version 1.86, 2011/01/25 16:20:24 |
version 1.94, 2011/03/22 15:30:30 |
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- .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7) |
- .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7) |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500 |
reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500 |
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- The mdoc(7) parser should handle `\.' as punctuation: |
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.Ql .if ${VAR} op something \. |
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should produce |
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`.if ${VAR} op something'. |
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not |
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`.if ${VAR} op something .' |
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as seen in make(1). |
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To escape the dot, one would use `\&.'. |
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- the roff parser doesn't tolerate additional characters between |
- the roff parser doesn't tolerate additional characters between |
a macro and the \} terminating a conditional block, e.g. |
a macro and the \} terminating a conditional block, e.g. |
.if n \{ |
.if n \{ |
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* formatting issues: ugly output |
* formatting issues: ugly output |
************************************************************************ |
************************************************************************ |
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- a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurrious |
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start-with-whitespace printing of a newline |
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- double quotes inside double quotes are escaped by doubling them |
- double quotes inside double quotes are escaped by doubling them |
implement this in mdoc(7), too |
implement this in mdoc(7), too |
so far, we only have it in roff(7) and man(7) |
so far, we only have it in roff(7) and man(7) |
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should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3); |
should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3); |
reported by jmc@ on discuss@ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100 |
reported by jmc@ on discuss@ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100 |
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- .Ns should only be effective when called by another macro, |
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not as a stand-alone macro at the beginning of a line; |
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see for example the awk(1) SYNOPSIS. |
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- .Ns should work when called at the end of an input line, see |
- .Ns should work when called at the end of an input line, see |
the following code in vi(1): |
the following code in vi(1): |
.It Xo |
.It Xo |
Line 306 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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Line 296 Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa |
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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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- Clean up date handling. |
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Store dates as strings, not time numbers. |
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When the format is not recognized, just use the string from the input. |
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When the format is recognized, normalize the string to whatever |
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format is standard at the respective place. |
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Decide which formats should be recognized where. |
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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 |