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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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* Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.210 2015/06/26 16:56:18 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.229 2017/01/28 22:32:51 schwarze Exp $
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Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@ Obviously, as the issues have not been solved yet, the
are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
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-* crashes
-************************************************************************
-
-- The abort() in bufcat(), html.c, can be triggered via buffmt_includes()
- by running -Thtml -Oincludes on a file containing a long .In argument.
- Fixing this will probably require reworking the whole bufcat() concept.
- loc ** exist * algo * size ** imp **
-
-************************************************************************
* missing features
************************************************************************
@@ -202,12 +193,29 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200
loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp **
---- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
+--- missing tbl features -----------------------------------------------
-- -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode
+- horizontal lines in the layout still consume data cells
+ and can be mixed with actual data on the same table line
+ synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400
+ loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ***
---- missing tbl features -----------------------------------------------
+- break long text into lines inside cells
+ net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016
+- layout l1 for a column of max text width 3 reduces the following
+ inter-column spacing for groff, but not for mandoc
+ net/lftp(1) from jirib via bentley@ Sep 13, 2016
+
+- the "w" layout option is ignored
+ synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400
+ loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
+
+- the "s" layout column specifier is used for placement of data
+ into columns, but ignored during column width calculations
+ synaptics(4) found by tedu@ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:17:42 -0400
+ loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp **
+
- support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code;
probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7)
use roff_node such that macro sets can mix;
@@ -251,15 +259,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
even for apropos title line output; req by bapt@
loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
-- makewhatis(8) for preformatted pages:
- parse the section number from the header line
- and compare to the section number from the directory name
- loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
-
-- Does makewhatis(8) detect missing NAME sections, missing names,
- and missing descriptions in all the file formats?
- loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
-
- clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes:
(1) fully implemented, or parsed and ignored without loss of content
(2) unimplemented, potentially causing loss of content
@@ -396,14 +395,17 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
--- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
--
- formatting is ugly
- hints are easy to find on the web, e.g.
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1713048/
- see also matthew@ Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:25:12 -0700
- loc * exist * algo ** size * imp ***
+- .Bf at the beginning of a paragraph inserts a bogus 1ex horizontal
+ 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
+ reported by deraadt@ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 20:14:13 -0600 (MDT)
+ loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *
- jsg on icb, Nov 3, 2014:
try to guess Xr in man(7) for hyperlinking
+ and render them with
+ https://github.com/Debian/debiman/issues/15
+ loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp **
- The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force
the width of the to the max-width given for .
@@ -504,29 +506,18 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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-* portability
-************************************************************************
-
-- word boundaries in regular expressions for whatis(1)
- set up config tests to use [[:<:]], \<, or nothing
- Svyatoslav Mishyn Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:07:10 +0200
- reminded by Peter Bray Fri, 03 Apr 2015 23:02:16 +1100
-
-************************************************************************
* warning issues
************************************************************************
-- Report errors in -O suboption parsing.
+- provide a way in mandoc(1) to warn about broken .Xr links;
+ probably cannot be on by default in -Tlint because it needs
+ to access the manpath and mandoc.db(3) after parsing.
+ asked for by jmc@ Fri, 4 Dec 2015 22:39:40 +0000
+
+- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros
+ Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034
loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
-- check that MANDOCERR_BADTAB is thrown in the right cases,
- i.e. when finding a literal tab character in fill mode,
- and possibly change the wording of the warning message
- to refer to fill mode, not literal mode
- See the mail from Werner LEMBERG on the groff list,
- Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:54:42 +0100 (CET)
- loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
-
- warn about attempts to call non-callable macros
Steffen Nurpmeso Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:55:16 +0100
Note that formatting is inconsistent in groff.
@@ -553,8 +544,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200
wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200
-- for system errors, use errno/strerror/warn/err
-
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* documentation issues
************************************************************************
@@ -579,7 +568,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
************************************************************************
- Why are we using MAP_SHARED, not MAP_PRIVATE for mmap(2)?
- How does SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE actually work? Document it!
from kristaps@ Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:51:36 +0200
Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even faster. These are
@@ -598,8 +586,12 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa
* structural issues
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-- Use libz directly instead of forking gunzip(1).
- Suggested by bapt at FreeBSD among others.
+- POSIX says in the documentation of sysconf(3) that PATH_MAX
+ is allowed to be so large that it is a bad idea to use it
+ for sizing static buffers. So use dynamic buffers throughout.
+ See the file test-PATH_MAX.c for details.
+ Found by Aaron M. Ucko in the GNU Hurd via Bdale Garbee,
+ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=829624
- We use the input line number at several places to distinguish
same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work
@@ -615,11 +607,6 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa
- struct mparse refactoring
Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200
-
-- Consider creating some views that will make the database more
- readable from the sqlite3 shell. Consider using them to
- abstract from the database structure, too.
- suggested by espie@ Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:52:57 +0200
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* CGI issues