=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.149 retrieving revision 1.169 diff -u -p -r1.149 -r1.169 --- mandoc/TODO 2013/06/01 05:56:44 1.149 +++ mandoc/TODO 2014/04/23 16:08:33 1.169 @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.149 2013/06/01 05:56:44 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.169 2014/04/23 16:08:33 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * crashes ************************************************************************ -None known right now. +- 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. ************************************************************************ * missing features @@ -15,11 +17,6 @@ None known right now. --- missing roff features ---------------------------------------------- -- roff.c should treat \n(.H>23 and \n(.V>19 in the pod2man(1) - preamble as true, see for example AUTHORS in MooseX::Getopt.3p - reported by Andreas Voegele - Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:34:47 +0100 on ports@ - - .ad (adjust margins) .ad l -- adjust left margin only (flush left) .ad r -- adjust right margin only (flush right) @@ -29,26 +26,49 @@ None known right now. .ad -- re-enable adjustment without changing the mode Adjustment mode is ignored while in no-fill mode (.nf). -- .it (line traps) occur in mysql(1), yasm_arch(7) - generated by DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.1 - reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:48:18 -0500 +- .fc (field control) + found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) + +- .nr third argument (auto-increment step size, requires \n+) + found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 - .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 -- xloadimage(1) wants .ti (temporary indent), rep by naddy@ - reported again by bentley@ in nmh(1) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:28 -0600 - also uses .ce (center N lines) and .fc (field control) - - .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably 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 +- .ti (temporary indent) + found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1) + found by bentley@ in nmh(1) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:28 -0600 + +- .while and .shift + found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200 + - \c (interrupted text) should prevent the line break even inside .Bd literal; that occurs in chat(8) + also found in cclive(1) - DocBook output +- \h horizontal move + found in cclive(1) DocBook output + Anthony J. Bentley on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600 + +- \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement + found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 + +- \w'' width measurements + 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 + - using undefined strings or macros defines them to be empty wl@ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:01 +0000 +- general expression parser, including arithmetics + to be used at least for .if/.ie and .nr and maybe at other places + could use J.T.Conklin's PD code in bin/expr/expr.c for inspiration + needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100 + --- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- - fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks @@ -119,11 +139,6 @@ None known right now. --- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- -- groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) - reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 - also occur in freeciv-client(6) freeciv-server(6) freeciv-modpack(6) - reported by bentley@ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:05:57 -0600 - - -T[x]html doesn't stipulate non-collapsing spaces in literal mode --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- @@ -138,6 +153,18 @@ None known right now. --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- +- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode + Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46 + +- The whatis(1) utility looks for whole words in Nm. + If the file name of a page does not agree with the contents of any + of its Nm macros (e.g. pool(9)), add the file name as an Nm entry + to the mandoc.db as well, such that whatis(1) finds it. + If there is a page with a file name that does not appear as a substring + neither in Nm nor in Nd, the same fix would allow finding that page + with apropos(1) using the file name as a key, as well. + Issue reported by tedu@ Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:15:23 -0400 + - 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 @@ -145,14 +172,6 @@ None known right now. see textproc/mgdiff(1) for nice examples (3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING -- The \t escape sequence is the same as a literal tab, see for example - the ASCII table in hexdump(1) where - .Bl -column \&000_nu \&001_so \&002_st \&003_et \&004_eo - .It \&000\ nul\t001\ soh\t002\ stx\t003\ etx\t004\ eot\t005\ enq - produces - 000 nul 001 soh 002 stx 003 etx 004 eot 005 enq - and the example in oldrdist(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 roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope. @@ -160,6 +179,9 @@ None known right now. noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 +- look at pages generated from Texinfo source by yat2m, e.g. security/gnupg + First impression is not that bad. + - check compatibility with Plan9: http://swtch.com/usr/local/plan9/tmac/tmac.an http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html @@ -172,11 +194,6 @@ None known right now. - a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurrious start-with-whitespace printing of a newline -- double quotes inside double quotes are escaped by doubling them - implement this in mdoc(7), too - so far, we only have it in roff(7) and man(7) - reminded by millert@ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:29:52 -0500 - - In .Bl -column, .It Em AuthenticationKey Length ought to render "Key Length" with emphasis, too, @@ -252,18 +269,14 @@ None known right now. as -width 7n, not -width 11n. 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 Franco Fichtner Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:02:28 +0200 + An easy partial fix would be to just skip the first word if it starts + with a dot, including any following white space, when measuring. - The \& zero-width character counts as output. That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp, we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc. -- When .Fn arguments exceed one output line, all but the first - should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3); - reported by jmc@ on discuss@ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100 - reported again by Nicolas Joly via wiz@ Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:24:40 +0200 - Also, we don't want to break the line within the argument of: - .Fa "chtype tl" - - Header lines of excessive length: Port OpenBSD man_term.c rev. 1.25 to mdoc_term.c and document it in mdoc(7) and man(7) COMPATIBILITY @@ -275,6 +288,17 @@ None known right now. \fBdig \fR operate in batch mode in dig(1). + +************************************************************************ +* warning issues +************************************************************************ + +- 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) ************************************************************************ * performance issues