=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.203 retrieving revision 1.208 diff -u -p -r1.203 -r1.208 --- mandoc/TODO 2015/03/16 14:51:14 1.203 +++ mandoc/TODO 2015/06/10 22:26:19 1.208 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.203 2015/03/16 14:51:14 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.208 2015/06/10 22:26:19 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** - .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) + when implementing this, also let .TH set it reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * @@ -207,6 +208,12 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- +- 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; + informed by bapt@ that FreeBSD needs this. + loc *** exist ** algo *** size ** imp *** + - look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port, they use some unsupported tbl(7) features. loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** @@ -268,6 +275,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET) loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp * +- Some FreeBSD people need either a markdown output formatter + for mandoc -mdoc or a markdown to mdoc converter because they + have to maintain manuals needed both in markdown and mdoc format. + --- compatibility checks ----------------------------------------------- - write a configure check for [[:<:]] support and provide some @@ -306,6 +317,9 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html "Anthony J. Bentley" 28 Dec 2010 21:58:40 -0700 +- check compatibility with COHERENT troff: + http://www.nesssoftware.com/home/mwc/source.php + - check compatibility with the man(7) formatter https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rofl0r/hardcore-utils/master/man.c @@ -407,6 +421,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - consider whether can be used for Ar Dv Er Ev Fa Va. from bentley@ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:17:55 -0600 +- generate tags in HTML + idea from florian@ Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:26:28 +0000 + may be possible to implement with .Lk img://something.png alt_text + - check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml ************************************************************************ @@ -479,6 +497,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. found while talking to Chris Bennett loc * exist * algo * size * imp * +- Sequences of multiple man(7) paragraphs (.PP, .IP) interspersed + with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy + and graphics/dcmtk. The parser reorg may help with this. + - trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape, see for example makes @@ -486,6 +508,14 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. operate in batch mode in dig(1). loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp ** + +************************************************************************ +* portability +************************************************************************ + +- word boundaries in regular expressions for whatis(1) + set up config tests to use [[:<:]], \<, or nothing + reminded by Peter Bray Fri, 03 Apr 2015 23:02:16 +1100 ************************************************************************ * warning issues