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- .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

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--- 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.

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- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port,

they use some unsupported tbl(7) features.

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--- missing eqn features -----------------------------------------------

- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line.

Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015.

Suggested by Avi Weinstock.

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- The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter.

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- kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET)

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- 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

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http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html

"Anthony J. Bentley" <anthonyjbentley@gmail.com> 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

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- consider whether <var> can be used for Ar Dv Er Ev Fa Va.

from bentley@ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:17:55 -0600

- generate <img> 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

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and document it in mdoc(7) and man(7) COMPATIBILITY

found while talking to Chris Bennett

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- 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

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