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Line 226  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 226  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   they use some unsupported tbl(7) features.    they use some unsupported tbl(7) features.
   loc *  exist **  algo **  size **  imp ***    loc *  exist **  algo **  size **  imp ***
   
   - look what Joerg Schilling manual pages use
     Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:31:48 +0100
   
 - use Unicode U+2500 to U+256C for table borders  - use Unicode U+2500 to U+256C for table borders
   in tbl(7) -Tutf-8 output    in tbl(7) -Tutf-8 output
   suggested by bentley@  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:10:55 -0600    suggested by bentley@  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:10:55 -0600
Line 287  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 290  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
 - look at AT&T DWB http://www2.research.att.com/sw/download  - look at AT&T DWB http://www2.research.att.com/sw/download
   Carsten Kunze <carsten dot kunze at arcor dot de> has patches    Carsten Kunze <carsten dot kunze at arcor dot de> has patches
   Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:01:28 +0200    Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:01:28 +0200
     ported version: https://github.com/n-t-roff/DWB3.3
     Carsten Kunze  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:21:43 +0200
   
 - look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(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    These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level
Line 321  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 326  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   https://github.com/schmonz/ikiwiki/compare/mandoc    https://github.com/schmonz/ikiwiki/compare/mandoc
   Amitai Schlair  Mon, 19 May 2014 14:05:53 -0400    Amitai Schlair  Mon, 19 May 2014 14:05:53 -0400
   
   - check features of the Slackware man.conf(5) format
     Carsten Kunze  Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:57:24 +0100
   
 ************************************************************************  ************************************************************************
 * formatting issues: ugly output  * formatting issues: ugly output
 ************************************************************************  ************************************************************************
Line 377  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 385  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1)    and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1)
   loc **  exist *  algo **  size *  imp **    loc **  exist *  algo **  size *  imp **
   
   - rendering of double quotes in -Tascii is ugly in both groff and mandoc
     to improve, both would have to be changed
     Carsten Kunze  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:27:56 +0100
   
 - formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc  - formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc
   reveals lots of bugs both in groff and mandoc...    reveals lots of bugs both in groff and mandoc...
   reported by bentley@  Wed, 22 May 2013 23:49:30 -0600    reported by bentley@  Wed, 22 May 2013 23:49:30 -0600
   
 --- PDF issues ---------------------------------------------------------  --- PostScript and PDF issues ------------------------------------------
   
 - PDF output doesn't use a monospaced font for .Bd -literal  - PDF output doesn't use a monospaced font for .Bd -literal
   Example: "mandoc -Tpdf afterboot.8 > output.pdf && pdfviewer output.pdf".    Example: "mandoc -Tpdf afterboot.8 > output.pdf && pdfviewer output.pdf".
Line 391  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 403  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   instructions from juanfra@  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 02:21:01 +0200    instructions from juanfra@  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 02:21:01 +0200
     add a new <</Type /Font>> block to the PDF files with /BaseFont /Courier      add a new <</Type /Font>> block to the PDF files with /BaseFont /Courier
     and change the /Name from /F0 to the new font (/F5 (?)).      and change the /Name from /F0 to the new font (/F5 (?)).
     re-reported by tb@ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:47:21 +0100
   loc *  exist **  algo **  size *  imp **    loc *  exist **  algo **  size *  imp **
   
 --- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------  --- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
Line 414  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 427  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140925064244&pid=1    http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140925064244&pid=1
   loc *  exist *  algo **  size *  imp ***    loc *  exist *  algo **  size *  imp ***
   
 - 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  - generate <img> tags in HTML
   idea from florian@  Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:26:28 +0000    idea from florian@  Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:26:28 +0000
   may be possible to implement with .Lk img://something.png alt_text    may be possible to implement with .Lk img://something.png alt_text
Line 433  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 443  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   Steffen Nurpmeso  Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100    Steffen Nurpmeso  Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100
   loc *  exist **  algo **  size *  imp **    loc *  exist **  algo **  size *  imp **
   
   - .Lk formatting for long links with line breaks
     Franco Fichtner  8 Oct 2013 00:33:42 +0200
   
 - In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after  - In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after
   the number, mandoc breaks the line.    the number, mandoc breaks the line.
   mail to kristaps@  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200    mail to kristaps@  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200
Line 487  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 500  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc.    we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc.
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 - 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  
   found while talking to Chris Bennett  
   loc *  exist *  algo *  size *  imp *  
   
 - Sequences of multiple man(7) paragraphs (.PP, .IP) interspersed  - Sequences of multiple man(7) paragraphs (.PP, .IP) interspersed
   with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy    with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy
   and graphics/dcmtk.  The parser reorg may help with this.    and graphics/dcmtk.  The parser reorg may help with this.
Line 526  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 533  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different.    all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different.
   loc **  exist **  algo **  size **  imp **    loc **  exist **  algo **  size **  imp **
   
 - warn about "new sentence, new line"  
   loc **  exist **  algo ***  size *  imp **  
   
 - mandoc_special does not really check the escape sequence,  - mandoc_special does not really check the escape sequence,
   but just the overall format    but just the overall format
   loc **  exist **  algo ***  size **  imp **    loc **  exist **  algo ***  size **  imp **
Line 548  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
Line 552  are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
 * documentation issues  * documentation issues
 ************************************************************************  ************************************************************************
   
 - mention hyphenation rules:  
   breaking at letter-letter in text mode (not macro args)  
   proper hyphenation is unimplemented  
   
 - talk about spacing around delimiters  
   to jmc@, kristaps@  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:41:27 +0200  
   
 - mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain  - mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain
   is this useful?    is this useful?
   
Line 574  Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa
Line 571  Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa
   
 - improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance)  - improve hashing mechanism for macros (quite important: performance)
   
 - improve hashing mechanism for characters (not as important)  
   
 - the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets  - the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets
   
 - instead of re-initialising the roff predefined-strings set before each  
   parse, create a read-only version the first time and copy it  
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 ************************************************************************  ************************************************************************
 * structural issues  * structural issues
 ************************************************************************  ************************************************************************
Line 616  Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa
Line 607  Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa
    output through libz.     output through libz.
  - Sandbox (see OpenSSH).   - Sandbox (see OpenSSH).
  - Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since.   - Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since.
  - Allow for cgi.h to be overridden by CGI environment variables.  
    Otherwise, binary distributions will inherit the compile-time  
    behaviour, which is not optimal.  
  - Have Mac OSX systems automatically disable -static compilation of the   - Have Mac OSX systems automatically disable -static compilation of the
    CGI: -static isn't supported.     CGI: -static isn't supported.
   
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