=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.237 retrieving revision 1.241 diff -u -p -r1.237 -r1.241 --- mandoc/TODO 2017/05/16 19:06:30 1.237 +++ mandoc/TODO 2017/07/20 11:58:31 1.241 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.237 2017/05/16 19:06:30 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.241 2017/07/20 11:58:31 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -65,21 +65,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. found by jca@ in ratpoison(1) Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:01:09 +0200 loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** -- \h horizontal move - #2 most important issue naddy@ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:59:17 +0100 - found in cclive(1) nasm(1) bogofilter(1) asciidoc/DocBook output - bentley@ on discuss@ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:29:34 -0600 - naddy@ Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:26:41 +0100 - loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *** (parser reorg helps a lot) - - \n+ and \n- numerical register increment and decrement found by bentley@ in sbcl(1) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:36:57 -0700 loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** -- \n(.$ macro argument count number register; ocserv(8) by autogen - found by sthen@ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:03:01 +0000 - loc * exist ** algo * size * imp ** - - \w'' improve 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 @@ -183,22 +172,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- -- 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 *** - -- 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 @@ -240,6 +213,16 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 5 section 15. loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** +- GNU eqn converts some operators to special characters, for example, + input HYPHEN-MINUS becomes output \(mi, unless it is part of a + quoted word. mandoc(1) only does this when the operator is + surrounded by blanks, not when it is part of an unquoted word. + Also, check whether there are more such cases (e.g., +?). + reported by bentley@ 20 Jun 2017 02:04:29 -0600 + +- Primes, opprime, and ' + bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:14:20 -0600 + --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- - italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode @@ -359,6 +342,12 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. .Vt vs .Vt/.Va vs .Ft/.Va vs .Ft/.Fa ... from kristaps@ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:13:32 +0200 +- implicit whitespace around inline equations + example code: where '$times$' denotes matrix multiplication + must not have an HTML line break, nor a blank, before + partial solution: html.c {"math", HTML_NLINSIDE | HTML_INDENT}, + bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:00:59 -0600 + - in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059 loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp *** @@ -421,9 +410,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. Steffen Nurpmeso Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100 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 the number, mandoc breaks the line. mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200 @@ -495,11 +481,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. * warning issues ************************************************************************ -- 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 ** @@ -516,13 +497,6 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. but just the overall format loc ** exist ** algo *** size ** imp ** -- integrate mdoclint into mandoc ("end-of-line whitespace" thread) - from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:09 +0100 - from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:53 +0200 - from jmc@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:45:37 +0059 - from kristaps@ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02:03 +0200 - (mostly done, check what remains) - - -Tlint parser errors and warnings to stdout to tech@mdocml, naddy@ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:46 +0200 wait! kristaps@ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0200 @@ -531,6 +505,9 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. * documentation issues ************************************************************************ +- dashes, hyphens, and minus signs in manual pages + jmc@ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:19:27 +0000 + - mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain is this useful? @@ -565,13 +542,13 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa same-line from different-line input. That plainly doesn't work with user-defined macros, leading to random breakage. +- Is it possible to further simplify ENDBODY_SPACE? + - Find better ways to prevent endless loops in roff(7) macro and string expansion. -- Finish cleanup of date handling. - Decide which formats should be recognized where. - Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation. - Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100 +- make buffers for parsing functions const + christos@ via wiz@ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:10:01 +0100 - struct mparse refactoring Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200