=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.313 retrieving revision 1.323 diff -u -p -r1.313 -r1.323 --- mandoc/TODO 2021/06/02 18:23:34 1.313 +++ mandoc/TODO 2022/04/14 10:14:53 1.323 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.313 2021/06/02 18:23:34 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.323 2022/04/14 10:14:53 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -47,7 +47,34 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. which risks causing more severe bugs. loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp * + ************************************************************************ +* bugs: invalid output +************************************************************************ + +- wrong number of layout columns in tbl(7) code generated by -T man + https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57720 + The reason likely is that tbl(7) does not support the -Bl -column + feature of not explicitly specifying the last table column. + loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp *** + +- eqn(7) delimiters cause conditional lines to misbehave + nabijaczleweli 8 Sep 2021 15:24:48 +0200 + loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp * + +- roff.c, roff_expand() should not remove blanks before comments + to Oliver Corff, Sep 7, 2021 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp * + but watch out for regressions in the high-level parsers + maybe it should not even remove comments? - consider T{\" + +- tag.c, tag_put() should not put ASCII_HYPH into the tag file, + which happens when the tag contains "-" on the input side + weerd@ 28 Sep 2021 12:44:07 +0200 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp *** + + +************************************************************************ * missing features ************************************************************************ @@ -270,8 +297,30 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- +- conisder whether man(1) fallback code in main.c/fs_*() can find files + like man3c/fopen.3c (illumos, Solaris) and man3p/fopen.3p (POSIX) + discussed with Robert Mustacchi 21 Sep 2021 10:39:40 -0700 + loc * exist * algo ** size * imp ** + +- let makewhatis(8) follow symbolic links to dirs below READ_ALLOWED_PATH + this may be feasible using fts_set(FTS_FOLLOW) + mail to sternenseemann 19 Aug 2021 19:11:50 +0200 + loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** + +- tag.c, tag_put() and callers like man_validate.c, check_tag() + should not mistake "\-" as a word-ending escape sequence but + instead translate it to plain "-" in the tag name + weerd@ 28 Sep 2021 12:44:07 +0200 + loc ** exist * algo * size * imp *** + +- handle Unicode letters in tags in both HTML and terminal output + thread "section headers with diacritics" starting with + Mario Blaettermann 24 Mar 2022 18:13:23 +0100 + loc ** exist * algo * size * imp ** + - -T man does not handle eqn(7) and tbl(7) Stephen Gregoratto 16 Feb 2020 01:28:07 +1100 + also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901636 loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp ** - man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally @@ -348,6 +397,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - check features of the Slackware man.conf(5) format Carsten Kunze Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:57:24 +0100 +- look at http://www.snake.net/software/troffcvt/ (troff to HTML) + mentioned by Oliver Corff 22 Jan 2021 01:36:49 +0100 + + ************************************************************************ * formatting issues: ugly output ************************************************************************ @@ -431,10 +484,29 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- +- .Aq Mt could set and reset "white-space: nowrap"; + Check whether other enclosure macros could profit from similar handling, + or whether that is covered by Unicode line-breaking classes WJ, ZW, GL, ZWJ. + John Gardner 25 Mar 2022 04:44:27 +1100 + +- make the HTML scaffolding customizable with -O skip=... + mail to Oliver Corff 3 Jun 2021 17:28:02 +0200 + more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 18:27:56 +0200 + more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 23:37:18 +0200 + - .Bd -unfilled should not use monospaced font anton@ 4 Mar 2021 08:19:35 +0100 loc ** exist * algo * size * imp ** +- HTML formatting of .nf should avoid
+ and not close and re-open
 on .P
+  my mail to ports@ 27 Jun 2021 16:09:20 +0200
+  loc **  exist **  algo *  size *  imp **
+
+- tbl(7) HTML output does not implement column width specifications
+  reported by Ted Bullock 11 Jan 2022 16:00:44 -0700
+  loc *  exist *  algo ?  size ?  imp *
+
 - get rid of the last handful of style= attributes such that
   Content-Security-Policy: can be enabled without unsafe-inline
   suggested by bentley@  Nov 10, 2019 at 06:02:49AM -0700
@@ -464,17 +536,17 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140925064244&pid=1
   loc *  exist *  algo **  size *  imp ***
 
-- implement the tbl(7) layout "n" specifier for HTML output,
-  probably by manual alignment, inserting adequate numbers of
-  digit-width spaces, similar to tbl_term.c, tbl_number()
-  Oliver Corff 16 May 2021 20:29:00 +0200
-  loc **  exist **  algo **  size *  imp **
-
 - 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
+
+--- CSS issues ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+- use flexbox for .Bl-tag instead of the fragile float/clear mechanism
+  John Gardner 25 Mar 2022 04:44:27 +1100
+
 
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 * formatting issues: gratuitous differences