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   but watch out for regressions in the high-level parsers    but watch out for regressions in the high-level parsers
   maybe it should not even remove comments? - consider T{\"    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
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 ************************************************************************  ************************************************************************
 * missing features  * missing features
 ************************************************************************  ************************************************************************
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 --- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------  --- 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
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 - let makewhatis(8) follow symbolic links to dirs below READ_ALLOWED_PATH  - let makewhatis(8) follow symbolic links to dirs below READ_ALLOWED_PATH
   this may be feasible using fts_set(FTS_FOLLOW)    this may be feasible using fts_set(FTS_FOLLOW)
   mail to sternenseemann 19 Aug 2021 19:11:50 +0200    mail to sternenseemann 19 Aug 2021 19:11:50 +0200
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   - 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
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   - 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
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 - -T man does not handle eqn(7) and tbl(7)  - -T man does not handle eqn(7) and tbl(7)
   Stephen Gregoratto 16 Feb 2020 01:28:07 +1100    Stephen Gregoratto 16 Feb 2020 01:28:07 +1100
   also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901636    also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901636
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   reminded by jmc@  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059    reminded by jmc@  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059
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   - the man(7) single-font macros (e.g. .B) use .itc,
     so ".B foo\c" followed by "bar" prints "bar" in bold
     gbranden@ Sun, 5 Jun 2022 18:08:46 -0500
   
 - a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace  - a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace
   and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1)    and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1)
   This will become easier once escape sequences are represented    This will become easier once escape sequences are represented
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 --- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------  --- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
   
 - make the HTML scaffolding customozable with -O skip=...  - .Nm without an argument and .Bx cause premature </pre>
     Nab Sun, 5 Jun 2022 18:30:09 +0200
   
   - .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    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 18:27:56 +0200
   more feedback from Oliver  3 Jun 2021 23:37:18 +0200    more feedback from Oliver  3 Jun 2021 23:37:18 +0200
     would also be useful for
     https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds-www/blob/master/
     maintainer/support/man_postproc.awk
   
 - .Bd -unfilled should not use monospaced font  - .Bd -unfilled should not use monospaced font
   anton@  4 Mar 2021 08:19:35 +0100    anton@  4 Mar 2021 08:19:35 +0100
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 - HTML formatting of .nf should avoid <br/>  - HTML formatting of .nf should avoid <br/>,
     even when input lines start with whitespace,
   and not close and re-open <pre> on .P    and not close and re-open <pre> on .P
   my mail to ports@ 27 Jun 2021 16:09:20 +0200    my mail to ports@ 27 Jun 2021 16:09:20 +0200
     reported again by Mohamed Akram 25 Jun 2022 16:28:18 +0000
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   - tbl(7) HTML output does not implement column width specifications
     reported by Ted Bullock 11 Jan 2022 16:00:44 -0700
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   - link from flags in the SYNOPSIS to their descriptions
     https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds-www/blob/master/
     maintainer/support/man_postproc.awk
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 - get rid of the last handful of style= attributes such that  - get rid of the last handful of style= attributes such that
   Content-Security-Policy: can be enabled without unsafe-inline    Content-Security-Policy: can be enabled without unsafe-inline
   suggested by bentley@  Nov 10, 2019 at 06:02:49AM -0700    suggested by bentley@  Nov 10, 2019 at 06:02:49AM -0700
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   does this affect other characters, other source macros...?    does this affect other characters, other source macros...?
   Jackson Pauls  29 Aug 2017 16:56:27 +0100    Jackson Pauls  29 Aug 2017 16:56:27 +0100
   
 - The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force  
   the width of the <body> to the max-width given for <html>.  
   Not yet sure how to fix that...  
   Observed by an Anonymous Coward on undeadly.org:  
   http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140925064244&pid=1  
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 - 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
   
 - check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml  - 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  * formatting issues: gratuitous differences
 ************************************************************************  ************************************************************************
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   reported again by Nicolas Joly Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:41:26 +0100 via wiz@ 5 Mar    reported again by Nicolas Joly Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:41:26 +0100 via wiz@ 5 Mar
   reported again by Franco Fichtner Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:02:28 +0200    reported again by Franco Fichtner Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:02:28 +0200
   reported again by Bruce Evans Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:22:44 +0100 via bapt@    reported again by Bruce Evans Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:22:44 +0100 via bapt@
     https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35245
     even groff_mdoc(7) uses this: Nab Sun, 5 Jun 2022 22:16:37 +0200
     When implementing this, try to avoid breaking existing manuals,
     or at least fix them: Jan Stary Sun, 5 Jun 2022 22:48:05 +0200
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   An easy partial fix would be to just skip the first word if it starts    An easy partial fix would be to just skip the first word if it starts
   with a dot, including any following white space, when measuring.    with a dot, including any following white space, when measuring.
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