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- .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7) |
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reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500 |
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- the roff parser doesn't tolerate additional characters between |
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a macro and the \} terminating a conditional block, e.g. |
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.if n \{ |
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.br \} |
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reported by ulrich spoerlein Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:39:50 +0200 |
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* formatter bugs |
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- tbl(7): Horizontal and vertical lines are formatted badly: |
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With the box option, there is too much white space at the end of cells. |
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Horizontal lines from "=" lines are a bit too long. |
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yuri dot pankov at gmail dot com Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:45:26 +0400 |
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| - explicit blocks with missing end macro should be implicitely closed |
--- missing roff features ---------------------------------------------- |
| at the end of the enclosing block, e.g. .Bl It (El) Sh |
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| reminded by stsp@ in net/pptp pptp.8 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:32:39 +0200 |
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- .ad (adjust margins) |
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.ad l -- adjust left margin only (flush left) |
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.ad r -- adjust right margin only (flush right) |
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.ad c -- center text on line |
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.ad b -- adjust both margins (alias: .ad n) |
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.na -- temporarily disable adjustment without changing the mode |
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.ad -- re-enable adjustment without changing the mode |
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Adjustment mode is ignored while in no-fill mode (.nf). |
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- .it (line traps) occur in mysql(1), yasm_arch(7) |
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generated by DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> |
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reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:48:18 -0500 |
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- .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1) |
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reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
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- xloadimage(1) wants .ti (temporary indent), rep by naddy@ |
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- .ta (tab settings) occurs in ircbug(1) and probably gnats(1) |
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reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:50:51 -0500 |
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- pod2man expects `tr' to be implemented for \*(-- to work |
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- \c (interrupted text) occurs in chat(8) |
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- \f(CW (constant width font) occurs in rsyncd.conf(5). |
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I think we should treat unknown/unavailable fonts as \fR |
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such that switching back with \fP works correctly - |
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and doesn't revert the _previous_ \fP. |
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--- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- |
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| - fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks |
- fix bad block nesting involving multiple identical explicit blocks |
| see the OpenBSD mdoc_macro.c 1.47 commit message |
see the OpenBSD mdoc_macro.c 1.47 commit message |
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| .Sh .Nm .Bk .Nm .Ek .Sh found by jmc@ in ssh-keygen(1) |
.Sh .Nm .Bk .Nm .Ek .Sh found by jmc@ in ssh-keygen(1) |
| from jmc@ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:10:32 +0100 |
from jmc@ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:10:32 +0100 |
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| - auto-Bk in the SYNOPSIS |
- \\ is now implemented correctly |
| patch from kristaps@ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:51:24 +0200 |
* when defining strings and macros using .ds and .de |
| to be revisited after OpenBSD 4.8 tree unlock |
* when parsing roff(7) and man(7) macro arguments |
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It does not yet work in mdoc(7) macro arguments |
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because libmdoc does not yet use mandoc_getarg(). |
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Also check what happens in plain text, it must be identical to \e. |
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| - implement \\ |
- .Bd -filled should not be the same as .Bd -ragged, but align both |
| in plain text, identical to \e |
the left and right margin. In groff, it is implemented in terms |
| as a macro argument, identical to \ i.e. escaping the next character |
of .ad b, which we don't have either. Found in cksum(1). |
| We do not have macro definitions yet; if we implement them, |
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| \\ must behave in a macro def like in a macro argument, |
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| and when using the macro, it must expand yet again. |
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| - look at bsd.lv tbl(1) |
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| from kristaps@ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:10:53 +0200 |
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| also look at the mail from Thomas Klausner wiz at NetBSD |
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| on Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:01:29 +0200 |
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| joerg@ has patches for this somewhere... |
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| - look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1) |
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| These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level |
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| roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope. |
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| noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 |
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| reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 |
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| - implement blank `Bl -column', such as |
- implement blank `Bl -column', such as |
| .Bl -column |
.Bl -column |
| .It foo Ta bar |
.It foo Ta bar |
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| - explicitly disallow nested `Bl -column', which would clobber internal |
- explicitly disallow nested `Bl -column', which would clobber internal |
| flags defined for struct mdoc_macro |
flags defined for struct mdoc_macro |
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- In .Bl -column .It, the end of the line probably has to be regarded |
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as an implicit .Ta, if there could be one, see the following mildly |
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ugly code from login.conf(5): |
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.Bl -column minpasswordlen program xetcxmotd |
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.It path Ta path Ta value of Dv _PATH_DEFPATH |
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.br |
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Default search path. |
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reported by Michal Mazurek <akfaew at jasminek dot net> |
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via jmc@ Thu, 7 Apr 2011 16:00:53 +0059 |
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| - inside `.Bl -column' phrases, punctuation is handled like normal |
- inside `.Bl -column' phrases, punctuation is handled like normal |
| text, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Fl x . Ta ...' should give "-x -." |
text, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Fl x . Ta ...' should give "-x -." |
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| (e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1) |
(e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1) |
| (mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified) |
(mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified) |
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| - allow `Qq', `Dq', `Sq', `Aq', `Bq' to have 0 arguments |
--- missing man features ----------------------------------------------- |
| noted by Alex Kozlov 08/06/10 23:05 |
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| - 'br\} doesn't correctly close scope. |
- .RS/.RE can be nested, see e.g. the x11/fluxbox manuals |
| Noted by joerg@, 28/7/2010. |
noticed by dcoppa@ Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 04:58:14PM +0200: |
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- groff an-ext.tmac macros (.UR, .UE) occur in xine(5) |
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reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500 |
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--- missing tbl features ----------------------------------------------- |
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- implement basic non-parametric .de to support e.g. sox(1) |
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reported by naddy@ Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:51:57 +0200 |
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*** sox(1) still doesn't work, tbl(1) errors need investigation |
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--- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- |
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- clean up escape sequence handling, creating three classes: |
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(1) fully implemented, or parsed and ignored without loss of content |
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(2) unimplemented, potentially causing loss of content |
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or serious mangling of formatting (e.g. \n) -> ERROR |
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see textproc/mgdiff(1) for nice examples |
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(3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING |
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- The \t escape sequence is the same as a literal tab, see for example |
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the ASCII table in hexdump(1) where |
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.Bl -column \&000_nu \&001_so \&002_st \&003_et \&004_eo |
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.It \&000\ nul\t001\ soh\t002\ stx\t003\ etx\t004\ eot\t005\ enq |
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produces |
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000 nul 001 soh 002 stx 003 etx 004 eot 005 enq |
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and the example in oldrdist(1) |
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- look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1) |
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These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level |
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roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope. |
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For details, see http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html |
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noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 |
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reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 |
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- check compatibility with Plan9: |
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http://swtch.com/usr/local/plan9/tmac/tmac.an |
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http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man7/man.html |
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"Anthony J. Bentley" <anthonyjbentley@gmail.com> 28 Dec 2010 21:58:40 -0700 |
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| * formatting issues: ugly output |
* formatting issues: ugly output |
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- a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurrious |
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start-with-whitespace printing of a newline |
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- double quotes inside double quotes are escaped by doubling them |
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implement this in mdoc(7), too |
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so far, we only have it in roff(7) and man(7) |
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reminded by millert@ Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:29:52 -0500 |
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| - perl(1) SYNOPSIS looks bad; reported by deraadt@ |
- perl(1) SYNOPSIS looks bad; reported by deraadt@ |
| 1) man(7) seems to need SYNOPSIS .Nm blocks, too |
1) man(7) seems to need SYNOPSIS .Nm blocks, too |
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| try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta |
try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta |
| reported by millert Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:13:46 -0400 |
reported by millert Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:13:46 -0400 |
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| - %A doesn't put an "and" before the final author name. |
- .%T can have trailing punctuation. Currently, it puts the trailing |
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punctuation into a trailing MDOC_TEXT element inside its own scope. |
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That element should rather be outside its scope, such that the |
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punctuation does not get underlines. This is not trivial to |
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implement because .%T then needs some features of in_line_eoln() - |
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slurp all arguments into one single text element - and one feature |
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of in_line() - put trailing punctuation out of scope. |
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Found in mount_nfs(8) and exports(5), search for "Appendix". |
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- in enclosures, mandoc sometimes fancies a bogus end of sentence |
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reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059 |
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| * formatting issues: gratuitious differences |
* formatting issues: gratuitious differences |
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| - .%T should be quoted, not underlined, when .%J is also present, |
- .Rv (and probably .Ex) print different text if an `Nm' has been named |
| to better distinguish the contents of .%T and .%J, |
or not (run a manual without `Nm blah' to see this). I'm not sure |
| see for example OpenBSD cat(1) |
that this exists in the wild, but it's still an error. |
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| - .It ${name Ns [ selector ] Ns } |
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| should be "${name[selector]}" not "${name [selector]}" |
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| This is parsed as |
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| text("${name") text("[") Ns() text(selector)... |
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| Opening punctuation should not fall out of .Ns. |
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| see for example OpenBSD csh(1) |
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| - .%A should append the last author with " and " (if there are two) |
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| or ", and " (if there are more), not ", " |
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| see for example OpenBSD csh(1) |
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| - In .Bl -bullet, the groff bullet is "+\b+\bo\bo", the mandoc bullet |
- In .Bl -bullet, the groff bullet is "+\b+\bo\bo", the mandoc bullet |
| is just "o\bo". |
is just "o\bo". |
| see for example OpenBSD ksh(1) |
see for example OpenBSD ksh(1) |
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| - .No text No ) is "text )", not "text)" |
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| see the terrible example |
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| case word in [[(] pattern [| pattern] ... ) list ;; ] ... esac |
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| in OpenBSD ksh(1) |
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| - .Sm should *not* produce as a blank line in .Bd -literal |
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| see for example "Brace expansion" in OpenBSD ksh(1) |
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| - The characters "|" and "\*(Ba" should never be bold, |
- The characters "|" and "\*(Ba" should never be bold, |
| not even in the middle of a word, e.g. ".Cm b\*(Bac" in |
not even in the middle of a word, e.g. ".Cm b\*(Bac" in |
| "mknod [-m mode] name b|c major minor" |
"mknod [-m mode] name b|c major minor" |
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| - A bogus .Pp between two .It must not produce a double blank line, |
- A bogus .Pp between two .It must not produce a double blank line, |
| see between -R and -r in OpenBSD rm(1), before "update" in mount(8), |
see between -R and -r in OpenBSD rm(1), before "update" in mount(8), |
| or in DIAGNOSTICS in init(8). |
or in DIAGNOSTICS in init(8), or before "is always true" in ksh(1). |
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The same happens with .Pp just before .El, see bgpd.conf(5). |
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Also have `It' complain if `Pp' is invoked at certain times (not |
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-compact?). |
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| - .Bd -literal and .Bd -unfilled are *not* identical. |
- If the *first* line after .It is .Pp, break the line right after |
| In -literal, tabs are 8 spaces. |
the tag, do not pad with space characters before breaking. |
| In -unfilled, tabs are 5 spaces, just like in -filled and -ragged. |
See the description of the a, c, and i commands in sed(1). |
| See the CCDF_* display in OpenBSD ccdconfig(8). |
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| - In .Bd -unfilled, .Pp should produce one blank line, not two; |
- If the first line after .It is .D1, do not assert a blank line |
| see the ccd.conf display in OpenBSD ccdconfig(8). |
in between, see for example tmux(1). |
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reported by nicm@ 13 Jan 2011 00:18:57 +0000 |
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| - .Nx 1.0a |
- .Nx 1.0a |
| should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a", |
should be "NetBSD 1.0A", not "NetBSD 1.0a", |
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| on the next line, it must be indented by -width, not width+1; |
on the next line, it must be indented by -width, not width+1; |
| see "rule block|pass" in OpenBSD ifconfig(8). |
see "rule block|pass" in OpenBSD ifconfig(8). |
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| - When .%T is used outside an .Rs context and with a trailing comma, |
- When the -width string contains macros, the macros must be rendered |
| there is no point in rendering two commata, |
before measuring the width, for example |
| see the first paragraph of the DESCRIPTION in OpenBSD mount_nfs(8). |
.Bl -tag -width ".Dv message" |
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in magic(5), located in src/usr.bin/file, is the same |
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as -width 7n, not -width 11n. |
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| - When .%T is used outside an .Rs context and without a trailing comma, |
- The \& zero-width character counts as output. |
| no comma should be rendered at all, |
That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp, |
| see the first paragraph of the DESCRIPTION in OpenBSD exports(5). |
we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc. |
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| - Bogus .Pp before .Bl should not cause a double blank line, |
- When .Fn arguments exceed one output line, all but the first |
| see "The route utility provides the following simple commands:" |
should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3); |
| in OpenBSD route(8). |
reported by jmc@ on discuss@ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100 |
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- .Ns should work when called at the end of an input line, see |
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the following code in vi(1): |
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.It Xo |
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.Op Ar line |
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.Cm a Ns Op Cm ppend Ns |
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.Op Cm !\& |
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.Xc |
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The input text is appended after the specified line. |
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- Header lines of excessive length: |
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Port OpenBSD man_term.c rev. 1.25 to mdoc_term.c |
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and document it in mdoc(7) and man(7) COMPATIBILITY |
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found while talking to Chris Bennett |
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- In man(7), the sequence |
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.HP |
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one line of regular text |
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.SH |
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should not produce two blank lines before the .SH, |
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see for example named-checkconf(8). |
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- In man(7), the sequence |
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regular text |
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.RS |
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.IP |
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should have a blank line between the text and the beginning of the |
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indented paragraph, see for example sudo(1). |
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- In man(7), the sequence |
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.SH HEADER |
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<blank line> |
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.PP |
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regular text |
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should not produce any blank lines between the header and the text, |
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see for example rsync(1). |
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Reported by naddy@ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200 |
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- In man(7), the sequence |
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regular text |
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.PP |
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.RS |
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indented text |
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should produce one blank line between the regular and indented texts, |
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see for example rsync(1), and |
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.RE |
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<blank line> |
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.PP |
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.RS |
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should produce two,not one blank lines. |
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Reported by naddy@ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200 |
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- In man(7), the sequence |
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regular text |
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.IP |
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.IP "tag" |
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indented text |
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should produce one, not four blank lines between the regular text |
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and the tag, see for example rsync(1). |
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Likewise, |
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regular text |
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.IP |
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indented text |
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should produce one, not two blank lines in between, and |
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regular text |
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.IP |
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.RS |
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.IP tag |
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indented text |
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should produce one, not three blank lines. |
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Reported by naddy@ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:42 +0200 |
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- At least sometimes, .sp is ignored right after .SH; see named.conf(5). |
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- trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape, |
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see for example |
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makes |
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\fBdig \fR |
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operate in batch mode |
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in dig(1). |
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* error reporting issues |
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| * performance issues |
* performance issues |
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| - rendering frontend code can calculate widths only for plain strings, |
- Find better ways to prevent endless loops |
| not for strings containing escape sequences. For example, this |
in roff(7) macro and string expansion. |
| hinders calculation of the indent required for .Nm \&[ in text(1). |
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| comments from kristaps@ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:26:08 +0200 |
- Finish cleanup of date handling. |
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Decide which formats should be recognized where. |
| - another example of the same problem: |
Update both mdoc(7) and man(7) documentation. |
| .Bl -tag -width "\eD{format}XX" -compact |
Triggered by Tim van der Molen Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:30:45 +0100 |
| in OpenBSD ksh(1) gives the wrong width |
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| because "\e" is one character in groff, two in mandoc |
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| - Now that `ds' is minimally supported, we can get rid of some |
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| predefined strings. \*(C+ has already been thrown out. Track these |
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| down and whack them. Look in e.g. gcc.1 for the top-level `ds' |
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| invocations. These are reproduced across most crappy GNU manuals. |
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