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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.89
retrieving revision 1.93
diff -u -p -r1.89 -r1.93
--- mandoc/TODO	2011/02/03 10:24:21	1.89
+++ mandoc/TODO	2011/03/19 23:36:08	1.93
@@ -1,30 +1,15 @@
 ************************************************************************
 * Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.89 2011/02/03 10:24:21 kristaps Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.93 2011/03/19 23:36:08 schwarze Exp $
 ************************************************************************
 
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 * parser bugs
 ************************************************************************
 
-- It should be noted that in mandoc, the TBL macros are interpreted as
-  real roff macros (e.g., `.  TS' is ok), while the troff preprocessor
-  only looks for `.TS' (static string).  This should be noted in the
-  COMPATIBILITY section.  The same applies for nascent `.EQ' (as it is
-  now, `.EN' is processed as a static string).
-
 - .TP before .SH is still FATAL in man(7)
   reported by brad@  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:54:54 -0500
 
-- The mdoc(7) parser should handle `\.' as punctuation:
-    .Ql .if ${VAR} op something \.
-  should produce
-    `.if ${VAR} op something'.
-  not
-    `.if ${VAR} op something .'
-  as seen in make(1).
-  To escape the dot, one would use `\&.'.
-
 - the roff parser doesn't tolerate additional characters between
   a macro and the \} terminating a conditional block, e.g.
   .if n \{
@@ -293,6 +278,10 @@
 * error reporting issues
 ************************************************************************
 
+- empty .RS blocks in man(7) should be warnings, not errors,
+  see for example qemu(1);
+  brad@comstyle.com  Sat Mar 19 00:36:56 2011
+
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 * performance issues
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@@ -311,4 +300,12 @@ Several areas can be cleaned up to make mandoc even fa
 
 - Find better ways to prevent endless loops
   in roff(7) macro and string expansion.
-  
+ 
+- Clean up date handling.
+  Store dates as strings, not time numbers.
+  When the format is not recognized, just use the string from the input.
+  When the format is recognized, normalize the string to whatever
+  format is standard at the respective place.
+  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