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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.86
retrieving revision 1.92
diff -u -p -r1.86 -r1.92
--- mandoc/TODO	2011/01/25 16:20:24	1.86
+++ mandoc/TODO	2011/03/17 09:16:38	1.92
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ************************************************************************
 * Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.86 2011/01/25 16:20:24 kristaps Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.92 2011/03/17 09:16:38 kristaps Exp $
 ************************************************************************
 
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@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@
 - .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 \{
@@ -160,6 +151,9 @@
 * formatting issues: ugly output
 ************************************************************************
 
+- a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurrious
+  start-with-whitespace printing of a newline
+
 - double quotes inside double quotes are escaped by doubling them
   implement this in mdoc(7), too
   so far, we only have it in roff(7) and man(7)
@@ -243,10 +237,6 @@
   should be indented, see e.g. rpc(3);
   reported by jmc@ on discuss@  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:48:33 +0100
 
-- .Ns should only be effective when called by another macro,
-  not as a stand-alone macro at the beginning of a line;
-  see for example the awk(1) SYNOPSIS.
-
 - .Ns should work when called at the end of an input line, see
   the following code in vi(1):
     .It Xo
@@ -306,4 +296,12 @@ 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