diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'TODO')
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 105 |
1 files changed, 93 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ************************************************************************ * Official mandoc TODO. -* $Id: TODO,v 1.319 2021/09/21 17:58:13 schwarze Exp $ +* $Id: TODO,v 1.335 2024/09/21 12:08:54 schwarze Exp $ ************************************************************************ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows: @@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. but watch out for regressions in the high-level parsers maybe it should not even remove comments? - consider T{\" +- In the body of conditional requests, escape sequence expansion + must not be performed if the condition is false. This implies + the first part of a request line must be expanded before + request parsing (like it is now), but expansion in the second + part must be delayed. + to Nab 8 Aug 2023 20:05:32 +0200 Subject: if/ie d condition always true + loc ** exist *** algo *** size ** imp * + ************************************************************************ * missing features @@ -149,6 +157,11 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing mdoc features ---------------------------------------------- +- support mixed case for section names + also, first section is not "NAME" should not appear more than once per page + Alejandro Colomar 28 Apr 2023 16:57:49 +0200 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp *** + - .Sh and .Ss should be parsed and partially callable, see groff_mdoc(7) reed at reedmedia dot net Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:13:07 -0600 loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp * @@ -292,7 +305,11 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing misc features ---------------------------------------------- -- conisder whether man(1) fallback code in main.c/fs_*() can find files +- use the default volume headers for sections with suffixes + certainly affects man(7); possibly mdoc(7)?; and also groff(1) + Alejandro Colomar 21 Aug 2022 + +- consider 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 ** @@ -302,6 +319,11 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. mail to sternenseemann 19 Aug 2021 19:11:50 +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 @@ -325,6 +347,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. (3) undefined, just output the character -> perhaps WARNING loc *** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** (parser reorg helps) +- man.conf(5) alias aliasname dirname or just -Mb -Mx -Mp + mail to jmc@ Mar 23, 2015 03:53:14PM +0100 + loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** + - kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET) loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp * @@ -443,6 +469,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. reminded by jmc@ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0059 loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp *** +- 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 and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1) This will become easier once escape sequences are represented @@ -468,20 +498,46 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- HTML issues -------------------------------------------------------- -- make the HTML scaffolding customozable with -O skip=... +- support the idiom .TP .IP .TP for multi-paragraph list item bodies + to: Alejandro Colomar Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:45:21 +0200 + loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp ** + +- .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 more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 18:27:56 +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 anton@ 4 Mar 2021 08:19:35 +0100 loc ** exist * algo * size * imp ** -- 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 my mail to ports@ 27 Jun 2021 16:09:20 +0200 + reported again by Mohamed Akram 25 Jun 2022 16:28:18 +0000 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 * + +- link from flags in the SYNOPSIS to their descriptions + https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds-www/blob/master/ + maintainer/support/man_postproc.awk + 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 @@ -504,19 +560,18 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. does this affect other characters, other source macros...? 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 - loc * exist * algo ** size * imp *** - - generate <img> 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 + + ************************************************************************ * formatting issues: gratuitous differences ************************************************************************ @@ -527,7 +582,17 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. Steffen Nurpmeso Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100 loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** -- In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after +- Multiple issues with .In below SYNOPSIS; groff behaviour is: + text line + .In -> no line break before #include + called .In -> no line break before angle bracket + .In + .In -> second one gets #include, too + two arguments -> line break before second + child macro -> line break before child + .In + text line -> line break before the text line + Evan Silberman Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:48:19 -0700 + loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp * + +- In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues on the same line after the number, mandoc breaks the line. mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200 loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp ** @@ -562,6 +627,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. 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 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 loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *** 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. @@ -576,6 +645,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy and graphics/dcmtk. The parser reorg may help with this. +- The man(7) .UR macro produces UTF-8 angle brackets in -Tutf8 output mode + with groff, but ASCII <> with mandoc + Alejandro Colomar Mon, 7 Aug 2023 17:13:29 +0200 Subject: hostname + - trailing whitespace must be ignored even when followed by a font escape, see for example makes @@ -592,6 +665,14 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. To: deraadt@ 25 Oct 2020 23:37:01 +0100 loc ** exist * algo * size ** imp *** +- warn about \\ and \. in interpretation mode + gbranden@, groff issue #62776, 10 Nov 2023 01:57:32 -0500 + +- warn about output lines exceeding 80 characters + Alejandro Colomar Aug 22, 2022 + not trivial because -T lint does not call any formatter + loc *** exist * algo ** size ** imp ** + - warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200 loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** |