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GNU tools parse macros in the -width argument of lists. mandoc does not, so it calculates an excessive width. This often squeezes the text into a very narrow column, especially in nested lists. Implement the easy workaround suggested in the TODO list. When there is only one macro, at the beginning of the -width argument, this fixes the formatting as well as a complete solution. Reviewed by: bapt Relnotes: yes MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35245
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* Official mandoc TODO.
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* $Id: TODO,v 1.319 2021/09/21 17:58:13 schwarze Exp $
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Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
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- loc = locality of the issue
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* single file issue, affects file only, or very few
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** single module issue, affects several files of one module
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*** cross-module issue, significantly impacts multiple modules
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and may require substantial changes to internal interfaces
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- exist = difficulty of the existing code in this area
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* affected code is straightforward and easy to read and change
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** affected code is somewhat complex, but once you understand
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the design, not particularly difficult to understand
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*** affected code uses a special, exceptionally tricky design
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- algo = difficulty of the new algorithm to be written
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* the required logic and code is straightforward
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** the required logic is somewhat complex and needs a careful design
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*** the required logic is exceptionally tricky,
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maybe an approach to solve that is not even known yet
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- size = the amount of code to be written or changed
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* a small number of lines (at most 100, usually much less)
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** a considerable amount of code (several dozen to a few hundred)
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*** a large amount of code (many hundreds, maybe thousands)
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- imp = importance of the issue
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* mostly for completeness
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** would be nice to have
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*** issue causes considerable inconvenience
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Obviously, as the issues have not been solved yet, these annotations
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are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
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* assertion failures
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- .if n .ce in the middle of .TS data
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afl case f1/id:000103,sig:06,src:009024+009105,op:splice,rep:2 (jes@)
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While roff_parseln() prevents .ce and similar requests in the middle
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of a tbl, the guard is no longer effective when the .ce is wrapped
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in a roff block, for example a conditional. The resulting assertion
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has never been seen in any real-world manual page.
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This is too dangerous to fix before release because it requires
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reorganizing the very delicate internals of roff_parseln(),
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which risks causing more severe bugs.
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loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp *
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* bugs: invalid output
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- wrong number of layout columns in tbl(7) code generated by -T man
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https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57720
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The reason likely is that tbl(7) does not support the -Bl -column
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feature of not explicitly specifying the last table column.
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loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp ***
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- eqn(7) delimiters cause conditional lines to misbehave
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nabijaczleweli 8 Sep 2021 15:24:48 +0200
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loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp *
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- roff.c, roff_expand() should not remove blanks before comments
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to Oliver Corff, Sep 7, 2021
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
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but watch out for regressions in the high-level parsers
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maybe it should not even remove comments? - consider T{\"
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* missing features
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--- missing roff features ----------------------------------------------
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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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loc *** exist *** algo ** size ** imp ** (parser reorg would help)
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- .fc (field control)
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found by naddy@ in xloadimage(1)
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loc ** exist *** algo * size * imp *
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- .ns (no-space mode) occurs in xine-config(1)
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when implementing this, also let .TH set it
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reported by brad@ Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:45:23 -0500
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loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
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- \w'' improve width measurements
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would not be very useful without an expression parser, see below
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needed for Tcl_NewStringObj(3) via wiz@ Wed, 5 Mar 2014 22:27:43 +0100
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loc ** exist *** algo *** size * imp ***
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- .als only works for macros in mandoc, not for user-defined strings.
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Also, the "val" field in struct roffkv would have to be replaced
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with a pointer to a reference-counted wrapper, and an alias
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would have to point to the same wrapper as the original.
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.als to undefined does nothing; the alias is not created.
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.rm'ing the original leaves the alias to point to the old value.
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.de .als .de changes both, but
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.de .als .rm .de only changes the new value, not the alias.
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Found in groffer(1) version 1.19
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Jan Stary 20 Apr 2019 20:16:54 +0200
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loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp *
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- roff string condition comparisons fail when vars contain quotes:
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.ds s '
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.if '\*s'' \&...
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hard to fix because of the basic architecture (string replacement
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happens before roff(7) syntax parsing)
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Found in groffer(1) version 1.19
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Jan Stary 20 Apr 2019 20:16:54 +0200
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loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
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- mandoc replaces all ASCII control characters except tab and line feed
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with '?' during input. It would be better to replace them with
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Unicode escapes in preconv_encode() or somewhere in the vicinity,
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such that the already existing better replacement strings show
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up in the output. Emulating groff is not desirable: groff replaces
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0x00, 0x0b, and 0x0d to 0x1f with the empty string (bad because
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that's easy to overlook for the document author), 0x01 with '.'
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(very confusing), and passes through 0x02 to 0x08, 0x0c, and 0x7f
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raw (bad because that is insecure output). Remember that 0x07 may
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need special handling because it is sometimes used for certain
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delimiters, so it may need handling *after* roff.c rather than before.
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reminded by John Gardner 16 Jun 2020 14:26:28 +1000
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Actually, more ASCII control characters than just 0x07 may need
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later handling because they can for example be used in macro names.
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So they may need handling after roff(7) processing.
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pointed out by John Gardner 23 Jun 2020 18:28:08 +1000
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more info from John Gardner 29 Jun 2020 19:54:04 +1000
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *
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- many missing features used in old groff_char(7),
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some can possibly be supported
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kamil at netbsd 12 Nov 2020 17:27:09 +0100 + reply
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- \s with arbitrary arg delimiters as already supported for other escapes
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found following jmc@'s mail 28 Apr 2021 18:31:41 +0100
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
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--- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
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- .Sh and .Ss should be parsed and partially callable, see groff_mdoc(7)
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reed at reedmedia dot net Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:13:07 -0600
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *
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- .Bl -column .Xo support is missing
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ultimate goal:
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restore .Xr and .Dv to
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lib/libc/compat-43/sigvec.3
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lib/libc/gen/signal.3
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lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2
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loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp **
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- edge case: decide how to deal with blk_full bad nesting, e.g.
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.Sh .Nm .Bk .Nm .Ek .Sh found by jmc@ in ssh-keygen(1)
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from jmc@ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:10:32 +0100
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loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp **
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- .Bd -filled should not be the same as .Bd -ragged, but align both
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the left and right margin. In groff, it is implemented in terms
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of .ad b, which we don't have either. Found in cksum(1).
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loc *** exist *** algo ** size ** imp ** (parser reorg would help)
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- implement blank `Bl -column', such as
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.Bl -column
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.It foo Ta bar
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.El
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loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp *
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- explicitly disallow nested `Bl -column', which would clobber internal
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flags defined for struct mdoc_macro
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
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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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loc * exist *** algo ** size * imp **
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- inside `.Bl -column' phrases, punctuation is handled like normal
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text, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Fl x . Ta ...' should give "-x -."
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- inside `.Bl -column' phrases, TERMP_IGNDELIM handling by `Pf'
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is not safe, e.g. `.Bl -column .It Pf a b .' gives "ab."
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but should give "ab ."
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- prohibit `Nm' from having non-text HEAD children
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(e.g., NetBSD mDNSShared/dns-sd.1)
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(mdoc_html.c and mdoc_term.c `Nm' handlers can be slightly simplified)
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- support translated section names
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e.g. x11/scrotwm scrotwm_es.1:21:2: error: NAME section must be first
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that one uses NOMBRE because it is spanish...
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deraadt tends to think that section-dependent macro behaviour
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is a bad idea in the first place, so this may be irrelevant
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- When there is free text in the SYNOPSIS and that free text contains
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the .Nm macro, groff somehow understands to treat the .Nm as an in-line
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macro, while mandoc treats it as a block macro and breaks the line.
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No idea how the logic for distinguishing in-line and block instances
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should be, needs investigation.
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uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:03:51 +0200
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uqs@ Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:33:35 +0200
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loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp **
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--- missing man features -----------------------------------------------
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- MANWIDTH
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Markus Waldeck <waldeck at gmx dot de> 9 Jun 2015 05:49:56 +0200
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Laura Morales <lauretas at mail dot com> 26 Apr 2018 08:15:55 +0200
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Kamil Rytarowski <kamil at netbsd> 13 Nov 2020 00:19:36 +0100
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patch from Kamil 13 Nov 2020 22:37:07 +0100
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
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- groff_www(7) .MTO and .URL
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These macros were used by the GNU grep(1) man page.
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The groff_www(7) manual page itself uses them, too.
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We should probably *not* add them to mandoc.
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Just mentioning this here to keep track of the abuse.
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Laura Morales <lauretas at mail dot com> 20 Apr 2018 07:33:02 +0200
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loc ** exist * algo * size ** imp *
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--- missing tbl features -----------------------------------------------
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- vertical centering in cells vertically spanned with ^
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pali dot rohar at gmail dot com 16 Jul 2018 13:03:35 +0200
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loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp *
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- support mdoc(7) and man(7) macros inside tbl(7) code;
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probably requires the parser reorg and letting tbl(7)
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use roff_node such that macro sets can mix;
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informed by bapt@ that FreeBSD needs this: 3 Jan 2015 23:32:23 +0100
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loc *** exist ** algo *** size ** imp ***
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- look at the POSIX manuals in the books/man-pages-posix port,
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they use some unsupported tbl(7) features, mostly macros in tbl(7).
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loc * exist ** algo ** size ** imp ***
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- look what Joerg Schilling manual pages use
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Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:31:48 +0100
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--- missing eqn features -----------------------------------------------
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- In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line.
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Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. Suggested by Avi Weinstock.
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This may not be the ideal solution after all: eqn(7) matrices
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are lists of columns, so Avi's proposal would show each *column*
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on its own *line*, which is likely to cause confusion.
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A better solution, but much harder to implement, would be to
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actually show the coordinates of column vectors on different
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terminal output lines, using the clumnated output facilities
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developed for .Bl -tag, .Bl -column, and also used for tbl(7).
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loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp **
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- The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter.
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
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- The spacing characters `~', `^', and tab are currently ignored,
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see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 2 section 4.
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loc * exist * algo ** size * imp **
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- Mark and lineup are parsed and ignored,
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see User's Guide (Second Edition) page 5 section 15.
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
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- GNU eqn converts some operators to special characters, for example,
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input HYPHEN-MINUS becomes output \(mi, unless it is part of a
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quoted word. mandoc(1) only does this when the operator is
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surrounded by blanks, not when it is part of an unquoted word.
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Also, check whether there are more such cases (e.g., +?).
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reported by bentley@ 20 Jun 2017 02:04:29 -0600
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loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp *
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- Primes, opprime, and '
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bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:14:20 -0600
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--- missing misc features ----------------------------------------------
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- conisder whether man(1) fallback code in main.c/fs_*() can find files
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like man3c/fopen.3c (illumos, Solaris) and man3p/fopen.3p (POSIX)
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discussed with Robert Mustacchi 21 Sep 2021 10:39:40 -0700
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loc * exist * algo ** size * imp **
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- let makewhatis(8) follow symbolic links to dirs below READ_ALLOWED_PATH
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this may be feasible using fts_set(FTS_FOLLOW)
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mail to sternenseemann 19 Aug 2021 19:11:50 +0200
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loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- -T man does not handle eqn(7) and tbl(7)
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Stephen Gregoratto 16 Feb 2020 01:28:07 +1100
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also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901636
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp **
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- man -ks 1,8 route; kn@ Jul 13, 2018 orally
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- italic correction (\/) in PostScript mode
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Werner LEMBERG on groff at gnu dot org Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:47:46
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loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp *
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- change the default PAGER to more -Es and use the pager
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even for apropos title line output; req by bapt@
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp ***
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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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loc *** exist ** algo ** size ** imp *** (parser reorg helps)
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- kettenis wants base roff, ms, and me Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0100 (CET)
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size *** imp *
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--- compatibility checks -----------------------------------------------
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- is .Bk implemented correctly in modern groff?
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sobrado@ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:12:55 +0200
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- compare output to Heirloom roff, Solaris roff, and
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http://repo.or.cz/w/neatroff.git http://litcave.rudi.ir/
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- look at AT&T DWB http://www2.research.att.com/sw/download
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Carsten Kunze <carsten dot kunze at arcor dot de> has patches
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Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:01:28 +0200
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ported version: https://github.com/n-t-roff/DWB3.3
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Carsten Kunze Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:21:43 +0200
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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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- look at pages generated from ronn(1) github.com/rtomayko/ronn
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(based on markdown)
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- look at pages generated from Texinfo source by yat2m, e.g. security/gnupg
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First impression is not that bad.
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- look at pages generated by pandoc; see
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https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/blob/master/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Man.hs
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porting planned by kili@ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:46:28 +0200
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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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- check compatibility with COHERENT troff:
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http://www.nesssoftware.com/home/mwc/source.php
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- check compatibility with the man(7) formatter
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rofl0r/hardcore-utils/master/man.c
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- check compatibility with
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http://ikiwiki.info/plugins/contrib/mandoc/
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https://github.com/schmonz/ikiwiki/compare/mandoc
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Amitai Schlair Mon, 19 May 2014 14:05:53 -0400
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- check compatibility with
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https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc
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- check features of the Slackware man.conf(5) format
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Carsten Kunze Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:57:24 +0100
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- look at http://www.snake.net/software/troffcvt/ (troff to HTML)
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mentioned by Oliver Corff 22 Jan 2021 01:36:49 +0100
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* formatting issues: ugly output
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- revisit empty in-line macros
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look at the difference between "Em x Em ." and "Sq x Em ."
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Carsten Kunze Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:15:41 +0100
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loc *** exist *** algo *** size * imp **
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- a column list with blank `Ta' cells triggers a spurious
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start-with-whitespace printing of a newline
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- In .Bl -column, .It a<tab>"b<tab>c"
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shows the quotes in groff, but not in mandoc
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loc * exist *** algo ** size * imp **
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- In .Bl -column,
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.It Em Authentication<tab>Key Length
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ought to render "Key Length" with emphasis, too,
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see OpenBSD iked.conf(5).
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reported again Nicolas Joly via wiz@ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:20:00 +0200
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loc * exist *** algo *** size ** imp ***
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- empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks
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try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta
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reported by millert Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:13:46 -0400
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loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp **
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- .%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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loc ** exist ** algo *** size * imp **
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- Trailing punctuation after .%T triggers EOS spacing, at least
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outside .Rs (eek!). Simply setting ARGSFL_DELIM for .%T is not
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the right solution, it sends mandoc into an endless loop.
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reported by Nicolas Joly Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:49:54 +0100
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loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- global variables in the SYNOPSIS of section 3 pages
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.Vt vs .Vt/.Va vs .Ft/.Va vs .Ft/.Fa ...
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from kristaps@ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:13:32 +0200
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- implicit whitespace around inline equations
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example code: where '$times$' denotes matrix multiplication
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must not have an HTML line break, nor a blank, before <math>
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partial solution: html.c {"math", HTML_NLINSIDE | HTML_INDENT},
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bentley@ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:00:59 -0600
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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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loc * exist ** algo *** size * imp ***
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- a line starting with "\fB something" counts as starting with whitespace
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and triggers a line break; found in audio/normalize-mp3(1)
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This will become easier once escape sequences are represented
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by syntax tree nodes.
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loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp **
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- formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc
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reveals lots of bugs both in groff and mandoc...
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reported by bentley@ Wed, 22 May 2013 23:49:30 -0600
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--- PostScript and PDF issues ------------------------------------------
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- PDF output doesn't use a monospaced font for .Bd -literal
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Example: "mandoc -Tpdf afterboot.8 > output.pdf && pdfviewer output.pdf".
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Search the text "Routing tables".
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Also check what PostScript mode does when fixing this.
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reported by juanfra@ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:44:58 +0200
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instructions from juanfra@ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 02:21:01 +0200
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add a new <</Type /Font>> block to the PDF files with /BaseFont /Courier
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and change the /Name from /F0 to the new font (/F5 (?)).
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re-reported by tb@ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:47:21 +0100
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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--- HTML issues --------------------------------------------------------
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- make the HTML scaffolding customozable with -O skip=...
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mail to Oliver Corff 3 Jun 2021 17:28:02 +0200
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more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 18:27:56 +0200
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more feedback from Oliver 3 Jun 2021 23:37:18 +0200
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- .Bd -unfilled should not use monospaced font
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anton@ 4 Mar 2021 08:19:35 +0100
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loc ** exist * algo * size * imp **
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- HTML formatting of .nf should avoid <br/>
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and not close and re-open <pre> on .P
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my mail to ports@ 27 Jun 2021 16:09:20 +0200
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loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp **
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- get rid of the last handful of style= attributes such that
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Content-Security-Policy: can be enabled without unsafe-inline
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suggested by bentley@ Nov 10, 2019 at 06:02:49AM -0700
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
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- .Bf at the beginning of a paragraph inserts a bogus 1ex horizontal
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space, see for example random(3). Introduced in
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http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/mdoc_html.c.diff?r1=1.91&r2=1.92
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reported by deraadt@ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 20:14:13 -0600 (MDT)
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp *
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- jsg on icb, Nov 3, 2014:
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try to guess Xr in man(7) for hyperlinking
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and render them with <a class="Xr" href=...>
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https://github.com/Debian/debiman/issues/15
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loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp **
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- space characters can end up in href= attributes, for example coming
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from the first .Xr argument (where they make no sense, but still);
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does this affect other characters, other source macros...?
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Jackson Pauls 29 Aug 2017 16:56:27 +0100
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- The tables used to render the three-part page headers actually force
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the width of the <body> to the max-width given for <html>.
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Not yet sure how to fix that...
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Observed by an Anonymous Coward on undeadly.org:
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http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140925064244&pid=1
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loc * exist * algo ** size * imp ***
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- generate <img> tags in HTML
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idea from florian@ Tue, 7 Apr 2015 00:26:28 +0000
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may be possible to implement with .Lk img://something.png alt_text
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- check https://github.com/trentm/mdocml
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************************************************************************
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* formatting issues: gratuitous differences
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************************************************************************
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- .Fn reopens a new scope after punctuation in mandoc,
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but closes its scope for good in groff.
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Do we want to change mandoc or groff?
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Steffen Nurpmeso Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:34:59 +0100
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loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- In .Bl -enum -width 0n, groff continues one the same line after
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the number, mandoc breaks the line.
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mail to kristaps@ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0200
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loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- .Pp between two .It in .Bl -column should produce one,
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not two blank lines, see e.g. login.conf(5).
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reported by jmc@ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:04:58 +0059
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reported again by sthen@ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:09:39 +0000 (UTC)
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loc * exist *** algo ** size * imp **
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- If the *first* line after .It is .Pp, break the line right after
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the tag, do not pad with space characters before breaking.
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See the description of the a, c, and i commands in sed(1).
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loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- If the first line after .It is .D1, do not assert a blank line
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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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loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- Trailing punctuation after .It should trigger EOS spacing.
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reported by Nicolas Joly Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:49:54 +0100
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Probably, this should be fixed somewhere in termp_it_pre(), not sure.
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loc * exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- When the -width string contains macros, the macros must be rendered
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before measuring the width, for example
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.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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The same applies to .Bl -column column widths;
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reported again by Nicolas Joly Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:41:26 +0100 via wiz@ 5 Mar
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reported again by Franco Fichtner Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:02:28 +0200
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reported again by Bruce Evans Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:22:44 +0100 via bapt@
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loc *** exist *** algo *** size ** imp ***
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An easy partial fix has been implemented as skip_leading_dot_word().
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- The \& zero-width character counts as output.
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That is, when it is alone on a line between two .Pp,
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we want three blank lines, not two as in mandoc.
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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- Sequences of multiple man(7) paragraphs (.PP, .IP) interspersed
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with .ps and .nf/.fi produce execessive blank lines, see libJudy
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and graphics/dcmtk. The parser reorg may help with this.
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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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loc ** exist ** algo ** size * imp **
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|
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************************************************************************
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* warning issues
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************************************************************************
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|
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- shorten/simplify error messages for usage errors
|
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To: deraadt@ 25 Oct 2020 23:37:01 +0100
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loc ** exist * algo * size ** imp ***
|
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|
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- warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads
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|
gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
|
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|
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- style message about macros inside .Bd -literal and .Dl, in particular
|
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font changing macros like .Cm, .Ar, .Fa (from the mdoclint TODO)
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- style message about mismatches between the section number in the
|
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file name (if it is known) and the section number in .Dt
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(from the mdoclint TODO)
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|
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- style message about NULL without .Dv (from the mdoclint TODO)
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|
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- style message about error constants without .Er (from the mdoclint TODO)
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|
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- warn when .Sh or .Ss contain other macros
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|
Steffen Nurpmeso, savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?45034
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp **
|
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|
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- style message about violations of the convention
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.An name Aq Mt localpart@domain in AUTHORS (from the mdoclint TODO)
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|
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- warn about attempts to call non-callable macros
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Steffen Nurpmeso Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:55:16 +0100
|
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Note that formatting is inconsistent in groff.
|
|
.Fn Po prints "Po()", .Ar Sh prints "file ..." and no "Sh".
|
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Relatively hard because the relevant code is scattered
|
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all over mdoc_macro.c and all subtly different.
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loc ** exist ** algo ** size ** imp **
|
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|
|
- warn about punctuation - e.g. ',' and ';' - at the beginning
|
|
of a text line, if it is likely intended to follow the preceding
|
|
output without intervening whitespace, in particular after a
|
|
macro line (from the mdoclint TODO)
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|
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- report double .TH in man(7) as an ERROR and let the first win
|
|
kristaps@ 28 Mar 2021 13:30:41 +0200
|
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loc * exist * algo * size * imp *
|
|
|
|
- makewhatis -p complains about language subdirectories:
|
|
/usr/local/man//ru: Unknown directory part
|
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|
|
|
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************************************************************************
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* documentation issues
|
|
************************************************************************
|
|
|
|
- mark macros as: page structure domain, manual domain, general text domain
|
|
is this useful?
|
|
|
|
- mention /usr/share/misc/mdoc.template in mdoc(7)?
|
|
|
|
- Is all the content from http://www.std.com/obi/BSD/doc/usd/28.tbl/tbl
|
|
covered in tbl(7)?
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|
************************************************************************
|
|
* performance issues
|
|
************************************************************************
|
|
|
|
- the PDF file is HUGE: this can be reduced by using relative offsets
|
|
|
|
************************************************************************
|
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* structural issues
|
|
************************************************************************
|
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|
|
- POSIX says in the documentation of sysconf(3) that PATH_MAX
|
|
is allowed to be so large that it is a bad idea to use it
|
|
for sizing static buffers. So use dynamic buffers throughout.
|
|
See the file test-PATH_MAX.c for details.
|
|
Found by Aaron M. Ucko in the GNU Hurd via Bdale Garbee,
|
|
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=829624
|
|
|
|
- Is it possible to further simplify ENDBODY_SPACE?
|
|
|
|
- Find better ways to prevent endless loops
|
|
in roff(7) macro and string expansion.
|
|
|
|
- make buffers for parsing functions const
|
|
christos@ via wiz@ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:10:01 +0100
|
|
|
|
- struct mparse refactoring
|
|
Steffen Nurpmeso Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:50:00 +0200
|
|
|
|
************************************************************************
|
|
* CGI issues
|
|
************************************************************************
|
|
|
|
- Inspect httpd(8) logs on man.openbsd.org and consider
|
|
whether logging can be improved, where bad syntax comes from,
|
|
and what needs to be done to get rid of COMPAT_OLDURI.
|
|
- Enable HTTP compression by detecting gzip encoding and filtering
|
|
output through libz.
|
|
- Privilege separation (see OpenSSH).
|
|
- Enable caching support via HTTP 304 and If-Modified-Since.
|
|
|
|
************************************************************************
|
|
* to improve in the groff_mdoc(7) macros
|
|
************************************************************************
|
|
|
|
- delete OS release verification from .Dx, .Fx, .Nx, .Ox etc.
|
|
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629161
|
|
also Branden Robinson 18 Dec 2019 00:59:52 +1100
|
|
|
|
- Can the distinction between .Vt and .Va be made stricter,
|
|
recommending .Vt extern char * Ns Va optarg ; ?
|
|
What about the block macro properties of .Vt in the SYNOPSIS?
|
|
zeurkous 25 Dec 2019 08:48:36 +0100
|
|
|
|
- .Cd # arch1, arch2 in section 4 pages:
|
|
find better way to indicate multiple architectures, maybe:
|
|
allow .Dt vgafb 4 "macppc sparc64"
|
|
already shown as "Device Drivers Manual (macppc sparc64)"
|
|
for apropos, make that "vgafb(4) - macppc # sparc64" instead of "- all"
|
|
groff can be made to show multiple arches, too, but it is
|
|
tedious to do the string parsing in roff code...
|
|
jmc@ 23 Apr 2018 07:24:52 +0100 [man for vgafb(4)...]
|
|
loc ** exist ** algo * size * imp ***
|
|
|
|
- use uname(1) to set doc-default-operating-system at install time
|
|
tobimensch Mon, 1 Dec 2014 00:25:07 +0100
|
|
|
|
- apostrophe (39), circumflex (94), grave (96), tilde (126)
|
|
in manuals: \(aq, \(ha, \`, \(ti
|
|
Re: [Groff] ASCII Minus Sign in man Pages.
|
|
bentley@ 26 Apr 2017 10:02:06 -0600
|
|
Do we need to fix existing manuals?
|
|
Do we need to fix the definition of the mdoc(7) language?
|