If there is random stuff inside a .Bl block body before the first .It,

do not throw a FATAL error and do not die, but just throw a WARNING
and move the stuff out of the .Bl block.

This bug felt completely 2008-ish; meanwhile, such bugs from the
Kristaps-doesnt-like-syntax-errors-so-lets-just-give-up--Era
are becoming rare, but this was one of the last survivors.

Thanks to bentley@ for reminding me to finally fix this.

2 files changed, 59 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 3f477989..b7eced5a 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -7,13 +7,7 @@
 * crashes
 ************************************************************************
 
-- .Bl -tag followed by a text node preceding the first .It should not
-  throw a FATAL error, but only a normal ERROR.  Putting this into the
-  HEAD of an implicit .It might be cleanest, inserting an implicit .Pp
-  or just dumping the orphan stuff directly into the BODY of the .Bl
-  might be easier to implement, and all options can no doubt be made
-  to yield correct (i.e. groff bug-compatible) rendering.
-  Anthony J. Bentley on discuss@  Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:33:21 -0600
+None known.
 
 ************************************************************************
 * missing features
diff --git a/mdoc_validate.c b/mdoc_validate.c
index 2244cc1b..37dad5f6 100644
--- a/mdoc_validate.c
+++ b/mdoc_validate.c
@@ -1590,32 +1590,71 @@ post_bl_head(POST_ARGS)
 static int
 post_bl(POST_ARGS)
 {
-	struct mdoc_node	*n;
+	struct mdoc_node	*nparent, *nprev; /* of the Bl block */
+	struct mdoc_node	*nblock, *nbody;  /* of the Bl */
+	struct mdoc_node	*nchild, *nnext;  /* of the Bl body */
 
-	if (MDOC_HEAD == mdoc->last->type) 
-		return(post_bl_head(mdoc));
-	if (MDOC_BLOCK == mdoc->last->type)
+	nbody = mdoc->last;
+	switch (nbody->type) {
+	case (MDOC_BLOCK):
 		return(post_bl_block(mdoc));
-	if (MDOC_BODY != mdoc->last->type)
+	case (MDOC_HEAD):
+		return(post_bl_head(mdoc));
+	case (MDOC_BODY):
+		break;
+	default:
 		return(1);
+	}
 
-	for (n = mdoc->last->child; n; n = n->next) {
-		switch (n->tok) {
-		case (MDOC_Lp):
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-		case (MDOC_Pp):
-			mdoc_nmsg(mdoc, n, MANDOCERR_CHILD);
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-		case (MDOC_It):
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-		case (MDOC_Sm):
+	nchild = nbody->child;
+	while (NULL != nchild) {
+		if (MDOC_It == nchild->tok || MDOC_Sm == nchild->tok) {
+			nchild = nchild->next;
 			continue;
-		default:
-			break;
 		}
 
-		mdoc_nmsg(mdoc, n, MANDOCERR_SYNTCHILD);
-		return(0);
+		mdoc_nmsg(mdoc, nchild, MANDOCERR_CHILD);
+
+		/*
+		 * Move the node out of the Bl block.
+		 * First, collect all required node pointers.
+		 */
+
+		nblock  = nbody->parent;
+		nprev   = nblock->prev;
+		nparent = nblock->parent;
+		nnext   = nchild->next;
+
+		/*
+		 * Unlink this child.
+		 */
+
+		assert(NULL == nchild->prev);
+		if (0 == --nbody->nchild) {
+			nbody->child = NULL;
+			nbody->last  = NULL;
+			assert(NULL == nnext);
+		} else {
+			nbody->child = nnext;
+			nnext->prev = NULL;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Relink this child.
+		 */
+
+		nchild->parent = nparent;
+		nchild->prev   = nprev;
+		nchild->next   = nblock;
+
+		nblock->prev = nchild;
+		nparent->nchild++;
+		if (NULL == nprev)
+			nparent->child = nchild;
+		else
+			nprev->next = nchild;
+
+		nchild = nnext;
 	}
 
 	return(1);