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@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@ + +Before trying to fix anything from this list, +check against -current mandoc from OpenBSD CVS. +Sometimes, i'm a bit behind marking entries FIXED. + +In general, i keep FIXED entries for some time +and remove them when they turn into old news. + +************************************************************************ +* missing features +************************************************************************ + +- explicit blocks with missing end macro should be implicitely closed + at the end of the enclosing block, e.g. .Bl It (El) Sh + reminded by stsp@ in net/pptp pptp.8 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:32:39 +0200 + +- .Bl -column .Xo support is missing + ultimate goal: + restore .Xr and .Dv to + lib/libc/compat-43/sigvec.3 + lib/libc/gen/signal.3 + lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2 + +- .Bk / .Ek is broken, e.g. + $ man ssh + [...] + ssh [-1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec] [-D + [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile] [-I pkcs11] + reminded by Ludo Smissaert Mon, 10 May 2010 12:15:11 +0200 + also reported by jmc@ earlier + +- man(7) .TH should recognize "3p" as a section number + found in usr.bin/pkg_add OpenBSD::Getopt + +- implement \\ + in plain text, identical to \e + as a macro argument, identical to \ i.e. escaping the next character + We do not have macro definitions yet; if we implement them, + \\ must behave in a macro def like in a macro argument, + and when using the macro, it must expand yet again. + +- look at bsd.lv tbl(1) + from kristaps@ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:10:53 +0200 + +- look at pages generated from reStructeredText, e.g. devel/mercurial hg(1) + These are a weird mixture of man(7) and custom autogenerated low-level + roff stuff. Figure out to what extent we can cope. + noted by stsp@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:17:55 +0200 + reminded by nicm@ Mon, 3 May 2010 09:52:41 +0100 + + +- FIXED OpenBSD term.h 1.16 term.c 1.30 mdoc_term.c 1.75 schwarze 23.4.10 + handle tab characters outside literal context, e.g. usb(4) + reported by jmc@ Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:42:12 +0100 + +- FIXED OpenBSD man.h 1.15 libman.h 1.16 man_hash.c 1.9 + man.c 1.25 man_macro.c 1.15 man_validate.c 1.19 man_action.c 1.15 + man_term.c 1.28 man_html.c 1.9 schwarze 25.4. + implement .if .ie .el + noticed by espie@ Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:10:35 +0200 + +- FIXED bsd.lv libman.h 1.31 libmdoc.h 1.34 man.c 1.60 mdoc.c 1.123 + kristaps@ 8.4.10 + FIXED OpenBSD libman.h 1.17 libmdoc.h 1.28 man.c 1.26 mdoc.c 1.45 + schwarze@ 8.5.10 + groff handles \." just like .\" + Thus, mandoc must also ignore such lines. + For an example, see tr(1). + reported by Claus Assmann Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:46:30 -0700 + + +************************************************************************ +* formatting issues: ugly output +************************************************************************ + +- outside list context, text following .Sm off + seems to follow without a blank (TERM_NOBLANK reset late?) e.g. + .Sm off + .Xo + .Op Ar bind_address No / + .Ar port + .Xc + .Sm on + or by enclosing + reported by jmc Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:48:14 +0100 + +- do not break the line after "--", it's probably a long option + reminded by stsp in net/pptp pptp.8 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:32:39 +0200 + +- in .Bl -column .It, "\t" seems to be synonymous to " Ta ", + see sysctl(3) for many examples; + mishandling this results in spurious quotes at EOL + reminded by guenther@ Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:16:52 -0700 + +- URGENT, this is making many kernel manuals look bad: + .Ft/.Fn should MAYBE behave in custom section like in SYNOPSIS? + autoconf.9: + .Sh DIRECT CONFIGURATION + .nr nS 1 + .Ft "struct device *" + .Fn config_found_sm "struct device *parent" + groff: + DIRECT CONFIGURATION + struct device * + config_found_sm(struct device *parent, ... + reported by sthen Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:42:51 +0100 + +- indentation got lost in SYNOPSIS, e.g. + SYNOPSIS + date [-ajnu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t minutes_west] [+format] + - [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.SS]] + + [[[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.SS]] + reminded by Ludo Smissaert Mon, 10 May 2010 12:15:11 +0200 + +- empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks + try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta + reported by millert Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:13:46 -0400 + + +- FIXED on bsd.lv for mdoc, need to merge and test in OpenBSD + kristaps@ Mon, 10 May 2010 03:12:44 +0200 + man fix still pending! + in literal displays, ignore the right margin + reminded by stsp in net/pptp pptp.8 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:32:39 +0200 + +- FIXED on bsd.lv, need to merge and test in OpenBSD + kristaps@ Mon, 10 May 2010 02:59:40 +0200 + do not mark \*(Ba and | up + e.g. .Op Fl c Ar string \*(Ba Fl s \*(Ba Ar file Op Ar argument ... + The first should not be in an .Ar font. + The second must not end up as -|. + When fixing, check whether this is a specific problem with this + character, or whether other characters are affected, too. + reminded by jmc@ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:54:26 +0100 + + +************************************************************************ +* formatting issues: gratuitious differences +************************************************************************ + +- in literal context, groff disables the right margin + an example: syslog.conf.5 EXAMPLES section + reported by jmc Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:12:15 +0100 + solution: raise termp->maxrmargin in literal context + +- lines containing blank characters, and nothing else, + in literal context (.Bd -literal): + groff outputs just blank lines "\n" + mandoc outputs blanks to the left margin, + then the number of balnks minus one + + +- FIXED bsd.lv mdoc_html.c 1.61 mdoc_term.c 1.117 kristaps@ 8.4.10 + FIXED OpenBSD mdoc_html.c 1.12 mdoc_term.c 1.76 schwarze@ 8.5.10 + mandoc .%T changed from quoted to underlined + reported by jmc Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:50:21 +0100 + + +************************************************************************ +* parser errors without any effect on formatting +************************************************************************ + +- OpenBSD::PackageName(3p) has "if (block) 90:1" in the parse tree + |