From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from localhost (fantadrom.bsd.lv [local]) by fantadrom.bsd.lv (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id cbd65147 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2019 06:38:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 06:38:01 -0500 (EST) X-Mailinglist: mandoc-source Reply-To: source@mandoc.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 From: schwarze@mandoc.bsd.lv To: source@mandoc.bsd.lv Subject: mandoc: additional comments on two TODO items X-Mailer: activitymail 1.26, http://search.cpan.org/dist/activitymail/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Message-ID: Log Message: ----------- additional comments on two TODO items Modified Files: -------------- mandoc: TODO Revision Data ------------- Index: TODO =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/mandoc/mandoc/TODO,v retrieving revision 1.286 retrieving revision 1.287 diff -LTODO -LTODO -u -p -r1.286 -r1.287 --- TODO +++ TODO @@ -162,9 +162,15 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. --- missing eqn features ----------------------------------------------- - In a matrix, break the output line after each matrix line. - Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. - Suggested by Avi Weinstock. - loc * exist * algo * size * imp ** + Found in the discussion at CDBUG 2015. Suggested by Avi Weinstock. + This may not be the ideal solution after all: eqn(7) matrices + are lists of columns, so Avi's proposal would show each *column* + on its own *line*, which is likely to cause confusion. + A better solution, but much harder to implement, would be to + actually show the coordinates of column vectors on different + terminal output lines, using the clumnated output facilities + developed for .Bl -tag, .Bl -column, and also used for tbl(7). + loc * exist * algo ** size ** imp ** - The "size" keyword is parsed, but ignored by the formatter. loc * exist * algo * size * imp * @@ -321,6 +327,8 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong. - 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 + by syntax tree nodes. loc ** exist * algo ** size * imp ** - formatting /usr/local/man/man1/latex2man.1 with groff and mandoc -- To unsubscribe send an email to source+unsubscribe@mandoc.bsd.lv