# TODO file for `groffer' # File position: /contrib/groffer/TODO # Last update: 22 Jan 2003 # Copyright (C) 2001,2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # Written by Bernd Warken # This file is part of groff. # groff is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) # any later version. # groff is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY # or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public # License for more details. # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with groff; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the # Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, # MA 02111-1307, USA. ######################################################################## TODO Optimization: - Optimize man path determination in manpath_add_lang_sys() for speed by building-up the man path only by and by as far as necessary (not trivial). - To increase the running speed write part of the groffer shell script in C/C++. Features: - Revise option handling of `grog'. - `gxditview' needs a complete shower. Revision: - Should there be a native implementation for `--apropos'? - Revise the `--all' feature to better reflect GNU man. - The debug function stack is buggy (no effect on normal operation). - The actual `groff' and `grog' do not support file arguments each of which has a different macro package (except `man' and `doc'). So `roffer' should create several display files for such arguments. Documentation: - Improve the documentation of the search algorithm for man pages in both the groffer script and the man page `groffer.man'. - In `groff.man', add more documentation for parts that were taken over from GNU `man'. - The documentation in the headers for some function definitions in `groffer.sh' needs to be updated.