-- Fix output so that tests for MIME and APPLE flags are not needed all
- over the place, and actual output is only done in one place. This
- needs a design. Suggestion: push possible outputs on to a list, then
- pick the last-pushed (most specific, one hopes) value at the end, or
- use a default if the list is empty. This should not slow down evaluation.
+TODOs live in the TODO section of doc/file.man (i.e. file(1)). They
+are more visible there, so please add any further TODOs to that file,
+not here.
-- Continue to squash all magic bugs. See Debian BTS for a good source.
-
-- Store arbitrarily long strings, for example for %s patterns, so that
- they can be printed out. Fixes Debian bug #271672. Would require more
- complex store/load code in apprentice.
-
-- Add syntax for relative offsets after current level (Debian bug #466037).
-
-- Make file -ki work, i.e. give multiple MIME types.
-
-- Add a zip library so we can peek inside Office2007 documents to
- figure out what they are.
-
-- Don't complain when ~/.magic is not compiled.
-
-- Add a separate option to print URL's for the sources of the file descriptions.
+(This change was made when Reuben Thomas noticed that all the bugs
+listed in the BUGS section of the man page had been fixed!)
-.\" $File: file.man,v 1.91 2011/03/12 18:18:39 rrt Exp $
+.\" $File: file.man,v 1.92 2011/03/12 18:53:07 rrt Exp $
.Dd July 23, 2010
.Dt FILE __CSECTION__
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.Pa http://bugs.gw.com/
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+.Sh TODO
+.Pp
+Fix output so that tests for MIME and APPLE flags are not needed all
+over the place, and actual output is only done in one place. This
+needs a design. Suggestion: push possible outputs on to a list, then
+pick the last-pushed (most specific, one hopes) value at the end, or
+use a default if the list is empty. This should not slow down evaluation.
+.Pp
+Continue to squash all magic bugs. See Debian BTS for a good source.
+.Pp
+Store arbitrarily long strings, for example for %s patterns, so that
+they can be printed out. Fixes Debian bug #271672. Would require more
+complex store/load code in apprentice.
+.Pp
+Add syntax for relative offsets after current level (Debian bug #466037).
+.Pp
+Make file -ki work, i.e. give multiple MIME types.
+.Pp
+Add a zip library so we can peek inside Office2007 documents to
+figure out what they are.
+.Pp
+Don't complain when ~/.magic is not compiled.
+.Pp
+Add an option to print URLs for the sources of the file descriptions.
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