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diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6253fd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,258 @@ +mc manual: Add Environment Variables section + +Clean up #include's in all files. + +Remove all instances of type casts on function pointers. Run the +following command to get a list of function pointer types. + grep -r 'typedef.*(\*' . \ + | sed -n 's/.*(\*\([[:alnum:]_]*\)).*/(\1)/p' \ + | sort -u \ + > fn-types.txt +Then use fgrep to find illegal uses of these types. + fgrep -r "`cat fn-types.txt`" . +Fix these uses by writing small wrapper functions. + +When saving a file is not possible, mcedit should ask the user what to +do: +- su(1) to another user and try again +- sudo +- change permissions of the file or the containg directory +- other smart things + +Due to problems in the VFS, files are not written back after being edited +over VFS with an external editor. + +Allow pathnames starting with spaces in vfs/extfs. + +Broken pipe warning when viewing large *.tar.gz files. Warnings should +be shown before the viewer is started if possible. + +Cannot spell check unsaved files in the editor. + +Dynamic loading for libgpm, libext2fs. + +Check if the archive was changed for extfs, tar and cpio. Free the data +associated with the old archive. + +Ctrl-q Ctrl-m in input dialog should enter \r, not a newline. + +Allow entering archives in VFS by Ctrl-PgDown with non-empty command +line. Right now, there is no convenient way to enter an archive when +the command line is not empty. + +Allow switching between histories of two panels. It's convenient to +change to a directory from the history of the other panel. + +Allow calling the directory hotlist from Copy, Move and Find File +dialogs. Recent directories are the obvious candidates for copying and +looking for files. + +Allow modifiers for keys in mc.lib, like "shift-up". Right now, +modifiers can be read from the terminal (if supported), but not from the +config file. This change would make it possible to use modifiers even +if they can only be identified by the escape sequences. + +When saving config files, write to a copy, then replace the file. This +would avoid the problem of partly written config files. Consider using +locking of the config files. + +Totals should only be omitted for single files. + +Recheck all mouse handlers, make sure that they check button number. We +don't want mouse scrolling to be interpreted as mouse click. + +Smooth mouse scrolling on panels. Scrolling one page per step is too +fast. + +Don't read prompt from the subshell, because it's unreliable. Interpret +environment variable MC_PS1 (or PS1) in the same way as bash. + +Support an environment variable (also like PS1 in bash) for setting the +window title. + +Better date parser - don't allow seconds and year in ftp listings on the +same line. + +Report errors in fish operations and recover from them. + +Allow colors to be defined in the mc.lib file. Make it possible to +avoid using a super-long line to redefine all colors. + +Filters in the editor should operate on the open file - don't close and +reopen the file. They don't work on VFS now. For example, a gzipped +files on FTP cannot be edited. + +ftp and fish with home != '/' - readjust directory to the home. + +Make "Find File" dialog more responsive. Keep state in a structure and +preserve it when the search is suspended. + +Use KDGKBENT ioctl on Linux console to find the mapping for shifted +functional keys. Two mappings are widely used (Shift-F1 = F11 and +Shift-F1 = F13). mc should adjust the keys to the mapping. + +Make the internal editor reentrant. + +Consistent support for mc.lib. + +Consistent support for terminal-specific settings. + +New syntax for mc.ext - path check, desktop environment check. Detach X +programs into a separate process group. Allow forcing the full path on +local files. + +Click on an image doesn't always work on remote vfs - local copy may +be deleted before the application has time to load it. + +Allow running executables from remote VFS. Possibly warn the user. + +Add print dialog in the internal editor. + +Implement logging, not just for VFS. + +Eliminate all pipes in subshell.c, run pwd after kill. Add support for +more shells (e.g. ksh). + +Internal terminal - no more console saving. + +Implement a really Advanced Chown/Chmod. + +fxp support in VFS. + +New listing mode keyword "time": mtime or the time (atime, ctime) used +to sort files. + +Provide "patch" and "diff" editors. The patch editor will automatically +adjust the line numbers of the following chunks when lines are deleted +or inserted at the beginning of the file. + +Provide context menus for files. Possible actions include: [compile], +[CVS commit], [CVS diff -up], [pack], [unpack], [grep]. + +More standard Widgets: WTreeView, WDirectoryList, WGroupBox, WTextArea, +WOpenDialog, WSaveDialog, WPrintDialog, WKeyBar. + +======================================================================== +Everything below this point is the old TODO list. It doesn't reflect +the current priorities of the developers, but may contain interesting +ideas still waiting for their implementation. +======================================================================== + + +* Bugs + + - "Files" message flickers a lot when copying files. + + - Make the extfs handle re-reads. + + - Check that all the help contexts exist on the help file. + + - Make the buttonbar for the tree box work. + + - In the incremental search mode, when backspacing, select the + correct file, do not stop in current file. + + - In learn keys, warn the user if he is trying to + i) define a same sequence as an already defined (if the keycode differs) + ii) define a sequence, which is a prefix of other longer and already + defined sequence + +* Documentation + + - Convert the source mc.1 to mc.sgml and create automagically from it + mc.1, mc.html, mc.hlp, mc.info, mc.tex, mc.txt etc. + +* Extensions + + - Hotlist should allow people to edit the entry (like we do in the external + panelize thing). + + - Change ext.c to allow the %{..} to recursively expand any other %thingies. + + - Write a general grow_string routine. This code is used in the internal + viewer and would also be used in the profile.c code. + + - A command to set the line length to a fixed value for viewing + fixed length binary files. LIST does this with Ctrl-B and then + prompts for a "record" length. + + - Viewer: Mark all found matches, and when 'n' is pressed go to the + next page, not the next match on the same screen (when there is + more than one). + + - In ftpfs_open, extfs_open, if we set local_filename to tmpnam, use + a mechanism to set local_filename to another place on the local + diskspace (this would be useful for copying, so that we would save + some tmp space). This would require special care in file.c afterwards. + + - In Listing mode... give at least three user-definable formats + (using Janne's Listing mode editor) and assign hot-keys to both + standard and user defined (what about c-x f [fbl123] ?). + + - Shift-Home, Shift-End for the input line: home and end. + + - Make a mechanism to lock all the mouse events and send them to + the locking widget until unlocking is done. + + - Allow the program to execute a command even when we are on a vfs, maybe + a special box, or make subshell code ignore the change directory + request. Perhaps each vfs should store a local path attached to it, + like in tarfs, extfs it would be the directory which contains the + topmost tararchive, in ftpfs it would be the directory which we entered + to ftp from. + + - auto_hint_lines: a variable that would choose to use hint mode when + at least auto_hint_lines are visible. + + - Listbox: Mouse handler for the scrollbar: this will be hard with + the current approach (since the listbox scrollbar is drawn *outside* + the listbox control area). + + - In file.c, we shouldn't need to get a full path name in order to + work, we should instead canon the file name inside the tar.c (the + only fs that relies on this), tar.c should know about the cwd (i + think). + + - Panelize the selected files. + + - Recursive delete should (perhaps as an option) delete files just after + they have been copied and not to delay deleting until everything was + moved. + + - When copying a tree (or moving or deleting), as an option act primarily + on the regular files and at the end on directories recursively, so that + we get complete high parts of the tree if something fails (useful for + ftpfs). + + - Put into a new and bigger Options/Configuration dialog all the options + we have now to set using .mc/ini manually. + + - When after deleting there are no files in a panelized panel, restore + it automagically to the real directory content. + + - Files/Symlink and Link should be able to do multiple links (if the + target is a directory). + + - Directory sizes should work in background using try_channels. + + - Support of non-UNIX ls in ftpfs. Perhaps using an ascii configuration + file similar to moxftp. + + - Add an option that will let listboxes do incremental searches. + +* Optimizations and cleanup + + - When verbose is off, remove all the clutter on the screen about + the files being copied. + + - The viewer is calling view_update in many places, I call + view_update after handling a key, should all the other + view_updates be removed? + + - If the viewer is too slow, some caching could be done. + width and cols are currently computed each time they are needed. + + ++ In the user menu, don't use the entries array, we can now grow + dynamically. I should take a look at this one day, it's easy to + fix. + |