<<< Some of the things (in very short form) that need to be done to E17... (These are in no particular order) >>> [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUGS / FIXES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * BUG: on resolution (down to a lower res) change windows used to be shuffled to a smaller size then reshuffled back to where they were when res goes up again - but this seems to have broken. * BUG: screen res popup with "are u sure u want to keep this res" doesnt center itself (goes to top-left) sometimes. This also happens with most "centered" windows (logout question dialog, control panel dialogs), bug in e_win ? * BUG: smart placement seems to screw up if a shelf is at the top of the screen * BUG: e17 screen res diaolg doesnt work under xephyr - why? * BUG: "match this window only" doesnt fall back to other unused remembers * BUG: xdaliclock -transparent doesnt use shaped border (not handling shape change later) ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSENTIAL FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * fm2 needs a right-click file properties dialog * fm2 needs a way to set custom backgrounds and handle scrolling * fm2 needs to display symlink info on files somehow * fm2 needs to display more than 1 file being dragged (if more than 1 is being dragged) * fm2 needs a way of mapping a mimetype to 1 or more commands to execute or internal e actions to do (like add as wallpaper etc.) * fm2 needs a way to use custom icons per dir/file * fm2 needs a icon views (auto-arrange, snap to grid and free placement) * fm2 needs a way to bypass thumb gen anim on just a unrealize/realize as well as change state instantly if it already was selected * fm2 needs right click menu for enable/disable .order file (will change the behavior of a dir on dnd and all sorts of stuff) * fm2 needs way to replace or extend the right click menu (disable/enable rename/delete/refresh etc.) * fm2 needs a mime filter * middle mouse on gadgets as a quick move/resize thing? * language packs: need to have a tool to load/setup a language pack (which means .mo compiled files from a .po, an optional font and a config file that specifies the locale and font) and then install the font(s) either as a user or superuser, and the .mo in the system or a user locales dir. * finish off icccm support * finish complete netwm support * add a "taskbar" module * add cpu load module * add setup/install wizard to seed .desktop files etc. etc. * finish clientinfo dialog for borders (netwm props etc. etc.) * gui config dialogs for all config * make it possible to disable border buttons/actions (tell theme what is disabled) * Dragging a non-desktop icon from a border to the ibar should automatically create the icon and add that (instead of warning the user that this can't be done) ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEANUPS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * client list menu could do with work on ordering, using separators to demark this desktop and other desktops, sorting by recently used, separate section for iconified apps etc. etc - configurable. * remove a lot of ipc commands that should be done via the gui now * remove config items marked for removal * about dialog can do with redesign * clientinfo dialog could be nicer - then again it is an obsucre thing. * desklock's pam profile should be configurable as system-auth doesn't always work and the fallback checks might not work either. * If a user has set a border type on a window, don't bother to check for changes. * need to audit, namespace and expand text and color classes * need to specify what is NEEDED from a theme, what is optional (in terms of parts, groups and signals). etc. * winlist should support place for window "screenshot" in list as well as app icon * winlist could divide windows up into blocks - sub-lists within a container per desktop (with stick windows considered to live on the "current" desk when winlist starts) * make it easy for modules to hook into ipc and extend it for themselves * e_color_dialog needs to have an area for favorite and recently selected colors. store in config and use ilist? or store as color files and use e_fm2? or custom widget? * virtualize e_bg to be able to put a bg in any canvas (given any desktop config input) and return an object. * virtual desktops preview should allow clicking on a desk to access the "wallpaper" dialog. should default to only changing the clicked desktop * desktop flip animations need to allow control over accel/decel and have a better ui - add wobble and controls etc. etc. * internal windows (config dialogs, etc) should re-open after a restart ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "NICE TO HAVE" FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * nice to have a menu item for a window for "add keyboard shortcut to run this app" would be nice usability * full fm2 support as an icon fm needs work - beyond fsel needs and for icons on the desktop etc. etc. * switch to desktop of a new window if it opens on another desktop than the current one (optional too) * emit signal to submenu entries if they have a submenu shown for them or not * setup configs for gnome and kde (as options) if they are installed (eg run gnome-settings-daemon). * check evas engine can work on a given screen before using it * add non-opaque move/resize (use shaped windows with canvases etc.) * add "osd" subsystem for things like volume controls on keybboards, etc. that overlay the screen * file icons on the desktop (people ask for it) - xdnd for these * pager should be able to be configured to control more than the current zone (select which zone they control) * icons for all config panel items * icons for most mime types * move restart and exit enlightenmtn menu items out of system menu somewhere in advanced things for mega-nerd e users. ]]] [[[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPTIMISATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * add evas pre/post render callbacks per evas canvas and callbacks per object for pre/post render too * optimize clock theme (speed/cpu) (rotation in edje??? or evas???) * evas could detect an image is scaled multiple times and keep a scaled copy that it could share in cache, and then punt the original back to cache. * evas could support 8bbp alpha only images for dropshadow * on disk app cache for .desktop files, icons and paths * new fm code's file scanning isn't insanely fast - icon size calcs etc. speed up for special cases like list view? * new fm code re-lays-out a dir every time the queue is processed - maybe try to speed this up ]]]