From 7443e137c493abb236ce43766b481f6e7f076a0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Torri Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:23:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add a TODO SVN revision: 72214 --- TODO | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 TODO diff --git a/TODO b/TODO new file mode 100644 index 00000000..82724be3 --- /dev/null +++ b/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ + +here's a short list of things i think we can do in the short to medium term to +make it a first-class terminal: + +[X] evas textgrid needs creating and to be used +[ ] underline and strikethrough need supporting at termio level +[ ] blink and blink2 attributes need to be supported +[ ] improve terminal emulation handling (i know it doesn't handle gfx + chars and it definitely has an incomplete escape handling core - + many are commented out and unhandled) +[ ] copy & paste support for clipboard not just primary (like xterm) +[ ] dnd text (to/from terminal) +[ ] ecore-imf support +[ ] handle multibyte displays better (does handle utf8 only atm and + then maybe not according to convention) +[ ] general input mode handling improvements (keypad, other key + input, mousereporting etc.) +[ ] save of config after options changes (option checkbox for + temporary local only changes) +[ ] selection of themes +[ ] selection of background "wallpapers" (and support them at all - + doesn't right now - should support regular images, animated gifs, + and edje files) +[ ] transparency support (theme needs to be told to go into + tranpsarency mode and then window alpha enabled) +[ ] visual bell reporting (signals to theme) +[ ] scrollbar (elm scroller that mirrors the term smart size/position + - gives us fingerscroll - layer on top of term smart, stick + invisible rect inside to track for scrolling etc.) +[ ] selection mode mirrors entry style for touch displays (handle + on_hold flags, etc.) +[ ] selection off edge scrolls in that direction (as per selection + mode too if it gets NEAR an edge) +[ ] selection should become single edje object so it can be styled nicely +[ ] selection should have handles on the start/end so u can drag and + change its size once there +[ ] improve selection text extraction logic +[ ] font selector should include font previews in the list - + preferably ONLY be a list of previews +[ ] options widgets should be deleted once they are hidden. they stay + in memory at the moment +[ ] clicking with ANY mouse button while options is up outside of + options should dismiss it. + +things in future to make it totally kick-butt: + +[ ] "tabs" (multiple terminals inside a window) with a nice selector + that looks like e17's wallpaper2 selector a bit :) +[ ] track child process stats like cwd etc. and when launching a new + "tab" or shell use the last child process cwd to put the shell + inot +[ ] track mem and iowait and cpu stats for child procs and their + children and display them as little overlays in the terminal so u + know if your "grep -r /" is cpu or io bound and what is eating up + all your cpu cycles or causing a tonne of hdd interrupts etc. - + send results of these stats to theme with messages much like + cpufreq, battery etc. do in e17 so theme can display as bars, + dials or anything it likes (text, led's etc. too). +[ ] tiling layout within 1 window to lay out multiple terms in a + flexible split/merge column/row grid setup +[ ] remember tile layouts and be able to restore them and at least as + much of child processes as the term can manage reasonably reliably +[ ] split it out into a library - maybe just as part of elementary and + make a terminal widget where you can specify your own read/write + funcs for the term fd etc. so u can make a custom bit of code that + uses the terminal widget as if it were stdin/out but just as + loopback within the app (ie don't exec process - just create pty + and offer read/write to/from it) +[ ] start supporting some of the crazy escape codes that let you + inline images into terminals or just create our own extensions and + then start making replacement "std command" wrappers/replacements + that are prepended to $PATH that can do the right thing when u do + "ls" - i see a list of files and if some are images or documents - + u see thumbnails too. if u cat a jpeg.. u see it. if u cat a url + or html file.. up comes an inline web browser, provide nicer + visual "progessbars" and modified tools like wget that use these + escapes etc.