Re: [Gterm-discuss] a small todo list

[Jörg S. <joe...@we...>]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:09:59 +0800
Zhang Le <ej...@pe...> wrote:

> Hi all,
>   I write a small todo list here and hope you may have interest. It's a long 
> way to go anyway.

Think so too. I hope to have a replacement for the FreeBSD kernel vt someday :-)

> 
> A.GTerm core
> 1. implement xterm extension such as setting application title , font change, 
> color change

Add the "screen save"/ "screen read" extension. This is useful at least for mc.

> 2. history review support
> 3. cut/paste selection interface
> 4. UTF-8/unicode wide char support

This is interesting. This is useful.

> 
> B.GTerm application
> 1. split tty code into a separate component for easy maintain and porting

I will do it this week.

> 2. port to FreeBSD

The same. Theosib, can you chance the project overview next week? ;-)

> 3. add a scroll bar to history review
> 4. add a config file for easy user configure

I suggest a Makefile.config for things like CFLAGS, included by the main Makefile. Also Makefile.depend
for finer dependencies. The compile time configuration goes into config.h(pp)
to simplify later to autoconf.

> 5. background image(may not be so useful)
> 6. integrate with autoconf/automake build system

This is a big thing. Let's start simple, at the moment this is not needed.

> 7. XIM support

[ Fingers scratching the head, trying to remember] OK. What is XIM
useful for in a terminal emulator?

> 
> I have already written some history review mode code in zhcon 
> project(sf.net/projects/zhcon). It will not be too difficult to port it to 
> gterm. But I can not find time to do it until March next year. So if you can 
> wait, I can do it then.
> 
> BTW I find the CVS code does not have a consistent indent. Some use space, 
> some use tab char. It's common practice to use only white space to indent 
> code. So I suggest to use 4 white space to indent source code.
> If you too use vim, add 
> /*
>  * vi:ts=4:shiftwidth=4:expandtab
>  * vim600:fdm=marker
>  */
> to source code is enough.

We could also agree about same consistent astyle/indent command line.

> -- 
>                                        Sincerely yours,
>                                                   Zhang Le

Regards, Joerg Sonnenberger