[rox-devel] The TODO file

[Stephen W. <st...@ke...>]

Here's a copy of the current TODO file, with annotations and questions

:BUGS
:
:Is setting thumbnailers from the Set Icon box sensible UI?

All current thumbnailers use mime_handler in ROX-Lib, so we can pull this=

feature.

:Installing an icon theme isn't an error!

Don't know this one.
:
:			FEATURES FOR 2.1
:
:Going Up in List View loses the focus and scroll position.
:
:Better errors from SOAP messages.
:
:If you set an icon view with some details turned on (like "sizes" or
:"permissions") a maximum width value is silently ignored.
:
:Info box should close on Escape.
:
:Shift+Menu on the Up button should show the Send To menu.

No comment on those.

:Sorting by group/user should use name (Bernard Jungen).

Just done.

:File2.html comes before File.html. Also, very large numbers aren't handl=
ed.

Looked at that and thought "too hard"

:Mounting/unmounting via a symlink doesn't update the display automatical=
ly.
:
:When the minibuffer is highlighted in red, scanning more items should
recheck.
:
:Text beside icons style is too wide.

No comment

:Bookmarks:
:- Short name for bookmarks.

What does this mean?

:Extra menu entries for mount points (eject, format, free).

This is done.

:When copying or moving files and asking for confirmation, display detail=
s
of
:the two files to aid comparison.

As is this, unless we need more info.

:Bookmarks:
:- Show selection groups?
:- Auto-add recent operations
:
:Iconified directories show the directory's icon (Marcus Lundblad)?
:
:Some way to process the files found by Find.
:
:Auto-unmount when last directory is closed.
:
:Active icons in iconified windows (Christian V. J. Br=FCssow).
:
:When all selected items have the same type, show handlers for that type =
on
:the SendTo menu (Arnaud Calvo)?

No comment.

:Use XFS extended attribute to store MIME types.

This is begun, we just need more people to be running file systems that
support it,

:More options to set fonts?

Which ones?

:Put Disk Usage in the Info box?

Done.

:Tab completion in save boxes.
:
:Have an option to set what happens when you double-click the background.=

:Or disable this... the toolbar can be used to resize.

Double click on background to resize is now optional.

:Order icons vertically or horizontally (option)?

Should just be a SMOP.

:Rescanning sometimes causes the display to scroll (automounter problem).=

:
:Allow command-line arguments for executation pinboard/panel icons.
:
:Opening an AVFS directory with left-click should reuse the same window.
:
:Deleting / moving files should update the globicons?
:
:'Edit Item' doesn't make much sense for applets...

No comment on those.

:Make Find expressions easier for beginners.

... but without losing features for non-beginners.

:Individual sliders for max window horizontal and vertical sizes?
:
:Winking of items should be an option?
:
:Shell / Select If history menu.
:
:Shift-click on symlink should open the file. Add a 'Follow link' submenu=
.
:
:Option to make menu-click over a file open the File submenu only?

No comment

:Key bindings in the New File menu don't work (move to dialog box?).

Dialog box might be useful.

:All leafnames to be truncated, even when details are displayed.
:Use condensed fonts for long names?

No comment.

:Use an environment variable to override the platform-name guessing in
:AppRun.

Just done that (and in ROX-Session)

:Provide a way to set the display style on a per-directory basis
:(shell glob patterns?) Also remember window size?

Would be useful.  Store only the settings which aren't the current defaul=
t?

:Right-most icon in the last row should extend to the far right of the
window,
:even if it isn't in the last column.
:
:Allow filtering on any expression (not just Show Hidden).

Filter by name is in.  If filer_match_filter() took a DirItem* then more
filtering options are possible.

:Allow find expression with Permissions command...
:
:
:			OTHERS
:
:
:Fully configurable toolbar?
:
:Corner panels?
:
:Close Panel menu item?
:
:Highlighting of icons as you drag a box around them, so it's clear what =
you
:have caught in the box?
:
:More permissions checking in Find? -RWX?
:
:Enable (temporarily) single-click navigation when a special key is press=
ed?
:
:In single click mode, beep when the user tries to double click?
:
:Copying a relative symlink should make it absolute? Ask during the copy?=

:
:Recursive 'a-x' acts on the directory first and so can't then change the=

:permissions on the contents. chmod(1) has the same problem.
:
:Option to disable open-file-and-close-window behaviour (sometimes happen=
s
:accidentally)?
:
:Remember last scroll position when returning to a directory?
:
:'Edge folders' (panel items spring-open with zero delay when the pointer=

:is at the edge of the scree)?
:
:SOAP calls to remove pinboard/panel icons?
:
:AppInfo.xml (Christopher Arndt):
:	<Property name=3D"x-on-drop-move" value=3D"--move"/>
:	<Property name=3D"x-on-drop-link" value=3D"--link"/>
:

No comment yet on those.

:
:			LONG TERM
:
:
:Use a separate process to access the filesystem. Prevents hanging when y=
ou
:try to access a dead filesystem. Do this via gnome-vfs?

Wouldn't need to be a thread rather than a process?
Can we assume gnome-vfs is available?  Does it work on Solaris?

:Allow user to change permissions to another user on the fly, by entering=
 a
:password. 'su' requires a tty - use xsu?

Not so keen on that.

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