gambas-source-code/TODO
Benoît Minisini 53b7de040f [CONFIGURATION]
* NEW: Add "-O1" optimization flag to the linker, and the "-z defs" flag
  that should make it warn then an undefined imported symbol is found.

[WIKI CGI SCRIPT]
* NEW: Adds a switch to display 2.0 or 3.0 symbols in the component help 
  pages.

[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: The binary and hexadecimal numbers with a '&' suffix are now 
  correctly extended to a Long unsigned constant if needed.

[GB.DESKTOP]
* NEW: DesktopWatcher is a new class that watch property and dimension 
  changes on the root window or any other window.
* NEW: Desktop.Windows returns a pseudo-collection of all top-level 
  windows.
* NEW: DesktopWindow is a class that represents one specific top-level
  window.
* NEW: Desktop.ActiveWindow returns the id of the current active top-level
  window.
* NEW: Desktop.Showing returns or sets if the "show desktop" button is 
  active.
* NEW: Desktop.Current returns or sets the index of the current active 
  virtual desktop.
* NEW: Desktop.Count returns the number of virtual desktops.
* NEW: Desktop[Index] returns a virtual object that represents a virtual
  desktop.

[GB.EVAL]
* BUG: The long binary and hexadecimal numbers are correctly interpreted 
  now.
* BUG: Remove an apparently useless line of code that made the highlighter
  sometimes crash!

[GB.QT.EXT]
* BUG: The editor selection background is now drawn on top of the possible
  text background.


git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@1292 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
2008-04-05 13:06:08 +00:00

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TODO list: always incomplete :-)
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COMPILER
- Compilation error must indicate the column, not only the line.
INTERPRETER
- A stack that can grow dynamically.
- A special syntax to make variable writable once only (for controls variables).
- Add global parameters for each component. Or no, a global configuration repository, to
tell, for example, which socket the mysql component must use...
- Make objects printable, with a "_print" hidden method or something else.
- Make objects writable and readable to streams.
- Perl regexp with the MATCH operator.
- An expression can begin with NEW.
- Type mismatch error: print the mismatched values.
- Special runtime debugging commands for dumping all the variables for example.
- A new debugging compilation option to only put line number information in the output files.
- NInstr() -> Count the number of patterns.
/*
- OPTIONAL arguments should takes any expression.
- Class synonymous.
- Array[x] when x < 0 should return Array[Array.Count - x]
- NEW Collection OF String
*/
- If project compilation version < compiler version then => compile all
- Intercept all signals in Application_Signal.
- Structure support
- Callback support
- Sorting two or more arrays at the same time.
- A special method named _attach, to be warned when the parent object changes.
- A ConstCopy() function for arrays, and const arrays.
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
- .startup file, a copy of .project with only startup info inside.
- .project files should be marked as 2.0.
- Renaming controls in the IDE renames the source code too.
- Loading a "form" component needs calling InitControl on classes that are not
member of the list of controls.
- Bookmarks in editor.
- Manage Object properties in IDE.
- Put a language code in comments, and hide them as needed by the user.
- Make a visual control clipboard.
- A new folder for non-packaged data files ('Notes' ?).
- Load/Save in menu editor.
- Manage svn conflicts.
- Specific dependencies in the packager.
- Generates an index control->component to suggest components for missing controls.
GUI RELATED STUFF
- Adds automatically the extension to the file in the save file dialog.
- Deleting a currently expanding item in TreeView crashes.
- A Settings property everywhere? Mmmfff... At least for ColumnView, GridView.
- Popup forms => Need to redesign some properties.
- Rewrite the HSplit/VSplit layout, and use a Integer[] or a Float[].
- A MultiContainer property.
- Enhance the Action class.
- Toolbutton should be able to put their text below and beside.
DESKTOP COMPONENT
- Detect an already running application.
- gb.desktop kwalletmanager support. And gnome ?
DATABASE COMPONENT
- Add Views support in database component.
- Changeable client Charset in database driver.
- Returns the number of records affected by a query.
- A new database driver model.
- Copy a result line into another one.
- Use SAVEPOINT in postgresql to simulate nested transactions.
DOCUMENTATION WIKI
- Mass rename command.
- Fix last changes: only those in one language.
COMPONENTS
- State of gb.corba ?