Re: [Beaver-devel] Roadmap for 0.3.2

[Leslie Polzer]

On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 12:51:35 -0400
Michael Terry <address@hidden> wrote:

> Leslie Polzer wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Michael,
> > 
> > First I'd like to suggest a change in stable/unstable stuff.
> > 0.2 is _way_ old and I think we should now do our best to
> > fix any outstanding bugs while freezing 0.3.1 .
> > Outstanding serious bugs are mainly some segfaults I get every
> > once in a while and the unindent bug.
> 
> I agree.  I'll try to nail the unindent bug.  But, while I was working 
> on it, I noticed that unindenting doesn't seem to work at all.  Did you 
> disable it or something?
Haven't touched it, and still works for me with latest code base.
 
> > What about changes in CVS structure, like beaver/beaver-devel ?
> > [...]
> 
> Eh...  Maybe.  I'm not too experienced with dealing with two codebases, 
> so I'm not sure what the best way to do it is.  It would be nice to 
> continue to have a testing branch where we can try new code with little 
> responsibility for it.
> 
> So, there is an in-CVS way to tag or split branches or something, right? 
>   I'd be cool with some kind of split.
Ergh. Do I guess right that none of us is keen to check this CVS
stuff out? If yes, we'll have to throw a coin or something.
 
> > Second thing: a roadmap. Should make it easier to coordinate
> > [...]
> Um...  I'd like to get a more customizable toolbar, better 
> search/replace stuff (like find next).  The command stuff I talk about 
> below...  A function list (for only certain languages, I guess). 

> Support for the Recent Files specification.
If you mean that path/without path thing: this should be easy enough to
put it right in the new Prefs.

> Drag and drop to/from the 
> Beaver window.
Never did DND before, but that shouldn't pose an obstacle.

> As for planning when this happens, for the next version, I'd like to see 
>   the stability we plan.  I'm cool if we make the next version just 
> stability and maybe your new preference stuff.  Those two are top on my 
> list.  (You know, this might be a good opportunity to adopt a 
> kernel-style numbering scheme.  Odd numbers for development, even for 
> stable.)
Don't we have that already with 0.2/0.3 ? At least I present it that way
on the download webpage.

> As for the next unstable branch, I'm down with nailing customizable 
> toolbar, search/replace, and recent file stuff first.  That's all 
> relatively easy and good stuff to have.  Further down that branch, I'd 
> like to get a function list and drag and drop working.
 
> > Already on my agenda is the Preferences window; and with it
> > many new adjustable things. I make good progress with excellent
> > HIG compatibility in mind.
> 
> Cool.  Preferences would be nice to see revised.
They are looking neat. By the way, do you happen to have those
color buttons as ready-made widgets? It'd be less clutter that way I
guess. On gtk-list I saw a recent post on a widget like this, but
I couldn't find more information except that it will be integrated
into GTK at some sooner or later point.

> > I'd also like to see CVS information and a CVS/Tools->CVS menu,
> > but I can't think of anything sensible except commit and update.
> > But then again I'm not a CVS master, just a user.
> 
> I think a lot of what we want can be achieved by a generic 'command' 
> system.  I had one request where the person wanted a button to publish 
> his HTML pages onto his webspace.  Some people will want to run 'make,' 
> others will want to use CVS.  I think if we can create an interface 
> where the person can enter in some string, and we create a button for 
> it, that would be awesome.
I'll add approriate widgets to the Prefs dialogue and then we can start
with them.

Leslie


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