docs/motif/todo.txt

   1 wxMotif TODO
   2 ------------
   3
   4 Updated: 20/10/98
   5
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   7
   8 General comment: see the following site for useful Motif widgets.
   9 ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif
  10
  11 Also, grep for TODO comments in source.
  12
  13 High Priority
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  15
  16 - Work out why XFreeFont in font.cpp produces a segv. This is
  17   currently commented out, which presumably causes a memory leak.
  18
  19 - Also work out why wxWindow::SetFont causes the widget to be shrunk
  20   to fit its text, in dialogs. Uncomment the SetFont implementation and pop
  21   up a dialog, e.g. an About box. Widgets are arranged
  22   incorrectly. Seems to be OK for non-dialog panels, once the
  23   size has been restored after the font setting.
  24
  25 - Colour setting in widgets.
  26
  27 - Implementation of OnEraseBackground.
  28
  29 - wxBitmapCheckBox, wxBitmapRadioButton
  30
  31 - wxSpinButton
  32
  33 - wxTextCtrl text file loading and saving.
  34
  35 - A generic version of wxNotebook that can be used in wxMotif and
  36   other toolkits that don't have a native control. Perhaps use wxTab as a
  37   starting point.
  38
  39 - Complete the MDI implementation. Could eventually alter the MDI
  40   widgets to be more Windows-like -- currently it's half-hearted.
  41
  42 - Tidy dialogs such as the colour and font selectors.
  43
  44 - Use generic wxTreeCtrl, wxListCtrl: debug and enhance these.
  45
  46 - Write a better generic wxToolBar class than wxToolBarSimple.
  47   Alternatively, write a toolbar using Motif as described here:
  48   http://www.motifzone.com/tmd/articles/Kurt_Huhner/jun96.html.
  49   This article also explains how to implement tooltips.
  50
  51 - wxSystemSettings
  52
  53 - wxTimer
  54
  55 - wxThread (hopefully, similar to wxGTK)
  56
  57 - Miscellaneous events.
  58
  59 - Write makefiles for all samples and utilities.
  60
  61 - Create some samples for testing.
  62
  63 Low Priority
  64 ------------
  65
  66 - Better makefile system that can put objects in different dirs.
  67   Use wxGTK config system? It's really complex to debug and
  68   doesn't offer a way of compiling apps outside the wxWin
  69   hierarchy.
  70
  71 - Extra wxBitmap formats: PNG, BMP. Could use old wxWin 1.68
  72   wxImage code (derived from XV) for BMP/GIF but it's very bloated. However,
  73   when implemented as extra bitmap handlers, the code won't be linked
  74   unless needed.
  75
  76 - Print/preview framework in print.cpp (see wxGTK).
  77
  78 - Enhance event handling such that you override e.g. left-click
  79   and unless you call the base OnMouseEvent, the click won't be
  80   sent to the button. Required for Dialog Editor.
  81
  82 - Get Dialog Editor working under Motif.
  83
  84 - New wxHelp version: try using the XmHTML widget at
  85   http://www.xs4all.nl/~ripley/XmHTML/
  86
  87 - Optimize screen refresh for non-native widgets, e.g. wxWindow
  88   created with Create(), using technique in flicker patch for 1.68
  89   (see JACS for latest patch).
  90
  91 - Copy and paste, drag and drop. Use a standard X drag
  92   and drop standard - see http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~jafl/xdnd/
  93   or use Motif drag and drop as described here:
  94   http://www.motifzone.com/tmd/articles/DnD/dnd.html
  95
  96 - Optimize colour management so we don't get clashes when e.g.
  97   Netscape is running. See:
  98   http://www.motifzone.com/tmd/articles/John_Cwikla/index.html
  99
 100 - wxCheckBoxList
 101
 102 - Write generic wxDirDialog (directory selector)
 103
 104 - Use native Motif dialogs for wxMessageBox
 105
 106 - Miscellaneous classes e.g. wxJoystick (identical to GTK's one for
 107   Linux)
 108
 109 - Blit scaling