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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / motif / todo.txt

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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 wxMotif TODO
 ------------
 
-Updated: 12/11/98
+Updated: 28/12/98
 
          -------------------------------o-------------------------
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Also, grep for TODO comments in source.
 High Priority
 -------------
 
-- Work out why XFreeFont in font.cpp produces a segv. This is
-  currently commented out, which presumably causes a memory leak.
+- Have a central/per app file for colour settings, with a wxWin
+  app to allow changing settings interactively.
 
 - Colour setting in widgets (almost done). Should scrollbars take
   on the background colour? Not right for e.g. wxScrolledWindows,
@@ -35,57 +35,34 @@ High Priority
   painting a tiled bitmap, then a slight flicker might be seen unless
   X can be persuaded not to repaint the window background by default.
 
-- Finish wxNotebook.
+- wxRadioBox doesn't show up in the controls sample, though it's
+  OK on other dialogs (e.g. printing sample).
 
 - wxSpinButton
 
-- Tidy dialogs such as the colour and font selectors.
-
-- Use generic wxTreeCtrl, wxListCtrl: debug and enhance these.
-  wxTreeCtrl: crashes in wxImageList::Draw because it assumes
-  that wxBitmap == wxIcon, which is only true in wxGTK.
-  So add wxDC::DrawBitmap and use this instead.
-
-- Find out why modal dialogs give a grab warning.
-
-- wxSystemSettings. Eventually, should have control panel-like utility
-  to change colours/fonts but meanwhile should maybe read them
-  from a file.
-
-- wxThread (hopefully, similar to wxGTK)
-
-- wxGrid: scrollbars don't hide; problem with cell selection.
-
-- MDI: seems to be broken for a more complex application I'm testing.
-  Frame decorations don't draw properly, and a child window doesn't
-  process events properly. So probably we should have an alternative
-  implementation that uses tabs, a la wxGTK. The system menu could
-  be implemented using a pop-up menu that applies to the currently
-  active window.
-
-- Controls in a wxToolBar don't work. Probably due to form layout
-  problems; the workaround is to use a separate panel for controls.
+- wxToolTip
 
 - Miscellaneous events.
 
-- Write makefiles for all samples and utilities.
+- Use wxImage to load other formats into wxBitmaps, such as PNG, BMP.
 
-- Create some samples for testing.
+- Implement scaled Blit as per John Price's impementation for 1.68.
 
 Low Priority
 ------------
 
+- Visuals: how to select an appropriate one? See Thomas Runge's
+  visual patch for 1.68 -- should be straightforward to port to 2.0.
+
+- Work out why XFreeFont in font.cpp produces a segv. This is
+  currently commented out, which presumably causes a memory leak.
+
 - Better makefile system that can put objects in different dirs.
-  Use wxGTK config system? It's really complex to debug and
-  doesn't offer a way of compiling apps outside the wxWin
-  hierarchy.
 
 - Extra wxBitmap formats: PNG, BMP. Could use old wxWin 1.68
   wxImage code (derived from XV) for BMP/GIF but it's very bloated. However,
   when implemented as extra bitmap handlers, the code won't be linked
-  unless needed.
-
-- Print/preview framework in print.cpp (see wxGTK).
+  unless needed. Update: see if wxImage can handle these formats.
 
 - Enhance event handling such that you override e.g. left-click
   and unless you call the base OnMouseEvent, the click won't be
@@ -108,11 +85,7 @@ Low Priority
   - add the driver code to src/motif/helphtml.cpp (a frame, toolbar,
     history list).
 
-- Optimize screen refresh for non-native widgets, e.g. wxWindow
-  created with Create(), using technique in flicker patch for 1.68
-  (see JACS for latest patch).
-
-- Copy and paste, drag and drop. Use a standard X drag
+- Drag and drop. Use a standard X drag
   and drop standard - see http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~jafl/xdnd/
   or use Motif drag and drop as described here:
   http://www.motifzone.com/tmd/articles/DnD/dnd.html
@@ -131,18 +104,12 @@ Low Priority
 - Reimplement combobox using Lesstif's widget (avoiding GPL'ed
   widget currently used).
 
-- Write generic wxDirDialog (directory selector)
-
-- Use native Motif dialogs for wxMessageBox
-
 - Miscellaneous classes e.g. wxJoystick (identical to GTK's one for
   Linux)
 
 - Blit scaling
 
-- Could eventually alter the MDI widgets to be more Windows-like
-  -- currently it's half-hearted (menus are on children, whereas
-  they should replace the main parent frame menu).
-
 - Get ODBC classes and sample working.
 
+- Work out why wxTextCtrl doesn't work as a stream buffer under
+  gcc
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