wxMotif TODO
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-Updated: 12/11/98
+Updated: 11/02/99
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High Priority
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-- Work out why XFreeFont in font.cpp produces a segv. This is
- currently commented out, which presumably causes a memory leak.
-
-- Colour setting in widgets (almost done). Should scrollbars take
- on the background colour? Not right for e.g. wxScrolledWindows,
- so maybe have wxSystemSettings value for scrollbar colour, and/or
- ability to set scrollbar colour independently.
+- Have a central/per app file for colour settings, with a wxWin
+ app to allow changing settings interactively.
-- Optimize wxWindow OnPaint to avoid flicker, collapsing Expose events
- as per flicker fix in 1.68. It will be tricky to avoid
- interfering with non-wxScrolledWindow widgets except by
- explicitly testing for wxScrolledWindow.
+- Implementation of default event processing (i.e. passing on an intercepted
+ event such as OnChar to the system). Currently, such events are processed
+ anyway, so for example intercepting left-click in a widget doesn't disable
+ the default behaviour. See TODOs in window.cpp.
-- Implementation of OnEraseBackground. How? Call OnEraseBackground
- just before OnPaint? Will duplicate Xlib's own erase of the background.
- However, this is usually OK, because the default wxWindow::OnEraseBackground
- can do nothing (SetBackgroundColour will make the background look OK).
- And if a custom OnEraseBackground uses the same colour as the window
- background, no flicker will be seen. If it does something else, such as
- 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.
- We're close to having these working: mostly scrolling to work out.
-
-- 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.
+- Allow wxFrame and other widgets to have mouse event handlers.
Low Priority
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+- Painting a retained window could be optimized further (see
+ wxWindow::DoPaint).
+
+- 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).
-
-- Enhance event handling such that you override e.g. left-click
- and unless you call the base OnMouseEvent, the click won't be
- sent to the button. Required for Dialog Editor.
+ unless needed. Update: see if wxImage can handle these formats.
-- Get Dialog Editor working under Motif.
+- Get Dialog Editor working (better) under Motif.
- New wxHelp version: try using the XmHTML widget at
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ripley/XmHTML/.
- 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
- 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
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