X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/e1822f70533686fde6bf6d3d0f3aefc2da4c5ffa..7d2946d285c11f5cf187db418c2e6093100af7a7:/docs/motif/todo.txt diff --git a/docs/motif/todo.txt b/docs/motif/todo.txt index 6052c30117..639beb44aa 100644 --- a/docs/motif/todo.txt +++ b/docs/motif/todo.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ wxMotif TODO ------------ -Updated: 20/10/98 +Updated: 28/12/98 -------------------------------o------------------------- @@ -13,65 +13,51 @@ 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. -- Also work out why wxWindow::SetFont causes the widget to be shrunk - to fit its text, in dialogs. Uncomment the SetFont implementation and pop - up a dialog, e.g. an About box. Widgets are arranged - incorrectly. Seems to be OK for non-dialog panels, once the - size has been restored after the font setting. +- 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. -- Colour setting in widgets. +- 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 OnEraseBackground. +- 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. -- wxBitmapCheckBox, wxBitmapRadioButton +- wxNotebook bug: why doesn't the notebook sample appear until the + user resizes the window again? But it's OK for MDI. Strange. - wxSpinButton -- wxTextCtrl text file loading and saving. - -- A generic version of wxNotebook that can be used in wxMotif and - other toolkits that don't have a native control. Perhaps use wxTab as a - starting point. - -- Complete the MDI implementation. Could eventually alter the MDI - widgets to be more Windows-like -- currently it's half-hearted. - -- Tidy dialogs such as the colour and font selectors. - -- Use generic wxTreeCtrl, wxListCtrl: debug and enhance these. - -- Write a better generic wxToolBar class than wxToolBarSimple. - Alternatively, write a toolbar using Motif as described here: - http://www.motifzone.com/tmd/articles/Kurt_Huhner/jun96.html. - This article also explains how to implement tooltips. - -- wxSystemSettings - -- wxTimer - -- wxThread (hopefully, similar to wxGTK) - - Miscellaneous events. -- Write makefiles for all samples and utilities. - -- Create some samples for testing. +- Get wxGLCanvas from 1.68 working. Low Priority ------------ +- Visuals: how to select an appropriate one? + +- 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. + unless needed. Update: see if wxImage can handle these formats. - Print/preview framework in print.cpp (see wxGTK). @@ -82,11 +68,19 @@ Low Priority - Get Dialog Editor working under Motif. - New wxHelp version: try using the XmHTML widget at - http://www.xs4all.nl/~ripley/XmHTML/ - -- 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). + http://www.xs4all.nl/~ripley/XmHTML/. + + We need to: + - make a minimal distribution under wx/src/xmhtml, just enough + to compile the source. + - add XMHTML_C_SRC to src/motif/makefile.unx with the source files + listed. + - make sure we can compile the sources, passing the correct + flags for zlib/png compilation. + - make a wxHTMLWindow class from e.g. examples/example_2.c. Should + probably make the cache and history facilities part of the class. + - add the driver code to src/motif/helphtml.cpp (a frame, toolbar, + history list). - Copy and paste, drag and drop. Use a standard X drag and drop standard - see http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~jafl/xdnd/ @@ -97,13 +91,22 @@ Low Priority Netscape is running. See: http://www.motifzone.com/tmd/articles/John_Cwikla/index.html +- wxRCConfig (a config class using X .rc files). Could simply + implement it in terms of current wxGet/WriteResource functions. + - wxCheckBoxList -- Write generic wxDirDialog (directory selector) +- wxBitmapCheckBox, wxBitmapRadioButton -- Use native Motif dialogs for wxMessageBox +- Reimplement combobox using Lesstif's widget (avoiding GPL'ed + widget currently used). - Miscellaneous classes e.g. wxJoystick (identical to GTK's one for Linux) - Blit scaling + +- Get ODBC classes and sample working. + +- Work out why wxTextCtrl doesn't work as a stream buffer under + gcc \ No newline at end of file