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/** \file FutureTasks.dox
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* \brief Future tasks and ideas for the next release of KDevelop
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*/
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/** \page FutureTasks Future tasks and ideas for the next release of KDevelop
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\section codereftodo Code Refactoring / Improvements:
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- Core
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- Make sure all lib interfaces are available via DCOP
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- Find a nicer way to remove dynamic menu entries from context menus
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- Resolve the path handling mess
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- Project name should be able to contain spaces
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- Import existing directory: Should be named "Import existing project"
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and more intuitive (wizard-like)
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- Question from the wizard: "I have found C++ files in your
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project directory. Should C++ be the primary language of your
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project?" User: [Yes/No] => Next Step...
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- Something intuitive for the binary/-ies (for debugger and
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execution of program), libtool ([Yes/No] for the debugger), build
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tool (qmake, automake,...?), etc.., too.
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- use mimetype to determine code files, not extension
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(see bug #
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- Make the help buttons (that we already have) open the KDevelop Handbook on
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the correct page (or the index if the subject is not covered yet).
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- New and improved VCS framework (Needs better description)
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- Another look at the plugin system (Nees better description)
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- Another look at the project files (shared, non-shared, session)
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- fix(redesign?) project language switching
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- editor handling could be made a bit saner if editor plugin switching was an after-restart-only feature
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- Programming Language Support Parts
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- Create base classes for language support parts:
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- AntlrLanguageSupport
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- AntlrBackgroundParser
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- AntlrProblemReporter
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- Same for:
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- YaccLanguageSupport
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- YaccBackgroundParser
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- YaccProblemReporter
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- There is a possibility to create even something like
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- LanguageSupportBase
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Look at java, pascal and ada support parts to get more inspiration.
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There should be base classes for ada, java and pascal language supports - too much code duplication.
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- CppSupportPart
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- Extended "make member" functionality - run on a .h to implement stubs for all unimplemented non-abstract methods
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- Code Refactoring
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- text hint type info tooltips (edit mode)
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- text hint value info tooltips (debug mode)
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- Make the language plugin know stuff like what file patterns to look for (for instance, "find in files" needs this)
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- Build tools Parts
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- Show .po files in project management
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- Custom actions for groups, targets and files for project managers:
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- any menu item should be a KAction plugged into KPopupMenu, also we need to define shortcuts for any such action,
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also we should make sure those actions are properly executed from a shortcut.
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- AutoProjectPart
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- Should be able to DND files from other targets / file list / konq to add to targets
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- Should loose the experimental crashy and nonstandard "add files" dialog
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- Update configure.in when sub projects are added and the project doesn't use am_edit
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- Keep the correctly cased project name and save it to the project file
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- Debugger Parts
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- Create a debugger support base classes. Make the current GDB support a plugin.
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- Implement parts for other debuggers i.e. DBX, WDB, Ladebug, JDB, XDB, bashdb, the Perl debugger, or the Python debugger.
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We can use DDD as inspiration.
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- General debugger
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- variable widget
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- set variable by editing the value in the tree
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- cast value by editing the type in the tree
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- disassembly
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- add breakpoint display
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- set breakpoint by selecting a line as in the edit window
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- allow scrolling of disassembled code about and below current limits
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- add source to disassembled code as comments
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- basically just re-work the whole disassemble window :)
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- Bugs
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- Fix "core file" handling
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- Fix "attach to" handling
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- Breakpoints can disappear at odd times
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- When the target program crashes, the debugger can't be started again. (intermittant?)
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- Break on method() - could have multiple methods which require a choice. How to handle this?
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- Plugins
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- DocTreeViewPart
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- Implement plugin system for doctreeview.
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- improve documentation browsing
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- Check if a man page exists before offering the context menu item 'Goto manpage'
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- right click -> set as bookmark in docviewer
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- ClassViewPart
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- Implement language-dependant plugin system for classview:
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- namespaces/classes/functions are not always applicable to a language, we need a way to correctly
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fill a class view and combo boxes - only a language support can do that properly.
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- Distinguish vanilla c++ support from c++ + Qt extensions and show signals/slots in the class view only with Qt. (is this still valid?)
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- KonsoleViewPart
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- Perhaps use konsole part for the application frontend
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- cd's when selecting a file, but doesn't when selecting a dir,
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desired: a menu option to "cd" to that directory
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- QEditor
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- Replace editors/qeditor/koReplace.* and editors/qeditor/koFind.* with tdelibs/tdeutils/kreplace.* and tdelibs/tdeutils/kfind.*
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\section extensiontodo Extensions / New Functionality:
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- Core
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- implement multiple-views per document (why?)
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- Document manager (not obviously useful)
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- Implement Add Plugin
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- Show intro page on startup
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- Programming Language Support Parts
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- Build tools Parts
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- Plugins
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- better sourcenav part (all navigation tools should be supported with at least a "back" action - forward much less important)
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- Integrate kontact's TODO-List and knotes plugin. (We need something like a
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server/client system that all the knotes/toto-clients are always synced.)
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- a generic macro-tool (if possible, probably best implemented as a KTE plugin)
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- Free grouping of files in file group plugin
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\section misctodo Miscellaneous (and possibly invalid) items:
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- UI bugs
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- Editor options dialog missing when all views are closed (virtually impossible to fix)
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- If you click an error in the output view, "Next Error"/"Previous
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Error" should then start from that point (already implemented?)
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- Messages in status bar would look nicer if they appeared with
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the same border as other items (impossible)
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- Browser tool bar should truncate long menu entries so it doesn't
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take so much space (already implemented?)
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- Extend KDevPlugin-API in order to have a preferred border for at
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least the selection parts (Automake Manager, Class Browser, File
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Groups, etc...)
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*/
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