tdevelop/doc/api/FutureTasks.dox

/** \file FutureTasks.dox
  * \brief Future tasks and ideas for the next release of KDevelop
  */
/** \page FutureTasks Future tasks and ideas for the next release of KDevelop

\section codereftodo Code Refactoring / Improvements:

  - Core
    - Make sure all lib interfaces are available via DCOP
    - Find a nicer way to remove dynamic menu entries from context menus
    - Resolve the path handling mess 
    - Project name should be able to contain spaces
    - Import existing directory: Should be named "Import existing project"
      and more intuitive (wizard-like)
      - Question from the wizard: "I have found C++ files in your
        project directory. Should C++ be the primary language of your
        project?" User: [Yes/No] => Next Step...
      - Something intuitive for the binary/-ies (for debugger and
        execution of program), libtool ([Yes/No] for the debugger), build
        tool (qmake, automake,...?), etc.., too.
    - use mimetype to determine code files, not extension
      (see bug #
    - Make the help buttons (that we already have) open the KDevelop Handbook on
      the correct page (or the index if the subject is not covered yet).
    - New and improved VCS framework (Needs better description)
    - Another look at the plugin system (Nees better description)
    - Another look at the project files (shared, non-shared, session)
    - fix(redesign?) project language switching
    - editor handling could be made a bit saner if editor plugin switching was an after-restart-only feature
    
  - Programming Language Support Parts
    - Create base classes for language support parts:
      - AntlrLanguageSupport
      - AntlrBackgroundParser
      - AntlrProblemReporter
    - Same for:
      - YaccLanguageSupport
      - YaccBackgroundParser
      - YaccProblemReporter
    - There is a possibility to create even something like
      - LanguageSupportBase

    Look at java, pascal and ada support parts to get more inspiration. 
    There should be base classes for ada, java and pascal language supports - too much code duplication.
 
    - CppSupportPart
      - Extended "make member" functionality - run on a .h to implement stubs for all unimplemented non-abstract methods
      - Code Refactoring
    - text hint type info tooltips (edit mode)
    - text hint value info tooltips (debug mode)
    - Make the language plugin know stuff like what file patterns to look for (for instance, "find in files" needs this)
    
  - Build tools Parts
    - Show .po files in project management
    - Custom actions for groups, targets and files for project managers:
      - any menu item should be a KAction plugged into KPopupMenu, also we need to define shortcuts for any such action,
        also we should make sure those actions are properly executed from a shortcut.
    - AutoProjectPart
      - Should be able to DND files from other targets / file list / konq to add to targets
      - Should loose the experimental crashy and nonstandard "add files" dialog
      - Update configure.in when sub projects are added and the project doesn't use am_edit
    - Keep the correctly cased project name and save it to the project file

  - Debugger Parts
    - Create a debugger support base classes. Make the current GDB support a plugin.
    - Implement parts for other debuggers i.e. DBX, WDB, Ladebug, JDB, XDB, bashdb, the Perl debugger, or the Python debugger.
      We can use DDD as inspiration.
    - General debugger
      - variable widget
        - set variable by editing the value in the tree
        - cast value by editing the type in the tree
      - disassembly
        - add breakpoint display
        - set breakpoint by selecting a line as in the edit window
        - allow scrolling of disassembled code about and below current limits
        - add source to disassembled code as comments
        - basically just re-work the whole disassemble window :)
      - Bugs
        - Fix "core file" handling
        - Fix "attach to" handling
        - Breakpoints can disappear at odd times
        - When the target program crashes, the debugger can't be started again. (intermittant?)
        - Break on method() - could have multiple methods which require a choice. How to handle this?


  - Plugins
    - DocTreeViewPart
      - Implement plugin system for doctreeview.
      - improve documentation browsing
      - Check if a man page exists before offering the context menu item 'Goto manpage'
      - right click -> set as bookmark in docviewer
    - ClassViewPart
      - Implement language-dependant plugin system for classview:
      - namespaces/classes/functions are not always applicable to a language, we need a way to correctly
        fill a class view and combo boxes - only a language support can do that properly.
      - Distinguish vanilla c++ support from c++ + Qt extensions and show signals/slots in the class view only with Qt. (is this still valid?)
    - KonsoleViewPart
      - Perhaps use konsole part for the application frontend
      - cd's when selecting a file, but doesn't when selecting a dir,
        desired: a menu option to "cd" to that directory
    - QEditor
      - Replace editors/qeditor/koReplace.* and editors/qeditor/koFind.* with tdelibs/kutils/kreplace.* and tdelibs/kutils/kfind.*

    
\section extensiontodo Extensions / New Functionality:

  - Core
    - implement multiple-views per document (why?)
    - Document manager (not obviously useful)
    - Implement Add Plugin 
    - Show intro page on startup
  - Programming Language Support Parts
  - Build tools Parts
  - Plugins
    - better sourcenav part (all navigation tools should be supported with at least a "back" action - forward much less important)
    - Integrate kontact's TODO-List and knotes plugin. (We need something like a
      server/client system that all the knotes/toto-clients are always synced.)
    - a generic macro-tool (if possible, probably best implemented as a KTE plugin)
    - Free grouping of files in file group plugin


\section misctodo Miscellaneous (and possibly invalid) items:
   
  - UI bugs
    - Editor options dialog missing when all views are closed (virtually impossible to fix)
    - If you click an error in the output view, "Next Error"/"Previous
      Error" should then start from that point (already implemented?)
    - Messages in status bar would look nicer if they appeared with
      the same border as other items (impossible)
    - Browser tool bar should truncate long menu entries so it doesn't
      take so much space (already implemented?)
    - Extend KDevPlugin-API in order to have a preferred border for at
      least the selection parts (Automake Manager, Class Browser, File
      Groups, etc...)

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