[bpt/emacs.git] / etc / TODO

* Implement a clean way to use different major modes for
  different parts of a buffer.

* Give start-process the ability to direct standard-error
  output to a different filter.

* Make compile.el record the markers that point to error loci
  on text properties in the error message lines.

* Make desktop.el save the "frame configuration" of Emacs (in some
  useful sense).

* Make movemail work with IMAP.

* Add ANSI C prototype forward declarations to the source files,
  so that even the functions used within one file have prototypes.

* Replace finder.el with something that generates an Info file
  which gives the same information through a menu structure.

* Implement a variant of uncompress.el or jka-compr.el that
  works with GNU Privacy Guard for encryption.

* Save undo information in files, and reload it when needed
  for undoing.

* Implement other text formatting properties.
** Footnotes that can appear either in place
  or at the end of the page.
** text property that says "don't break line in middle of this".
  Don't break the line between two characters that have the
  same value of this property.
** Discretionary hyphens that disappear at end of line.

* Change the Windows NT menu code
  so that it handles the deep_p argument and avoids
  regenerating the whole menu bar menu tree except
  when the user tries to use the menubar.

  This requires the RIT to forward the WM_INITMENU message to
  the main thread, and not return from that message until the main
  thread has processed the menu_bar_activate_event and regenerated
  the whole menu bar.  In the mean time, it should process other messages.

* Make Emacs work as a Java Bean.

* Make keymaps a first-class Lisp object (this means a rewrite of 
keymap.c).

** Provide real menus on ttys.  The MS-DOS implementation can
serve as an example how to do part of this.
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a933dad1 DL	1	* Implement a clean way to use different major modes for
	2	different parts of a buffer.
	3
	4	* Give start-process the ability to direct standard-error
	5	output to a different filter.
	6
	7	* Make compile.el record the markers that point to error loci
	8	on text properties in the error message lines.
	9
	10	* Make desktop.el save the "frame configuration" of Emacs (in some
	11	useful sense).
	12
	13	* Make movemail work with IMAP.
	14
	15	* Add ANSI C prototype forward declarations to the source files,
	16	so that even the functions used within one file have prototypes.
	17
	18	* Replace finder.el with something that generates an Info file
	19	which gives the same information through a menu structure.
	20
	21	* Implement a variant of uncompress.el or jka-compr.el that
	22	works with GNU Privacy Guard for encryption.
	23
	24	* Save undo information in files, and reload it when needed
	25	for undoing.
	26
a933dad1 DL	27	* Implement other text formatting properties.
	28	** Footnotes that can appear either in place
	29	or at the end of the page.
	30	** text property that says "don't break line in middle of this".
	31	Don't break the line between two characters that have the
	32	same value of this property.
	33	** Discretionary hyphens that disappear at end of line.
	34
a933dad1 DL	35	* Change the Windows NT menu code
	36	so that it handles the deep_p argument and avoids
	37	regenerating the whole menu bar menu tree except
	38	when the user tries to use the menubar.
	39
	40	This requires the RIT to forward the WM_INITMENU message to
	41	the main thread, and not return from that message until the main
	42	thread has processed the menu_bar_activate_event and regenerated
	43	the whole menu bar. In the mean time, it should process other messages.
d054101f GM	44
d054101f GM	45	* Make Emacs work as a Java Bean.
6344985d GM	46
	47	* Make keymaps a first-class Lisp object (this means a rewrite of
	48	keymap.c).
da1608d9 GM	49
	50	** Provide real menus on ttys. The MS-DOS implementation can
	51	serve as an example how to do part of this.