[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.

* modify comint.el so that input appears in a special font.
  I can add a simple Emacs feature to help.

* 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.

* Implement use of mmap to allocate buffers, when mmap exists.

* 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.
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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
	27	* modify comint.el so that input appears in a special font.
	28	I can add a simple Emacs feature to help.
	29
	30	* Implement other text formatting properties.
	31	** Footnotes that can appear either in place
	32	or at the end of the page.
	33	** text property that says "don't break line in middle of this".
	34	Don't break the line between two characters that have the
	35	same value of this property.
	36	** Discretionary hyphens that disappear at end of line.
	37
	38	* Implement use of mmap to allocate buffers, when mmap exists.
	39
	40	* Change the Windows NT menu code
	41	so that it handles the deep_p argument and avoids
	42	regenerating the whole menu bar menu tree except
	43	when the user tries to use the menubar.
	44
	45	This requires the RIT to forward the WM_INITMENU message to
	46	the main thread, and not return from that message until the main
	47	thread has processed the menu_bar_activate_event and regenerated
	48	the whole menu bar. In the mean time, it should process other messages.