Re: Release plans for the GUI

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 5 September 2011 17:38, Andriy Shinkarchuck <address@hidden> wrote:
> So, i divided gui on the sections and greatly apprecate for your
> comments, advices, wishes — down to the smallest detail like even
> order of menu items or buttons at the panel :)
>
> 1. Global
> — main menu items, theirs order, grouping
> — subwindow organizing (tabs only or subwindows only or mixed?),
> default subwindows layout with subwindows to show and their positions
> — status bar and messages in it (help only or some info too?)
> — links to official resources (do we need all we currently have?)
> — tips and tricks at the start?
> — quick start (open editor at the start or switch to terminal by default?)
> — some wizard at first launch? (to ask f.e. nick for IRC, select
> settings scheme or smth else)
> 2. Editor
> — navigation (go to line - inline or dialog?)
> — search/replace (inline like vi or emacs or dialog? do you want
> regexp handling?)
> — bookmarks (toogle, navigate)
> — line numbering
> — comment/uncomment code
> — indenting/autoindenting code
> — autocompletition of functions and operators
> — colorizing/color schemes (background, font, current line color...)
> — shortcuts/shortcut schemes (KDE-like, GNOME-like, Windows-like, and so on)
> — autosaving feature?
> — highlight errors in editor feature?
> — breakpoints (like in MATLAB®)?
> — versioning of files feature?
> 3. Terminal
> — terminal size (default, minimum, color scheme and so on)
> — history length in terminal?
> 4. Documentation Browser
> — open locally/from internet?
> — single or multiply documentation tabs/subwindows?
> 5. IRC Client
> — autoconnect at first launch or not?
> — ask nick at first connect or if default username is set?
> 6. Settings Dialog
> — show all avaliable settins or only the most important?
> — dismiss buttin for discurd changes in setting?

This is a long list. Should we make this a wiki page?

- Jordi G. H.