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commit 0e8763d3c6e5871480f7222c0596049054aa0421 |
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parent 0014b586d268d7f0511fee21d4c600690a29a49c |
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Author: Rob King <[email protected]> |
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 14:05:49 -0500 |
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.. _`WordStar Diamond`: http://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WordStarDiamond |
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+The Future |
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+========== |
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+ |
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+This project has an end goal: |
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+once the issues listed here are complete, |
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+this edition of sam will enter maintenance mode. |
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+ |
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+Primary Goals |
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+------------- |
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+- Scalable font support (DONE) |
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+- Support big- and little-endian 64-bit systems (DONE) |
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+- Support compilation and use on modern \*nix systems (DONE) |
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+- Runtime configuration of composition sequences (DONE) |
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+- Support two-button mice (DONE) |
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+- Support tab expansion (DONE) |
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+- Support runtime configuration of tab sizes (DONE) |
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+- Support scroll wheels on mice (DONE) |
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+- Support fuzzy matching in the `b` command (DONE) |
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+- Raise the window when opening a new file (DONE) |
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+- Support a configurable set of keybindings (i.e. rework the keyboard layer) (… |
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+- Support the following commands for keybindings: |
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+ - escape (DONE) |
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+ - scrollup / scrolldown (DONE) |
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+ - charright / charleft (DONE) |
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+ - lineup / linedown (DONE) |
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+ - jump to/from command window (DONE) |
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+ - delword / delbol / del (DONE) |
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+ - snarf / cut / paste / exchange (DONE) |
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+ - write (DONE) |
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+ - nextlayer / prevlayer (TODO) |
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+ - maximize / tile left / tile right (TODO) |
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+ - look (TODO) |
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+ - /regex (TODO) |
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+ - send (TODO) |
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+- Support a configurable scroll factor; |
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+ scrolling is a bit drastic now (TODO) |
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+- Support Unicode beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane |
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+ (note that this will break the sam binary protocol, |
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+ so this version of samterm won't work with other sams! |
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+ Email me if you think this is a bad idea; I'm willing to reconsider) (TODO) |
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+- Support font fallback (TODO) |
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+- Allow runtime configuration of key bindings (TODO) |
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+- Support a configurable set of mouse chords (TODO) |
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+- Support runtime configuration of mouse chords (TODO) |
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+- Support multiple background colors at once (TODO) |
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+- Support mouse button reassignment (TODO) |
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+- Support runtime mouse button reassignment (TODO) |
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+- Remove legacy OS support (Plan 9 has their own sam) (TODO) |
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+- Remove external command FIFO, switch to X ClientMessage messages for IPC |
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+ (email me if you want to know why I think this is a good idea) (TODO) |
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+- Support the CDPATH environment variable for the `cd` command (TODO) |
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+- Split the man page into documentation for `samterm`, `sam`, `keyboard`, and … |
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+ (if and when `samrc` becomes a thing) (TODO) |
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+- Add localization support (TODO) |
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+- Add a Desktop Entry file, icon, etc (TODO) |
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+- Create RPMs, DEBs, etc (TODO) |
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+- Refactor all code to be as clean and standards-compliant as possible; |
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+ remove all legacy code (TODO) |
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+- Compile with no warnings, |
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+ with all warnings and `-pedantic` enabled on GCC in C99 mode (TODO) |
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+ |
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+Possible Goals |
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+-------------- |
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+- Remove Xt dependency (TODO) |
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+- Switch to a more X11-y model (e.g. one child window per layer) (TODO) |
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+ |
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+Very Unlikely Goals |
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+------------------- |
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+- Windows port (no, seriously, stop laughing) |
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+- Non-X11 Mac OS X port |
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+- Console port |
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+ |
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+Permissible Changes in Maintenance Mode |
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+--------------------------------------- |
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+Once the above goals are met, the only changes that will be made to sam are: |
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+- Bugfixes |
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+- Translation updates |
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+- Binary package updates |
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+- Updates necessary to keep sam compiling on whatever systems its users are us… |
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+Things That Won't Ever Happen (Sorry) |
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+------------------------------------- |
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+- Syntax highlighting |
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+- Multiple cursors |
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+- Complex text rendering |
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+ (I really am sorry about this one; |
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+ I want speakers of languages with more complex writing systems to use sam, |
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+ but getting it to work would be nigh impossible) |
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+ |
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+How You Can Help |
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+================ |
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+ |
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+- Use sam! |
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+ Open up issues on GitHub if you see any problems or have any ideas. |
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+- Spread sam! |
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+ Tell your friends and colleagues. |
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+ Anyone know Brian Kernighan, Ken Thompson, or Bjarne Stroustrup? |
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+ They are known sam-users, see if they like this version. :) |
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+- Write sam! |
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+ Write code and send patches. |
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+ |
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Credits |
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