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- - 040/060/PPC version
-
- It doesn't have much sense (especially PPC version). I an recompile
- sources in C but most CPU-demanding parts are in assembler and they should
- be recoded for maximum performance under 040/060. I can't do that just
- because I don't know m68k ASM. If somebody optimizes them for 040/060 I can
- insert them and produce 040/060 version then. PPC version doesn't have any
- sense until PPC-native cards appear. If I get PPC-only card with m68k
- emulation I'll try to make PPC version and check its performance.
-
- - General speedup
-
- I can't do much in that area because sources are quite messy and
- uncommented so any optimizations are hard to do. I can only rely on
- optimizations done by compiler.
-
- - XPK, datatype, locale support
-
- I'm thinking about it but it won't be implemented soon (if ever).
-
- - OS3.5 icon support
-
- Will be done when I receive my Amiga Developer CD 2.1 with proper includes
- and docs.
-
- - Faster dir scanning
-
- Impossible without very deep changes in source tree. Probably never
- happens (I think I know why they decided to write DOpus 5 from scratch).
-
- - Faster copying/deleting
-
- Copying is already speeded-up. Currently is almost as fast as in Opus5.
- Maybe there's still something to improve but don't expect miracles.
- Deleting isn't noticeably slower than in other programs or WB. Best method
- of making deleting faster is replacing FFS with another filesystem like PFS
- or SFS.
-
- - 256 colors support (currently 16)
-
- In the works.
-
- - Gadtools/MUI support for GUI
-
- Forget about MUI. It's too hard to do. But I'll try to make Gadtools GUI
- wherever possible starting from DOpus modules.
-
- - Hiding status bar at the bottom of the window
-
- Can't say now as I haven't check the sources. It depends on required
- changes.
-
- - User selected icon
-
- Will be done soon.
-
- - Font sensitive configuration window
-
- Will be achieved through Gadtools GUI
-
- - Direct LHA/LZX support
-
- Not very likely as there are ARexx scripts which do that.
-
- - More screenmodes for DOpus screen
-
- Done.
-
- - Correct displaying available diskspace on partitions bigger than 2GB
-
- Will be done soon.
-
- - Fixing number of items in progress indicator to real value
-
- It will be done. But I'll add special switch to activating it as browsing
- directories can take some time (especially on slow disks/FFS partitions).
-
- - Pattern for user-defined gadgets' background
-
- I can add that after fixing more important things.
-
- - Increasing menuitem limit
-
- Is it really required? Actually there can be upto 100 menuitems defined.
-
- - Correct work on hi/truecolor custom screens
-
- I'll try to do that although I strongly recommend using DOpus on WB screen
- (all depths are supported).
-
- - Internal decoding of GIF, PNG, JPG etc.
-
- Won't be done. 3rd party viewers are very good at it. Besides I plan
- datatypes support so internal decoders are useless.
-
- - Correct printing on different paper sizes
-
- Tough one. I don't have a printer nor access to US-sized sheets (ie.
- Legal). I can try to fix it 'blindly' but it would require strong betatesters support.
-
- - Integration with Scalos desktop
-
- Well, I don't know Scalos nor use it so I don't know what integration could
- be done. But looking at the sources I doubt if any integration can be done
- easily (if ever).
-
- - Fixing filereader to support more than 65536 lines of text
-
- Will be done soon.
-
- - Making it DOpus5-like
-
- I won't to that. It's practically impossible and I like typical 2-window
- filemanagers. If you need DOpus5 functionality just go and but it!
-
- - WheelMouse support
-
- I'm thinking about it :)
-
- - Text-reader as a window on WB
-
- Will be done for sure!
-
- - Warning requester when renaming directory to already existing name
-
- Will be fixed soon
-
- - 'Bring to front' gadget for next-DOpus requester
-
- I'll add it
-
- - Rolling backward devicelist when clicked with SHIFT pressed
-
- I've checked the sources and it's not easy to do. Anyway I'll try to add
- this feature.
-
- - Option to turn quit-requster off
-
- Will be done
-
- - Popup menu to select sorting type
-
- Done.
-
- - Selecting the size of copy buffer in Prefs
-
- Currently that buffer is filesize-dependent and it should stay so. Rule
- which control it should be finetuned a bit anyway.
-
- - 'Rename' option to "Overwrite' requester
-
- I'll add that.
-
- - More user commands for filetypes
-
- I think it's possible :)
-
- - Additional commands
-
- Existing set is quite powerful but I don't see any reason why not to expand it
- :)
-
- - Using function multiple times in single command (ie. {o})
-
- This is a must!
-
- - Horizontal scroller for text-reader to avoid line wrapping.
-
- Will be implemented together with WB-window option for text-reader.
-
- - Reducing program size
-
- Compiler does its best. However I'll be removing pre-3.0 code gradually.
-
- - Iconify gadget in window dragbar (VisualPrefs compatible)
-
- I like that idea :)
-
- - Progressbar for deleting files
-
- Why not? :)
-
- - 'Add icon' checkmark for MakeDir requester
-
- I'll do that
-