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A B C D I R E C T O R Y ' S F U T U R E
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This file contains known bugs, things to do & ideas for improvement on
ABCDirectory, in additions to things I could use some help with.
I N E E D H E L P
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- When I use the CurrentDir() command, the system steals 24 bytes of memory
from me. I do:
1. Lock() the dir
2. CurrentDir(the_lock_I_got_in_1);
3. UnLock(the_lock_I_got_in_2);
And if I do an UnLock(the_lock_I_got_in_1), it stalls in my face... any
suggestions??
- Closing my shell without the user having to type in an «endcli».
- Reversing the bits of a single bitmap (used to select files/dirs) without
disturbing layers.
- When I change from non-interlaced to interlaced mode & the shell window is
not visible, the two scroll gadgets at the bottom become hollow when my
window is not selected... why is that??
K N O W N B U G S
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- The command scroll gadget is not doing its job properly... once I get my
hands on those ROM kernels, boopsie gadgets'll take care of that!!
- If a command is run on ABCDir's screen under a CLI, the clock seems to write
over the CLI window. (in fact, it overwrites just about anything)
- When changing screen resolution/colors, the filelist isn't displayed
correctly.
- My machine crashes when I try to use unARJ with ABCDir. Anybody else?
T O D O
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- Activate the # of command lists & commands/list in the define window.
- Have a maximum vertical size (to be compatible with REALLY HIRES WBs)..
- Better handling of DOS errors.
- Set dir nesting pattern.
- Check scrollbar move while doing an operation.
- Pause/Stop gadgets while doing a command.
- Search on Read command.
- Stop/Continue/Retry on error.
- Buzy pointer.
- Option to unselect saved dirs' entries when loading them.
- Fetch previous directory... RAM: -> DF0: -[FETCH]> RAM:
- Option to permit Move to work if the destination exists.
- Make the Reduce command be able to do other actions than a simple Copy.
- Calculate occupied block size of OFS & FFS for more accurate «Does it fit?»
operations.
-«Does it fit?»: Tell user by how many blocks (!!) they're over/under.
- In command requester, add option to apply the function to dirs, files, both
or none.
- Also add option not to enter dirs.
- Have the correct ANSI (or at least closer to..) colors in the Read command.
I D E A S
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- Make a «Select» command which could be defined as select all/none/pattern.
This would be useful if a certain pattern was selected oftenly.
- Have a select requester with all kinds of ways to select a bunch of files.
Size, comment, date, name, protection, higher than, lower than...
- Add a Run option to have its output read by the internal Read command. (such
as an archive listing)
- Option to show file comments in the display line.
- Help files.
- Fast smooth dirs.
- Have definable menus.
- After a dir has been loaded, say «files read have comments».
- Show icons.
- Some way to show if the directory contains hidden files/dirs.
- Load inserted disk.
- Set date & time.
- Add auto-directories [on startup, load some dirs]
- Open in back/iconified.
- Newcli.
- Execute AmigaDOS command.
- Search for text/file.
- If the dir to be loaded on one side is present on the other, get it from
there.
- Activate the shell's scrollbar.
- Add more ANSI support into the Read command.
- Accelerate the Read command by allocating memory in bigger chunks.
- Add ways to define colors [red, green, blue, etc..], not color registers.
- Option not to select any files when going recursively, just using the ones
selected in the BuffDirs/RemDirs.
- Add an up/down gadget to my define window for # of buff dirs.
- Option to update the diskspace (will be slower when this option will be
turned on)
- A bit of 3d effect on scrollbars..
- Have variable tab spacings in the Read command.
- Option to show file size on the files' left. (easier to read, but ugly..)
- Ability to sort in reverse order.
- Ability to go into LHA archives.
- Save RemDirs/BuffDirs to disk.
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