2 A RISCOS-like filer for X
5 This is a list of features that should/will be added when I have time (or when
6 someone sends patches!).
11 Moving a directory (outside of the filer) causes an error when you try
12 to access it (OK), but the error is still reported when you open the
13 directory in its new location until you click refresh.
15 Ctrl-click-drag doesn't work as well as button-2-click drag.
20 Close button for the toolbar. Also, Large and Small icons buttons.
23 Allow renaming of panel and pinboard icons. Also allow '~' (for
24 system-wide configuration).
26 Size limit on AppIcon files.
28 User-definable icons for the different mount points.
30 Highlighting of icons as you drag a box around them, so its clear what you
31 have caught in the box.
33 Control setup of pinboard and panels from the GUI?
35 Allow applets inside the panel? Allow the filer to go inside GNOME-panel
38 Highlight Find expressions in red while they're invalid. Also, do this
41 Back/Forwards browser style navigation?
43 Long leafnames wrap onto multiple lines.
45 Better icon arrangement (different column widths?)
47 More permissions checking in Find?
49 Fully configurable toolbar.
51 Use an environment variable to override the platform-name guessing in
54 Enable (temporarily) single-click navigation when a special key (e.g. Alt)
57 Improve MIME-type guessing:
58 - Try to find longest extension match (eg .ps.gz, then .gz)
59 - Try again ignoring case (so .BMP matches .bmp) (.C must still work!)
60 - Use regexp rules on whole name (eg for 'Makefile' and 'core')
62 Provide a way to set the display style on a per-directory basis
63 (shell glob patterns?)
65 In single click mode, beep when the user tries to double click.
67 Options to set where the toolbar appears.
69 Display extra info in the toolbar (file under cursor, size, etc).
73 Features to (automatically?) set the size of filer windows.
78 The menu opens with `File 'file'' under the pointer. Under RO it was the
84 Copying a relative symlink should make it absolute? Ask during the copy?
86 Recursive 'a-x' acts on the directory first and so can't then change the
87 permissions on the contents. chmod(1) has the same problem.
92 Use a separate process to access the filesystem. Prevents hanging when you
93 try to access a dead filesystem.
95 Allow user to change permissions to another user on the fly, by entering a
96 password. 'su' requires a tty - do we need an SUID binary?