3 - "Files" message flickers a lot when copying files.
5 - Make the extfs handle re-reads.
7 - Document C-x C-r, C-x C-l, C-x C-s
9 - Check that all the help contexts exist on the help file.
11 - Make the buttonbar for the tree box work.
13 - In the incremental search mode, when backspacing, select the
14 correct file, do not stop in current file.
16 - Make C-y yank back all the killed text at once if you've just done
17 several kill operations in a row (C-k, M-d, etc). [For MC 3.x]
19 - In learn keys, warn the user if he is trying to
20 i) define a same sequence as an already defined (if the keycode differs)
21 ii) define a sequence, which is a prefix of other longer and already
28 - Convert the source mc.1 to mc.sgml and create automagically from it
29 mc.1, mc.html, mc.hlp, mc.info, mc.tex, mc.txt etc. [3.x]
33 - Hotlist should allow people to edit the entry (like we do in the external
36 - Change ext.c to allow the %{..} to recursively expand any other %thingies.
38 - Write a general grow_string routine. This code is used in the internal
39 viewer and would also be used in the profile.c code.
41 - Allow colors to be defined in the mc.lib file.
43 - A command to set the line length to a fixed value for viewing
44 fixed length binary files. LIST does this with Ctrl-B and then
45 prompts for a "record" length.
47 - Viewer: have a case match toggle.
49 - Viewer: Mark all found matches, and when 'n' is pressed go to the
50 next page, not the next match on the same screen (when there is
53 - In ftpfs_open, extfs_open, if we set local_filename to tmpnam, use
54 a mechanism to set local_filename to another place on the local
55 diskspace (this would be useful for copying, so that we would save
56 some tmp space). This would require special care in file.c afterwards.
58 - In Listing mode... give at least three user-definable formats
59 (using Janne's Listing mode editor) and assign hot-keys to both
60 standard and user defined (what about c-x f [fbl123] ?).
62 - Multiple panels - really necessary! [3.x]
64 - Shift-Home, Shift-End for the input line: home and end.
66 - Make a mechanism to lock all the mouse events and send them to
67 the locking widget until unlocking is done.
69 - Sort with numerical extensions.
71 - Allow the program to execute a command even when we are on a vfs, maybe
72 a special box, or make subshell code ignore the change directory
73 request. Perhaps each vfs should store a local path attached to it,
74 like in tarfs, extfs it would be the directory which contains the
75 topmost tararchive, in ftpfs it would be the directory which we entered
78 - auto_hint_lines: a variable that would choose to use hint mode when
79 at least auto_hint_lines are visible.
81 - Listbox: Mouse handler for the scrollbar: this will be hard with
82 the current approach (since the listbox scrollbar is drawn *outside*
83 the listbox control area).
85 - In file.c, we shouldn't need to get a full path name in order to
86 work, we should instead canon the file name inside the tar.c (the
87 only fs that relies on this), tar.c should know about the cwd (i
90 - Panelize the selected files.
92 - Recursive delete should (perhaps as an option) delete files just after
93 they have been copied and not to delay deleting until everything was
96 - When copying a tree (or moving or deleting), as an option act primarily
97 on the regular files and at the end on directories recursively, so that
98 we get complete high parts of the tree if something fails (useful for
101 - Put into a new and bigger Options/Configuration dialog all the options
102 we have now to set using .mc.ini manually. [3.x]
104 - When after deleting there are no files in a panelized panel, restore
105 it automagically to the real directory content. [3.x]
107 - Files/Symlink and Link should be able to do multiple links (if the
108 target is a directory). [3.x]
110 - Directory sizes should work in background using try_channels. [3.x]
112 - Support of non-UNIX ls in ftpfs. Perhaps using an ascii configuration
113 file similar to moxftp. [3.x]
115 - Have an option to let the user choose the preferred keybindings.
116 Currently, only the emacs keybindings are supported, add support
117 for Norton Commander and vi keybindings.
119 - Find command should have a way to specify directories to skip.
121 - Add an option that will let listboxes do incremental searches.
123 * Optimizations and cleanup
125 - "How to use help" section should be at the first page of the
126 "Contents" help section.
128 - Use RPCbind on SVR4, this currently will be left for 3.5
130 - Optimize the mcfs read and write code: make the code output 8k
131 blocks all the time (if we have called mc_hint_readall) and probe
132 the input for a possible cancel.
134 - When verbose is off, remove all the clutter on the screen about
135 the files being copied.
137 - The viewer is calling view_update in many places, I call
138 view_update after handling a key, should all the other
139 view_updates be removed?
141 - If the viewer is too slow, some catching could be done.
142 width and cols are currently computed each time they are needed.
144 - Add context sensitive help to the f9 menus.
146 - Add an overlap when going up or down in the file list.
148 ++ In the user menu, don't use the entries array, we can now grow
149 dynamically. I should take a look at this one day, it's easy to
152 * Binaries distribution
153 - Including all the necessary terminfo databases compiled for
154 different machines, as well as xterm_color for different machines.