Subject: Re: Version 0.9.0
From: Randy Kramer (rhkramer@fast.net)
Date: Mon Apr 24 2000 - 16:41:58 CDT
sam,
I have thoughts of starting to work on collapsible outlining very soon.
(I expect to have it done in five years or less.)
Does anyone have a feel for whether the file format will have to change
to support collapsible outlining?
Randy Kramer
sam th wrote:
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> So far, no AbiWord release has gone into double digit patch version. So,
> with 0.7.9 around the corner, I have drawn up a list of things to do for
> 0.9.0. This is just the list of things from the road-map, plus some
> personal suggestions.
>
> - - Finish headers and footers
> With this, page numbering comes mostly for free
>
> - - Tabs Dialog
>
> - - Page Setup Dialog
>
> - - Columns Dialog
>
> - - Break Dialog
> Implemented, but lots of functionality is missing
>
> - - Insert Field
> This is done on Win32. See Fields below
>
> That's it for the roadmap. My suggestions -
>
> - - Lists
> We have a patch for this, and we should try to get it usable.
> This is an important feature to have in order for people to take us
> seriously.
>
> - - Fields
> It seems like the fields implementation will change significantly
> in the future. Since this may involve file format incompatibility, it
> would be better not to have that done post-1.0
>
> - - Online Help (or some form of documentation)
> This should go without saying. We have lots of developer docs
> (see my webpage) but none for the end user. This should be fixed (an I
> volunteer to start).
>
> Key bugs to fix
>
> - - The bugs with the spell context menu
>
> - - Bug 167
>
> - - Word import bugs (the quotes bug comes to mind)
>
> - - the multiple cursors
>
> - - various nasty crashes
>
> This should keep us busy :-)
>
>
> sam th
> sam@uchicago.edu
> http://sam.rh.uchicago.edu
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