libui/TODO.md

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- make sure the last line of text layouts include leading
- documentation notes:
- static binaries do not link system libraries, meaning apps still depend on shared GTK+, etc.
- ui*Buttons are NOT compatible with uiButton functions
- more robust layout handling
- uiFormTie() for ensuring multiple uiForms have the same label area widths
- uiSizeGroup for size groups (GtkSizeGroup on GTK+, auto layout constraints on OS X; consider adding after 10.8 is gone)
- windows: should the initial hwndInsertAfter be HWND_BOTTOM for what we want?
- windows: document the rules for controls and containers
- windows: document the minimum size change propagation system
- provisions for controls that cannot be grown? especiailly for windows
- LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX has the 10.11 SDK; see if we can knock it down to 10.8 too; OS version is fine
- apply the OS version stuff to the test program and examples too
- what about micro versions (10.8.x)? force 10.8.0?
- go through ALL the objective-c objects we create and make sure we are using the proper ownership (alloc/init and new are owned by us, all class method constructors are autoreleased - thanks mikeash)
- on OS X, edit shortcuts like command-C working require that the menu entries be defined, or so it seems, even for NSAlert
- other platforms?
- make sure all OS X event handlers that use target-action set the action to NULL when the target is unset
- provide a way to get the currently selected uiTab page? set?
- make it so that the windows cntrols only register a resize if their new minimum size is larger than their current size to easen the effect of flicker
- it won't remove that outright, but it'll help
- add an option to the test program to run page7b as an independent test in its own window
- same for page7c
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/01/12/57833.aspx provide a DEF file on Windows
- all ports: update state when adding a control to a parent
- should uiWindowsSizing be computed against the window handle, not the parent?
- DPI awareness on windows
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4543087/applicationwillterminate-and-the-dock-but-wanting-to-cancel-this-action
ultimately:
- MAYBE readd lifetime handling/destruction blocking
- related? [12:25] <ZeroOne> And the blue outline on those buttons [ALL clicked buttons on Windows 7] won't go away
- I get this too
- not anymore
- SWP_NOCOPYBITS to avoid button redraw issues on Windows when not in tab, but only when making resize faster
- secondary side alignment control in uiBox
- Windows: don't abort if a cleanup function fails?
- 32-bit Mac OS X support (requires lots of code changes)
- change the build system to be more receptive to arch changes
notes to self
- explicitly document label position at top-left corner
- explicitly document that if number of radio buttons >= 1 there will always be a selection
- mark that uiControlShow() on a uiWindow() will bring to front and give keyboard focus because of OS X
- make sure ShowWindow() is sufficient for zorder on Windows
- document that you CAN use InsertAt functions to insert at the first invalid index, even if the array is empty
- note that uiTabInsertAt() does NOT change the current tab page (it may change its index if inserting before the current page)
- note that the default action for uiWindowOnClosing() is to return 0 (keep the window open)
- note that uiInitOptions should be initialized to zero
- explicitly document that uiCheckboxSetChecked() and uiEntrySetText() do not fire uiCheckboxOnToggled() and uiEntryOnChanged(), respectively
- note that if a menu is requested on systems with menubars on windows but no menus are defined, the result is a blank menubar, with whatever that means left up to the OS to decide
- note that handling of multiple consecutive separators in menus, leading separators in menus, and trailing separators in menus are all OS-defined
- note that uiDrawMatrixInvert() does not change the matrix if it fails
- note that the use of strings that are not strictly valid UTF-8 results in undefined behavior
- test RTL
- automate RTL
- now that stock items are deprecated, I have to maintain translations of the Cancel, Open, and Save buttons on GTK+ myself (thanks baedert in irc.gimp.net/#gtk+)
- either that or keep using stock items
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2014/02/26/10503148.aspx
- build optimizations
- use http://www.appveyor.com/ to do Windows build CI since people want CI
- consider just having the windows backend in C++
- consider having it all in C++
don't forget LONGTERMs as well
notes
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/03/29/101121.aspx on accelerators
- group and tab should act as if they have no child if the child is hidden
on windows
- a way to do recursive main loops
- how do we handle 0 returns from non-recursive uiMainStep() calls that aren't the main loop? (event handlers, for instance)
- should repeated calls to uiMainStep() after uiQuit() return 0 reliably? this will be needed for non-recursive loops
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38338426/meaning-of-ampersand-in-rc-files/38338841?noredirect=1#comment64093084_38338841
label shortcut keys
- remove whining from source code
[01:41:47] <vrishab> Hi. does pango support "fgalpha". I see that foreground="112233xx" works ( alpha=xx ), but fgalpha is a no-op
[01:52:29] <vrishab> pango_attr_foreground_alpha_new (32767) seems to be called in either case, but only the "foreground" attr works
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[01:57:48] <vrishab> ok. seems like "foreground" is mandatory attr, 1. "foreground-without-alpha" + "alpha" works 2. "foreground-with-alpha" works. 3. "alpha" alone doesn
[01:57:52] <vrishab> 't work
[01:58:29] <vrishab> Is there a way to just specify alpha on the current foreground color ?
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[02:12:37] <andlabs> huh
[02:12:41] <andlabs> what version of pango?
[02:13:05] <vrishab> the latest .
[02:15:00] <vrishab> 1.40.3
[02:20:46] <andlabs> I'll ahve to keep this in mind then, thanks
[02:20:59] <andlabs> if only there was a cairo-specific attribute for alpha...