From ca84659ca18feb1f86268d5ddbd939b487c0379d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Adam Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 23:57:31 +0100 Subject: Add explanatory sections to TODO file This restructures the TODO file slightly, separating out the terminal-specific tasks from the tmux user interface tasks. --- TODO | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'TODO') diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index bb80c1f3..b2625b03 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,3 +1,19 @@ +NOTES +===== + +This file describes rough notes regarding ideas for potential future tmux +development. It's not necessarily guaranteed that items in this TODO file +will ever get implemented. + +It is asked therefore, that anyone thinking of undertaking a task in this +TODO file, email tmux-users@lists.sf.net to discuss the feature. + +Thie file is split up between tmux user interface (UI) issues, and terminal +compatibility issues. + +TMUX UI ISSUES +============== + - implicitly add exec to the commands for new windows (switch to disable it)? - bring back detach-session to detach all clients on a session? - allow fnmatch for -c, so that you can, eg, detach all clients @@ -6,12 +22,10 @@ - flags to centre screen in window - activity/bell should be per-window not per-link? what if it is cur win in session not being watched? -- use a better termcap internally instead of screen, perhaps xterm - should be able to move to a hidden pane and it would be moved into view. pane number in status line/top-right would be cool for this - support other mouse modes (highlight etc) and use it in copy mode - set-remain-on-exit is a bit of a hack, some way to do it generically? -- clear window title on exit - would be nice to be able to use "--" to mark start of command w/ neww etc to avoid quoting - make command sequences more usable: don't require space after ;, handle @@ -21,7 +35,6 @@ - hooks to which commands may be attached, for example: tmux add-hook "new-session" if-shell "[ -e $HOME/.tmux-session.conf ]" source-file $HOME/.tmux-session.conf -- get it passing all the vttest tests that don't require resizing the terminal - way to set socket path from config file - what about utmp etc? can tmux update it like screen? setgid? - warts on current naming: @@ -33,7 +46,6 @@ - a way for force-width/height to apply to only one pane (how?) - command to list what is actually running in each window with command line, pid (need some adaption of the osdep code) -- support for bce - some way to force a screen to use the entire terminal even if it is forced to be smaller by other clients. pan smaller terminal? (like screen F) -- idea of a "view" onto a window, need base x/y offsets for redraw @@ -60,8 +72,6 @@ else leave empty/default - link panes into multiple windows - bells should be passed between sessions with visual-bell etc -- use screen-256color when started on 256 colour terminal?? -- if-shell/run-shell should block further command execution in the same command sequence until its shell exits, to allow them to be used from the config file - better session sharing: create-socket command to create socket somewhere (-r flag for readonly) @@ -86,7 +96,6 @@ - synchronous commands - client sends cmd and blocks, neww/splitw saves client ptr then when program inside died, sends MSG_SOMETHING with wait status to client -- documentation improvements - rlpowell's tutorial - build instructions - bind commands to key sequences? -- make it so ALL keys go through a table, first an implicit table in which C-b is the only default binding to a command that says "next key from $othertable" and so on. means -n can @@ -127,7 +136,6 @@ - fetch full command line on !Linux, and add option to strip prefixes such as "sh " "/bin/sh " etc etc - synchronize-windows option -- possibly support rxvt-unicode extended mouse input (1015) - append to buffer in copy mode - way to paste w/o trailing whitespace - flag to switch-client to switch all clients @@ -145,6 +153,17 @@ - choose-mode and copy-mode are very similar. Perhaps make choose-mode a subset of copy-mode in that it inherits key-bindings and other traits but not all. + +TERMINAL ISSUES +================ + +- use a better termcap internally instead of screen, perhaps xterm +- clear window title on exit (see using xterm title stack) +- get it passing all the vttest tests that don't require resizing the terminal +- support for bce +- use screen-256color when started on 256 colour terminal?? +- if-shell/run-shell should block further command execution in the same command +- possibly support rxvt-unicode extended mouse input (1015) - wrap/no wrap esc seq DEC CSI ? 7 h/l * We need a tmux terminfo entry to document the extensions we are using in upstream terminfo. Must NOT change (only add or remove) anything from -- cgit v1.2.3