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@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +- command bits and pieces: + * use "--" to mark start of command w/ neww etc to avoid quoting + * why doesn't command-prompt work if made read-only? + * allow multiple targets: fnmatch for -t/-c, for example detach all + clients with -t* + * add -c for new-session like new-window + * attach should take a pane and select it as well as attaching + * ' and " should be parsed the same (eg "\e" vs '\e') in config + and command prompt + * last-pane across sessions + * exact match operator for targets (or break the substring match + and require eg x* instead of just x) + +- make command sequences more usable + * don't require space after ; + * options for error handling: && and ||? + +- options bits and pieces: + * set-remain-on-exit is a complete hack + * way to set socket path from config file + +- format improvements: + * option to quote format (#{session_name:quoted}) + * formats need conditions for >0 (for #P) + * some way to pad # stuff with spaces, #!2T maybe + * status stuff is redundant with formats + * last window update time and format for it + * formats to show if a window is linked into multiple sessions, into + multiple attached sessions, and is the active window in multiple + attached sessions? + +- choose mode improvements: + * choose-pane command (augment choose-tree to do this?) + * choose-mode and copy-mode are very similar, make choose-mode a subset? + * flag to choose-* for sort order + * choose mode would be better per client than per window + * two choices (first one then second, for swap-pane and join-pane) + +- improve monitor-*: + * straighten out rules for multiple clients + * think about what happens across sessions + * monitor changes within a region + * perhaps monitor /all/ panes in the window not just one + +- improve mouse support: + * bind commands to mouse in different areas? + * more fine-grained options + * commands executed when clicking on a pattern (URL) + * send arrow key sequences for mouse scroll wheel in alternate screen + * mouse-select-pane will screw up with !MODE_MOUSE_STANDARD (it sets + the flag on w/o checking the others before calling tty_update_mode) + +- hooks! + +- warts on current naming: + * display-time but message-fg/bg/attr + * list-* vs show-* + * split-window -> split-pane?? + +- better UTF-8 support: + * #22T can split in the middle of UTF-8 characters! + * window names and titles + * message display + * prompt input + * multibyte key input + * buffer_sample and the choose-* could show UTF-8 properly + +- copy/paste improvements: + * incremental searching + * append to buffer + * paste w/o trailing whitespace + * named buffers and allow gaps in the stack + * command to toggle selection not to move it in copy-mode + +- layout stuff + * way to tag a layout as a number/name + * maybe keep last layout + size around and if size reverts just put it + back + * revamp layouts: they are too complicated, should be more closely + integrated, should support hints, layout sets should just be a + special case of custom layouts, and we should support panes that are + not attached to a cell at all. this could be the time to introduce + panelink to replace layout_cell + * way to set hints/limits about pane size for resizing + * panning over window (window larger than visible) + * a mode where one application can cross two panes (ie x|y, width = + COLUMNS/2 but height = ROWS * 2) + +- terminfo bits + * use a better termcap internally instead of screen, perhaps xterm + * use screen-256color when started on 256 colour terminal? + * need a tmux terminfo entry to document the extensions we are using in + upstream terminfo + * support title stack, both internally and externally (restore on + detach) http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1149299+0+archive/2010/freebsd-questions/20100207.freebsd-questions + +- code cleanup + * instead of separate window and session options, just one master + options list with each option having a type (window or session), then + options on window, on session, and global. for window options we look + window->session->global, and for session we look session->global + * the way pane, window, session destroy is handled is too complicated + and the distinction between session.c, window.c and server-fn.c + functions is not clear. could we just have kill_pane(), + kill_window(), unlink_window(), kill_session() that fix up all data + structures (flagging sessions as dead) and return a value to say + whether clients need to be checked for dead sessions? sort of like + session_detach now but more so. or some other scheme to make it + simpler and clearer? also would be nice to remove/rename server-fn.c + * more readable way to work out the various things commands need to + know about the client, notably: + - is this the config file? (cmdq->c == NULL) + - is this a command client? (cmdq->c != NULL && + cmdq->c->session == NULL) + - is this a control client? + - can i do stdin or stdout to this client? + or even guarantee that cmdq->c != NULL and provide a better way to + tell when in the config file - then we use cmdq->c if we need a + client w/o a session else cmd_current_client + * optimize pane redraws, 20120318184853.GK10965@yelena.nicm.ath.cx + +- miscellaneous + * way to keep a job running just read its last line of output for #() + * link panes into multiple windows + * live update: server started with -U connects to server, requests + sessions and windows, receives file descriptors + * there are inconsistencies in what we get from old shell and what + comes from config for new sessions and windows + * multiline status line? + * 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 go away as well + * customizable command aliases + * any remaining clients in wait-for should be woken when server exits |