JonCruz at 06:48, 14 August 2009

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	This list is a start for discussion and is by no means official.		This list is a start for discussion and is by no means official.

			Note: after a quick review, there appear to be major issues with about a third of these. So please keep in mind the earlier caveat that this is just the initial start of a discussion. [[User:JonCruz\|JonCruz]]

	==Short term goals (should be done for next release)==		==Short term goals (should be done for next release)==

Tweenk: /* Medium term goals (2-3 releases) */

2009-08-01T21:50:02Z

Medium term goals (2-3 releases)

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	\|2geom side almost ready, Inkscape side not started		\|2geom side almost ready, Inkscape side not started
	\|display/curve.cpp		\|display/curve.cpp
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			\|Signal review
			\|Remove the emitting object parameter from all signals, and convert the code that needs a reference or pointer to the emitting object to <tt>sigc::bind</tt>.
			See [[Using libsigc++ signals]] for an overview of signals.
			\|not started
			\|For example, selection.cpp and desktop.cpp
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	\|Windows Metafile support		\|Windows Metafile support

Tweenk: Created page with '(WORK IN PROGRESS) This is a proposal to update the roadmap at Roadmap. The current one is not very useful, because it has become a wishlist of miscellaneous things that do ...'

2009-07-26T12:46:40Z

Created page with '(WORK IN PROGRESS) This is a proposal to update the roadmap at Roadmap. The current one is not very useful, because it has become a wishlist of miscellaneous things that do ...'

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(WORK IN PROGRESS)

This is a proposal to update the roadmap at [[Roadmap]]. The current one is not very useful, because it has become a wishlist of miscellaneous things that do not have any planning or design behind them. Moreover, planning for a specific release doesn't look like a good idea, because frequently no one steps up to implement a given feature. Therefore relaxing the roadmap into three broad categories: short term, medium term and long term goals - might be a good idea.

This list is a start for discussion and is by no means official.

==Short term goals (should be done for next release)==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Goal
!Description
!Status, implementors
!Relevant files
|-
|Kill livarot
|Remove the livarot library in favor of 2geom; extend 2geom where necessary
|Some boolops and offset code ready in 2geom, though not yet used in Inkscape
|splivarot.cpp
|-
|Color storage in preferences
|Preferences should store color values as human-readable hex rather than bogus integer numbers
|Not started
|preferences.cpp
|-
|Document settings framework
|A more robust and easy to use way to store per-document settings. On the XML side, it should store everything in an <tt><inkscape:document-settings></tt> element with sub-elements for page settings, snap settings, etc. On the application side, it should expose an API similar to Inkscape::Preferences. Some implementation details could be shared.
|Not started; Per-document settings are stored in the legacy SPNamedView class
|sp-namedview.cpp, preferences.cpp
|-
|Better export dialog
|The export dialog should allow exporting to any format, including vector formats and all bitmap formats supported by GdkPixbuf. The Save dialog should be reduced to only include roundtrip-capable formats (e.g. saving in this format and then loading the document back should result in the same SVG representation).
|Not started
|}
==Medium term goals (2-3 releases)==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Goal
!Description
!Status
!Relevant files
|-
|Kill SPCurve
|Remove SPCurve in favor of Geom::PathVector; provide all necessary operations in 2geom
|2geom side almost ready, Inkscape side not started
|display/curve.cpp
|-
|Windows Metafile support
|Support saving in WMF and EMF on all platforms; use this code to support directly copying and pasting between Word/OpenOffice and Inkscape
|System-wide clipboard done; EMF save support is Windows-only
|ui/clipboard.cpp, extension/internal/emf-win32-inout.cpp
|-
|Cairo-based renderer
|Replace as much of libnr with Cairo as reasonably possible
|Outline mode already uses Cairo
|display/ directory
|-
|Use <tt>Gtk::Action</tt>
|Attempt to replace Verbs with <tt>Gtk::Action</tt>s, using one derived class per verb, preferably along with a system of dynamically registering new actions from extensions and tools; Use Gtk::UIManager to build all menus and toolbars; remove SPAction, InkAction, etc.
|Actions are used internally for example in widgets/toolbox.cpp, but overall this area remains a mess
|verbs.cpp, interface.cpp, widgets/toolbox.cpp
|-
|Tools refactoring
|Port event contexts to C++ and rename to "tools"; augment with clipboard handlers and UI hooks to get rid of the toolbox.cpp monstrosity
|Initial design of the internal architecture as part of GSoC2009 node tool rewrite; External tool API not started
|*-context.cpp, widgets/select-toolbar.cpp, widgets/toolbox.cpp
|}

==Long term goals (unknown)==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Goal
!Description
!Status
!Relevant files
|-
|Better memory management
|Remove the Boehm garbage collector; use smart pointers and clear ownership semantics (like Boost pointer containers) where appropriate; create tutorials on running Inkscape under Valgrind to catch memory leaks
|Not started
|gc-*.cpp
|-
|Better documentation
|Document all important areas of Inkscape codebase: object tree, undo stack, XML tree, renderer, custom widgets, etc. Write developer tutorials on working with them.
|Reasonably good documentation for the XML tree and the preferences subsystem, but most areas undocumented
|all
|-
|Full SVG 1.1 support
|Provide support for all features of the SVG 1.1 standard
|?
|all
|-
|Animation support
|Create and edit interactive SVG animations using SMIL or JavaScript
|Not started
|?
|-
|Inkcore
|Separate reusable UI, XML, object tree, and renderer components into libraries reusable by other applications
|Currently there are lots of interdependencies and nothing can be separated
|?
|}

Roadmap update proposal - Revision history

JonCruz at 06:48, 14 August 2009

Tweenk: /* Medium term goals (2-3 releases) */

Tweenk: Created page with '(WORK IN PROGRESS) This is a proposal to update the roadmap at Roadmap. The current one is not very useful, because it has become a wishlist of miscellaneous things that do ...'