Refactoring projects

A List of Refactoring Projects

See Development Project Ideas and Funded Project Ideas for more possible projects.

See Refactoring plan for guidelines on how to refactor.

Little Projects

• Derive SPStar from SPShape (not SPPolygon), update 'object/README'.
• Move sp-item-transform.h functions into SPItem.
• Move sp-item-update-cns.h function into SPItem.
• Move sp-item-rm-unsatisfied-cns.h function into SPItem.
• Remove config.h code (or document why it is needed).
• Remove macros.h (or document why it is needed).
• Remove dependence on Glib::object in ResourceManager().
• Simplify ResourceManager... it does only one thing: fix broken links.
• In SPObject one can write:

   getRepr()->setAttribute("x", "y");

or

   setKeyValue( sp_attribute_lookup("x"), "y");

These are redundant and neither is really convenient. SPObject perhaps should have it's own setAttribute() function.

• Rename helper-fns.h with a better discriptive name and move to util(?).

Medium Projects

• Remove god-awful SPWidget (only used for selection).
• Move most files in 'src' to subdirectories, add README for each directory with description of contents.
• In toolbars, use dataKludge or data or tbl or holder ... but not all four! (Maybe combine with C++ify toolbars -- probably removed need for data.)
• Remove InkAction class. Normal GTK button actions should be able to handle SVG icons... no need for derived class.
• Make data members private in SPI::Base and derived class. Add set() function. Default to SP_STYLE_UNSET in constructor, setting to SP_STYLE_SRC_PROP in set().

Large Projects

• C++ify toolbars.
• Convert verbs to Gio::Action's(?).
• Add a one or two line description of what each file contains at the top of the file if it is missing.
• Remove livarot, moving any needed functionality into lib2geom or other files.

Super Large Projects

• Convert all GtkActions's and Gtk::Action's to Gio::Action's. See [GtkAction migration]
• Convert GUI to XML files.
• Invert 'y' coordinate system to match SVG.