4 This development plan sets a specific set of milestones for future versions of glabels.
14 Possible Goals for 2.1.x (current development branch):
16 - Undo, Redo capability
18 - Make text items rich. I.e. allow multiple characteristics
19 to exist within a single object.
21 - Text effects. (follow contour, non-rectangular text boxes,
24 - Ability to select/unselect individual records during a merge-print.
26 - Add additional "merge" backends. Candidates include:
28 freedb (CDDB) for CD labels
31 - Printer calibration tool: a facility for tweaking output origin and
32 scale. This should really be part of the underlying print system but
33 currently is not, so I may want to add the hack.
35 - Adjustable grid spacing. Spacing of visible grid should be user
36 adjustable. This grid spacing should be an integral multiple of
37 a finer invisible grid. There should be a "snap to grid" toggle,
38 that causes all posistioning and sizing performed on the canvas
39 to snap to the closest grid. The possible grid spacing should be
40 appropriate for the current units selected (e.g. .1 points, .01 mm,
41 1/64 inch, 0.001 inch).
43 - Handle namespace collisions better in template designer. Ask to
44 override existing templates, or perhaps automatically suffix the
45 name when duplicate. Allow for management of custom templates
46 (i.e. delete, rename, edit).
48 Completed Goals for 2.1.x:
50 - Object shadows. This is very important for text that
51 overlays photographs, so that it stands out against
54 - Technology upgrades:
56 o Pango. This is a must to support rich text items.
60 o Cairo print rendering.