Development plan
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-This development plan sets a specific set of milestones for future
-versions of glabels. Although subject to change, milestones leading
-to version 2.0 are fairly well defined.
+This development plan sets a specific set of milestones for future versions of glabels.
+At this time (just prior to releasing 2.0.0) these milestones are somewhat nebulous and
+subject to change.
-Goals for 1.90:
+Goals for 2.0.x:
- - port all current features/capabilities to the GNOME 2.0
- platform [Completed]
+ - Bugfixes
- - clean up the architecture, and create a bonobo shell.
- [Completed]
+ - Translations
-Goals for 2.0:
+Possible Goals for 2.1.x (next development branch):
- - Clean up label and template formats.
- (See data/glabels-2.0.dtd) [Completed]
+ - Undo, Redo capability (possibly backport to 2.0.x)
- - A Properties toolbar. This will let the user change
- certain properties (font, colors, and line widths) of
- selected objects en-masse. [Completed]
-
- - A docked property dialog. Instead of popping up individual
- property dialogs, a single dialog will be docked in the
- main window. This dialog will be automatically displayed
- for new objects, so that the user can begin editing
- text, selecting images, or entering barcode data.
- [Completed]
-
- - Migrate to libgnomeprint-2.2. [Completed]
-
-
-Goals for beyond 2.0:
-
- - Editing text in-place.
+ - Editing text in-place (may not be all that necessary with the new
+ object editor sidebar.
- Make text items rich. I.e. allow multiple characteristics
to exist within a single object.
overlays photographs, so that it stands out against
varying backgrounds.
- - Undo, Redo capability
-
- - Create a druid for creating new label templates.
- As part of the druid allow test sheets to be printed
- and the new labels e-mailed to me (at the user's request).
- Include a mini-preview, as the label is constructed.
-
- - Along those same lines, create a druid to download new
- templates from a central repository, much like in GBonds.
+ - Possible technology upgrades:
- - Allow multiple label styles per template. For instance
- a sheet may contain a CD label, and cover label. This
- may cause problems for document merges -- labels could be
- considered grouped for document merges when their numbers
- match or they could have document merge applied to them
- independently but in parallel. Arrange in a tabbed
- notebook, or as multiple canvases arranged in view?
+ o Pango. This is a must to support rich text items.
- - support for the import of vector graphics formats such
- as EPS or SVG.
+ o Cairo-based canvas. Either someone elses or home-grown.
+ o Cairo print rendering.
-Odds and ends WISHLIST for future versions:
+ - Ability to select/unselect individual records during a merge-print.
- - Ability to select/unselect individual records during a merge-print.
+ - Add additional "merge" backends. Candidates include:
+ vCard
+ generic XML
+ freedb (CDDB) for CD labels
+ gnome-db
- - Add additional "merge" backends. Candidates include:
- vCard
- generic XML
- freedb (CDDB) for CD labels
+ - Add facility for tweaking output (origin). This should really be
+ part of the underlying print system but is currently difficult to
+ accomplish, so I may want to add the hack. (candidate to backport
+ to 2.0.x)
- - Add facility for tweaking output (origin). This should really be
- part of the underlying print system but is currently difficult to
- accomplish, so I may want to add the hack.
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