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 TODO list  This file is being phased out.  Remove your bugs as you move them to 
   bugs.loncapa.org
   
   TODO list
    
 + add functionality  + add functionality
 & change functionality  & change functionality
 * bug  * bug
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 ?=not yet assigned  ?=not yet assigned
   
 XMLPARSE  XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)  
    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)  
     + add <options> tag (A)      + add <options> tag (A)
     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)         + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
     + deregister()  
     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload  
     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem  
       (<or> done <rbr> <ir> <nr> <sr> <fr> TODO)  
     * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also   
   add eval="nothing" to turn this off.  
   
 CAPARESPONSE.C  
    !+ pass back the reason (Y)  
   
 RUN.pm  
     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set   
       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?  
   
 EDIT INTERFACE  EDIT INTERFACE (Y)
     * insert (getting there) (Y)  
     + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)      + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
     c add more tags (Y)      c add more tags (Y)
     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in       + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
  the parserlib textfiled (Y)   the parserlib textfiled (Y)
     + make default setup prettier      + make default setup prettier
     + more templates for different homework types      + <imageresponse>
     + <rbresponse> editing works      * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up
     * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset   
        store/restore data  HOMEWORK (Y)
   
 HOMEWORK  
     + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)  
    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)  
    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)  
     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)  
     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible  
     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple      + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely          clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output      * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also       * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
  <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the    <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
  <part> will be done poorly.   <part> will be done poorly.
     * input areas need to hide after correct      + student should be able to see previous submissions
     + view problem as specific student (Y)      + <verbatim>
     + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)      + <optionresponse> reports # options correct through a <responseparam>
     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables           (Make editing of this pretty)
       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)      & allow functions in response to be case insensitive
     &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate  
     + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last   
       student entry when re-visiting a problem  
     & run student parser over instructor specified physical units  
     + <formularesponse>  
     + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries  
   
 /ADM/GRADES  /ADM/GRADES
     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)  
     + handle ambiguous case (Y)  
     + handle extra fields (Y)      + handle extra fields (Y)
     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)      + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
     + show only a subset of students (Y)      + show only a subset of students (Y)
     + set all to something (Y)      + XML upload
     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)  
     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working  
   
 NUMERICALRESPONSE  NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT)
    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)     !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)     !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   
 RANDOMLABEL  
     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages  
     + template  
     + TEST: randomlabel  
     & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs  
     & GLabel needs to be in the install process  
     + <label> needs to use descriiption args  
     * web render of image labels is broken  
   
 GOODIES  GOODIES
     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)  
     + chatroom, etc  
     + annotations can be localized and published      + annotations can be localized and published
     + PURLs      + PURLs
     + chart allows sorting/filtering by section  
     & chart handles multipart problems  USER NEEDS
     & statistics handles multipart problems      & have great installation, upgrading, configuring documents (S)
     + statistics link to problem      & have great installation, upgrading, configuring process (S)
     + "You've got mail!"      & have great interface, how-to-use educational system
     + navmaps shows new discussion postings        documentation (John Williamson)
     + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly  
   
 TEX/TTH/TTM  
    !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions  
   
 SYSTEM MONITORING  
     c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)  
     & improve output of 'make status(post)' target in loncom/build (S)  
   
 BUILD  BUILD
     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)      c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
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     c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)      c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
     c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)      c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)      c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
       & loncapafiles.lpml has too many lines (pod2man.sh or pod2html.sh) which
         are over 80 characters (S)
   
 CODE QUALITY  CODE QUALITY
     C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put      C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
       on back-burner till 2002) (S)        on back-burner till 2002) (S)
     C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)      C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
     C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)      c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
     & fix handling of web browser windows (S)      c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
     C add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)  
   JAVASCRIPT
   #   see CVS:doc/window_handling.txt for initial plans at organizing this -Scott
   
 SQL DATABASE  SQL DATABASE
     + have result capping (S)     Located now at
     + scroll results page (S)     http://bugzilla.lon-capa.org/buglist.cgi?component=Searching
     + enable abort button (S)  
     & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)  
     & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)  
     & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)  
     C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)  
     + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)  
   
 PUBLISHING  RANDOM BUGS
     + handle big text documents (?)  
   PLOTTING 
       http://zaphod.lite.msu.edu/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?component=Randomized+Plots
   
 GERD STUFF  GERD STUFF
     + londropadd does XML      + londropadd does XML
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     + replication hinting/prediction       + replication hinting/prediction 
     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable      + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)      + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out     !* Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)      + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)  
     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk       * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem  
     + implement initial questionaire      + implement initial questionaire
     + do "evaluate this"  
     + summary on top of spreadsheet      + summary on top of spreadsheet
     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type      + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme      + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
     + fix Applet codebase on .page      + fix Applet codebase on .page
     & pages do not register with remote if not on map      & pages should not register with remote if not on map
     * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps  
     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)      * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion      + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
     + "do you want to be a tutor"?      + "do you want to be a tutor"?
     + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs      +!interface for checking logs
     + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back       + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
       (too many - make optional)     !* discussion for users in sections
     + mass deleting of messages from inbox      & more informative message for "maybe part of a course"
       * hung lond child - produce status info
       & share spreadsheets among courses
   
 RAT  RAT
     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G)       *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
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     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart)       * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode      * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it      + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
       & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
   
 PUBLISHER  PUBLISHER
     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)      * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
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       spurious error message (G)        spurious error message (G)
     c TEST: deal with absolute links      c TEST: deal with absolute links
     c TEST: deal with <allow>      c TEST: deal with <allow>
     + write dependencies to metadata  
     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary      + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
       + handle big text documents (?)
       & do not change everything to absolute URLs, but clean up URL garbage
   
   
 Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:  Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
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  - review step   - review step
  - co-author locking   - co-author locking
  - auto thumbnail / convert images   - auto thumbnail / convert images
           - stricter control mechainsms
                - copyrighted stuff
                - Private stuff
              - ACL? (by author or resource?)
           - update metadata without full publish
   
 - printing  - printing
  - tex target (CGI / daemon?)   - tex target (CGI / daemon?)
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