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   TODO list
   
 + add functionality  + add functionality
 & change functiona;lity  & change functionality
 * bug  * bug
   ! Priority
   ? Questionable/unverified
   c Continual
   
 G=Gerd  G=Gerd
 A=Alex  A=Alex
 S=Scott  S=Scott
 B=Ben  B=Ben
 H=Harsha  
 Y=Guy  Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie  N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac  I=Issac
   
 XMLPARSE  XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)      + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
     * needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)     !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
     + style file recursion (Y/A)  
     + add <options> tag (A)      + add <options> tag (A)
     * outputstack is not a stack, it should be (A)      + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
     & redirection can be cleaned and simplified (A)      + deregister()
     + &recurse() needs to look for redirection (A)         + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
       + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
       * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
     add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
       * convert the rest to use get_param
   
 CAPARESPONSE.C  CAPARESPONSE.C
     + pass back the reason (Y)     !+ pass back the reason (Y)
   
 RUN.pm  RUN.pm
     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set       & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?        a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   
   EDIT INTERFACE
       + undo (Y)
       + delete (Y)
       * insert (getting there) (Y)
       c add more tags (Y)
       & make it easier to add plain textfield stype entries (Y)
       + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
    the parserlib textfiled (Y)
       + make default setup prettier
   
 HOMEWORK  HOMEWORK
     + <caparesponse> needs to grade submissions, set responses (Y)  
     + <part>/<problem> needs to set solved, and tries (Y)  
     + need to support /OR (Y)      + need to support /OR (Y)
     + how to pass back correct answer. . .(Y)     !+ create <stringresponse> <formularesponse>(Y)
      !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
       + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
       * <rb/i/o response> break if name isn't spcified (Y)
       * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
       & all response types need to be verified about what they do after the 
         answer date (Y)
       + view problem as specific student (Y)
       + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
           clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
       * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   
   /ADM/GRADES
       * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
       * allow specifying the domain (Y)
       + handle ambiguous case (Y)
       + back to homework link (Y)
       + handle extra fields (Y)
       + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
       + show only a subset of students (Y)
       + does IE 5.5 like it? (Y)
       + set all to something (Y)
       + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
       + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   
   NUMERICALRESPONSE
      !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
      !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   
   GOODIES
       * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
       & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
       + messaging (G)
       + chatroom, etc
       + annotations can be localized and published
       + PURLs
   
   TEX/TTH/TTM
       * Address bugs in tth/ttm (second half January, A,Y,G)
   
 BUILD  BUILD
     * need to update install.lon-capa.org (S)      * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers
     * need to rebuild binaries for packaging (S)  
     * need to write upgrade scripts (S)  SQL DATABASE
     * need to upgrade s cluster (S)      * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
     * need to roll together anaconda reconfiguration interface (S)  
     * need to write a "run-time" teflon script to tighten down (S)  GERD STUFF
       file ownerships on non-development LON-CAPA machines (S)      + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
     * need to debug anaconda installation interface (S)      + feedback, mailing and announcement mechanism finished
     * need to debug anaconda upgrade interface (S)      + londropadd does XML
     * need to burn CD (S)      +?TAs can open and close assignments
       +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
       *?menu.html does weird stuff on some browsers sometimes (maybe fixed)
      !& tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
       + course id-field
       + replication hinting/prediction 
       + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
       * lonpage.pm doesn't properly handle applet codebase arg, needs to use
         Apache::lonnet::dirlocation
       * londefdef <applet> tag doesn't use codebase to generate extlinks entries
       + /ext/ - handle external resources through handler redir
       + standalone movies, gifs, etc, need wrapper to trigger remote
       + intelligent update of hosts.tab
       * weird error "illegal URL method reload .gif" in menu.html
       *?NAV not shown for students
   
   RAT
       + RAT can set resource parameters (G)
       *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
         (could not reproduce)
       + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
       + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
       * unescaped colons in resource titles
       + simple RAT server-side interface
       + mass import of files
       + "Browse" works (S/N)
       * parms show up double after save
   
   PUBLISHER
       * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
       +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job
       + deals with Micros*** files
       + public resources - /pub/domain space
       * entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
         spurious error message (G)
   
    Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
   
   - Statistics
    - Simple
    - resource analysis class/system wide
    - resource correlation course wide
    - other stats from CAPA
    - Complex
    - foil level analysis/correlation measures
    - derandomized foils analysis
    - have/view reason student selected a foil
    - resource quality, how good is a resource
   
   - Messaging
    - crtical messages
    - email gateways into/out of the system
    - handle more types of communication
          - stu <-> stu
          - ins <-> stu
          - ins -> class/section
          - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
          - chat / whiteboard / bbs
          - "round robin" feedback handling
   
   - Grading
    - simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
    - survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
     this)
    - essay / shortanswer
    - instructor / autoget all/none
    - team based submission
    - peer graded
    - peer suggest grade
   
   - homework engine
    - new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
     renderings / awards and solved status
    - edit interface / clone other problem
    - math stuff
    - validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
     advertised
    - handling previous answers correctly
    - CAPA problems 
    - <imageresponse> need Java applet
    - <randomlabel> 
   
   - metadata
    - implement new method of handling what a problem stores
   
   - RAT
    - set parms / choose parts
    - set conditions
    - language for conditions
    - browse link
    - some kind of non-anti-save
   
   - Publish
    - review step
    - co-author role permisions / locking
    - retrieve diff
    - auto thumbnail / convert images
   
   - printing
    - tex target (CGI / daemon?)
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