--- loncom/TODO	2001/11/21 19:37:22	1.138
+++ loncom/TODO	2002/01/15 18:01:13	1.172
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ TODO list
 * bug
 ! Priority
 ? Questionable/unverified
-c Continual
+c Continual and currently in an okay status
+C Continual and in need of a lot of work right now
 
 G=Gerd
 A=Alex
 S=Scott
 Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie
-I=Issac
+I=Isaac
+M=Matthew
 ?=not yet assigned
 
 XMLPARSE
@@ -20,12 +22,8 @@ XMLPARSE
    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
     + add <options> tag (A)
     + 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.
+      (<or> <nr> <sr> <fr> done <rbr> <ir> <nh> <sh> <fh> TODO)
 
 CAPARESPONSE.C
    !+ pass back the reason (Y)
@@ -34,22 +32,17 @@ RUN.pm
     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
 
-EDIT INTERFACE
-    * insert (getting there) (Y)
+EDIT INTERFACE (Y)
     + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
     c add more tags (Y)
     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
     + make default setup prettier
-    + more templates for different homework types
-    + <rbresponse> editing works
-    * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset 
-       store/restore data
+    + <imageresponse>
+    * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up
 
-HOMEWORK
+HOMEWORK (Y)
     + 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
@@ -59,37 +52,33 @@ HOMEWORK
 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
 	<part> will be done poorly.
     * input areas need to hide after correct
-    + view problem as specific student (Y)
-    + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
-    + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
-      (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
-    &?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
+    + <formula/string/option/image/radiobutton hint> (Y)
+    + survey mode for <formula/string/numerical/option/image response> (Y)
+    + student should be able to see previous submissions
+    + <verbatim>
+    + support giving hints even when there are 0 tries (only <*hint> hint show)
+    + <optionresponse> reports # options correct through a <responseparam>
+         (Make editing of this pretty)
+    & allow functions in response to be case insensitive
+    +  added ability to ignore ws in string answers
 
 /ADM/GRADES
-    * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
-    + handle ambiguous case (Y)
     + handle extra fields (Y)
     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
     + show only a subset of students (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
+    + CSV upload, XML upload
 
-NUMERICALRESPONSE
+NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT)
    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
+    + show tol range and sigfig in answer mode
 
 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
 
@@ -103,7 +92,6 @@ GOODIES
     & statistics handles multipart problems
     + statistics link to problem
     + "You've got mail!"
-    + navmaps shows new discussion postings
     + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
 
 TEX/TTH/TTM
@@ -111,10 +99,8 @@ TEX/TTH/TTM
 
 SYSTEM MONITORING
     c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
-    & improve output of 'make status(post)' target in loncom/build (S)
 
 BUILD
-    * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
       installation well pioneered (S)
@@ -123,26 +109,28 @@ BUILD
     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
 
 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)
-    c xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
-    c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
-    & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
+    C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
+    C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
+   !& fix handling of web browser windows (S)
     c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
+    c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
 
 SQL DATABASE
     + have result capping (S)
     + scroll results page (S)
     + enable abort button (S)
-    + e-mail admins if their sql setup is bad (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)
+    C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
     + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
 
-PUBLISHING
-    + handle big text documents (?)
+PLOTTING 
+    + polar plots (M)
+    + interface functions for <script> (M)
+    * unable to plot multiple data sets with differing linestyles.
 
 GERD STUFF
     + londropadd does XML
@@ -152,26 +140,25 @@ GERD STUFF
     + replication hinting/prediction 
     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
     + 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)
-    & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
-    + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
     + implement initial questionaire
-    + do "evaluate this"
     + summary on top of spreadsheet
     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
     + fix Applet codebase on .page
-    & pages do not register with remote if not on map
-    * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
+    & pages should not register with remote if not on map
     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
     + "do you want to be a tutor"?
-    + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs
-    + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back 
-      (too many - make optional)
-    + mass deleting of messages from inbox
+    +!interface for checking logs
+    + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
+   !* navmaps duedate on multipart with no part 0
+   !* discussion for users in sections
+    & more informative message for "maybe part of a course"
+    * hung lond child - produce status info
+    & share spreadsheets among courses
 
 RAT
     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
@@ -183,6 +170,7 @@ RAT
     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
     + "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
     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
@@ -192,8 +180,9 @@ PUBLISHER
       spurious error message (G)
     c TEST: deal with absolute links
     c TEST: deal with <allow>
-    + write dependencies to metadata
     + 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:
@@ -239,13 +228,17 @@ Large Chunks of funtionality that need w
 	- choose parts
 	- set conditions
 	- language for conditions
-	- browse link
 	- some kind of non-anti-save
 
 - Publish
 	- review step
 	- co-author locking
 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
+        - stricter control mechainsms
+             - copyrighted stuff
+             - Private stuff
+           - ACL? (by author or resource?)
+        - update metadata without full publish
 
 - printing
 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)