[docs] xmldocs - docelic modified TODO

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Tue Sep 21 11:59:12 EDT 2004


User:      docelic
Date:      2004-09-21 15:59:11 GMT
Modified:  .        TODO
Log:
- Turn 2. starts: TODO items

Revision  Changes    Path
1.18      +31 -19    xmldocs/TODO


rev 1.18, prev_rev 1.17
Index: TODO
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/xmldocs/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
--- TODO	21 Sep 2004 09:28:28 -0000	1.17
+++ TODO	21 Sep 2004 15:59:11 -0000	1.18
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 
 PRIMARY:
-- if the place of item definition (a file) changes its path, in the Source
-  context the old version is shown instead of the newest one.
-- agree on rules for writing Synopsis lines (should be flexible enough to
-  support all symbol types in an uniform way)
-- rewrite bin/refs-autogen AND bin/stattree
-- Make docbook/symbol-type-skel/* contents of a glossary, and display a 
-  glossary entry instead of those files.
-- Under availability, if applicable, display cvs line (modification time,
-  username and version (cvs line)).
 - Support using refs/<filename> with all the documentation for a symbol
   instead of refs/<directory>/<files>.
+- Stinky manpage stylesheets are a disaster. This time it's that
+  <cmdsynopsis> is verbatim and <screen> still renders comments without
+  newlines! I mean, what the... (And &copy; is translated to crap instead
+  of plain "C").
+- See why the autogenerated navigation links are so retarded (just home/up,
+  no next/prev)
+- In refs-autogen at a few places we keep both the hash/array representation
+  of values, and their string representation. (We always generate string
+  when modifying array/hash). It should be made so that we only modify
+  array/hash during the whole program, then in the last step before
+  generating the template they get stringified.
 - Visually identify obsolete items (those not present in cvs-head)
 - Add a note that we're focusing on really basic stuff that won't change
   over time (the criteria we used to determine what's for iccattut and what
@@ -31,15 +33,13 @@
 	- replace <tag> with <code> where putting tag alone in the source would work.
 	- explain syntax accepted in profile files
 
-
 DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM:
 - bin/stattree, in format_ctx(), see how many spacings all the lines have
-  in common, and trim that from the beginning.
-- why in manpage format, comments at the top of the file are messed up (no
-  linebreaks)
-- Seems like there's no CSS selector to make a difference between an Example
-  element title, and Screen element title. (This causes source contexts
-  to be prefixed with "Example: ", although they're technically not).
+  in common, and trim that from the beginning. [Did that, and the thing
+  still doesn't work somehow].
+- copy the definition for <example> to a
+  new name so we'll be able to differentiate between source chunks and 
+  examples.
 - Add support to document tags which are NOT found in separate files
   (like [restrict] or [subject]).
 - Read all possible options for tag files from vend/config.pm
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 iccattut:
 - give examples for the tasks in 'do yourself' section
 - give good practices about filtering, security
+- see problems from old docs/TODO notes on iccattut
 
 GLOSSARY:
 tag, interpolation, reparse, symbol types
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@
   say, 15 lines of context, but it'll come great when you have a copy
   of a 300-lines usertag. Example for this could be taken directly out of
   mwforum demo on mwforum.org
+- Make that thing Jon suggested, to write like "4.8.0-5.3.0" instead of
+  "4.8.0, 5.0.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0" (will probably look better in the future).
 
  Long-term:
 - filenames in Source contexts should also be clickable. this is longterm
@@ -88,10 +91,15 @@
 "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes
  a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell.
 
+ 
+For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public
+relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Dick Feynman
+
 ######################################################################
 
-Pragmas, globvars:
-  default
+add a note that copypasting iccattut will first not teach you anything,
+and second, you'll end up with a problem that you won't know where to
+look for, because you'll be unfamiliar with the copypasted thing...
 
 Tags:
   parameters
@@ -103,7 +111,11 @@
   has subtags
   nests
 
-----
+---- 
+New docs:
+ - promotional
+ - new developer howto
+
 
 guibutton
 mv








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