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+/** \file FutureTasks.dox
+  * \brief Future tasks and ideas for the next release of KDevelop
+  */
+/** \page FutureTasks Future tasks and ideas for the next release of KDevelop
+
+\section codereftodo Code Refactoring / Improvements:
+
+  - Core
+    - Make sure all lib interfaces are available via DCOP
+    - Find a nicer way to remove dynamic menu entries from context menus
+    - Resolve the path handling mess 
+    - Project name should be able to contain spaces
+    - Import existing directory: Should be named "Import existing project"
+      and more intuitive (wizard-like)
+      - Question from the wizard: "I have found C++ files in your
+        project directory. Should C++ be the primary language of your
+        project?" User: [Yes/No] => Next Step...
+      - Something intuitive for the binary/-ies (for debugger and
+        execution of program), libtool ([Yes/No] for the debugger), build
+        tool (qmake, automake,...?), etc.., too.
+    - use mimetype to determine code files, not extension
+      (see bug #
+    - Make the help buttons (that we already have) open the KDevelop Handbook on
+      the correct page (or the index if the subject is not covered yet).
+    - New and improved VCS framework (Needs better description)
+    - Another look at the plugin system (Nees better description)
+    - Another look at the project files (shared, non-shared, session)
+    - fix(redesign?) project language switching
+    - editor handling could be made a bit saner if editor plugin switching was an after-restart-only feature
+    
+  - Programming Language Support Parts
+    - Create base classes for language support parts:
+      - AntlrLanguageSupport
+      - AntlrBackgroundParser
+      - AntlrProblemReporter
+    - Same for:
+      - YaccLanguageSupport
+      - YaccBackgroundParser
+      - YaccProblemReporter
+    - There is a possibility to create even something like
+      - LanguageSupportBase
+
+    Look at java, pascal and ada support parts to get more inspiration. 
+    There should be base classes for ada, java and pascal language supports - too much code duplication.
+ 
+    - CppSupportPart
+      - Extended "make member" functionality - run on a .h to implement stubs for all unimplemented non-abstract methods
+      - Code Refactoring
+    - text hint type info tooltips (edit mode)
+    - text hint value info tooltips (debug mode)
+    - Make the language plugin know stuff like what file patterns to look for (for instance, "find in files" needs this)
+    
+  - Build tools Parts
+    - Show .po files in project management
+    - Custom actions for groups, targets and files for project managers:
+      - any menu item should be a KAction plugged into KPopupMenu, also we need to define shortcuts for any such action,
+        also we should make sure those actions are properly executed from a shortcut.
+    - AutoProjectPart
+      - Should be able to DND files from other targets / file list / konq to add to targets
+      - Should loose the experimental crashy and nonstandard "add files" dialog
+      - Update configure.in when sub projects are added and the project doesn't use am_edit
+    - Keep the correctly cased project name and save it to the project file
+
+  - Debugger Parts
+    - Create a debugger support base classes. Make the current GDB support a plugin.
+    - Implement parts for other debuggers i.e. DBX, WDB, Ladebug, JDB, XDB, bashdb, the Perl debugger, or the Python debugger.
+      We can use DDD as inspiration.
+    - General debugger
+      - variable widget
+        - set variable by editing the value in the tree
+        - cast value by editing the type in the tree
+      - disassembly
+        - add breakpoint display
+        - set breakpoint by selecting a line as in the edit window
+        - allow scrolling of disassembled code about and below current limits
+        - add source to disassembled code as comments
+        - basically just re-work the whole disassemble window :)
+      - Bugs
+        - Fix "core file" handling
+        - Fix "attach to" handling
+        - Breakpoints can disappear at odd times
+        - When the target program crashes, the debugger can't be started again. (intermittant?)
+        - Break on method() - could have multiple methods which require a choice. How to handle this?
+
+
+  - Plugins
+    - DocTreeViewPart
+      - Implement plugin system for doctreeview.
+      - improve documentation browsing
+      - Check if a man page exists before offering the context menu item 'Goto manpage'
+      - right click -> set as bookmark in docviewer
+    - ClassViewPart
+      - Implement language-dependant plugin system for classview:
+      - namespaces/classes/functions are not always applicable to a language, we need a way to correctly
+        fill a class view and combo boxes - only a language support can do that properly.
+      - Distinguish vanilla c++ support from c++ + Qt extensions and show signals/slots in the class view only with Qt. (is this still valid?)
+    - KonsoleViewPart
+      - Perhaps use konsole part for the application frontend
+      - cd's when selecting a file, but doesn't when selecting a dir,
+        desired: a menu option to "cd" to that directory
+    - QEditor
+      - Replace editors/qeditor/koReplace.* and editors/qeditor/koFind.* with kdelibs/kutils/kreplace.* and kdelibs/kutils/kfind.*
+
+    
+\section extensiontodo Extensions / New Functionality:
+
+  - Core
+    - implement multiple-views per document (why?)
+    - Document manager (not obviously useful)
+    - Implement Add Plugin 
+    - Show intro page on startup
+  - Programming Language Support Parts
+  - Build tools Parts
+  - Plugins
+    - better sourcenav part (all navigation tools should be supported with at least a "back" action - forward much less important)
+    - Integrate kontact's TODO-List and knotes plugin. (We need something like a
+      server/client system that all the knotes/toto-clients are always synced.)
+    - a generic macro-tool (if possible, probably best implemented as a KTE plugin)
+    - Free grouping of files in file group plugin
+
+
+\section misctodo Miscellaneous (and possibly invalid) items:
+   
+  - UI bugs
+    - Editor options dialog missing when all views are closed (virtually impossible to fix)
+    - If you click an error in the output view, "Next Error"/"Previous
+      Error" should then start from that point (already implemented?)
+    - Messages in status bar would look nicer if they appeared with
+      the same border as other items (impossible)
+    - Browser tool bar should truncate long menu entries so it doesn't
+      take so much space (already implemented?)
+    - Extend KDevPlugin-API in order to have a preferred border for at
+      least the selection parts (Automake Manager, Class Browser, File
+      Groups, etc...)
+
+*/