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Xcircuit v3.x Things To Do (file TODO)
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1) Tcl toolbar does not expand to multiple columns when the window size
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2) Tcl infobar gets cut off if the window size is reduced---the main
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window area is not shrinking to fit the new size. Apparently this
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is caused by the presence of the toolbar itself, and may fix itself
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as a consequence of fixing number (1).
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3) Position parameters have serious consequences for netlisting, in
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that it can cause an object's netlist to change on a per-instance
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basis. This should be either dealt with or prevented.
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4) Positional parameters cause incorrect redisplay during polygon/path
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edit (display reverts to original value). Deletion of points during
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polygon edit must not delete parameterized points, and insertion of
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points must renumber parameterized points.
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5) Substring selection in labels is backwards when the "flip
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invariance" feature has rotated the text string 180 degrees.
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6) Colormap installation may be incomplete if xcircuit runs out
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of colors in the middle of running the program.
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7) Color and Page menus run off the top and bottom of the screen
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if the lists get to be too long.
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8) Due to object definitions being outside the page descriptions,
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Ghostview can't change between pages arbitrarily (only forward
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or backward by consecutive pages).
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9) Mechanism to allow area zooms during various modes is broken, and
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Features to add or change (schematic-capture-specific):
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1) New element type: array (especially for schematic drawing)
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/xyarray { begingate /arrayproc exch def /dy exch def /dx exch def
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/ny exch def /nx exch def
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1 1 ny { arrayproc exec 0 dy translate } for
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dx dy ny mul neg translate } for endgate } def
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2) Need to translate the Python routines for handling the "generic"
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netlist output to Tcl.
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Features to add or change (general):
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1) "Attach" should work in many more modes than it does.
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2) Use heuristics to improve selection mechanism
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3) Some better handling of over/under arrangements of elements
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4) Vectored font output in PostScript.
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5) Proper cornering on dot/dashed boxes (maybe easier to
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do in xcircuit and enforce WYSIWYG in PostScript?)
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6) Switch to all-floating-point internal units?
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7) Comprehensive "Undo" function.
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8) Comprehensive dependency list for allowing/disallowing
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menu and keyboard functions.
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