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To Emacs: This is a -*-text-*- file.
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This list is not really sorted, but stuff higher up on the list will
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tend to be completed earlier than stuff towards the end. If you want
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something on this list done quickly, I've provided some pointers to
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get you started. Questions? Send 'em to me (d92-jwa@nada.kth.se).
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tend to be completed earlier than stuff towards the end. Additions?
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Opinions? Send 'em to me (walles@mailblocks.com).
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. Clean up configure.in:
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x Prefix all GNOME specific test results with GNOME_.
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x Add a check for whether libgtop returns anything but zero for
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x Add a summary at the end, listing the platforms to be built and
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excuses for platforms not built. End with something like "Now do
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. Translate the applet into every single language in existance. If
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the applet doesn't show up in your favourite language even though
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programming skills, and should be a both easy and useful way to
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improve the applet.
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. On Linux 2.4 systems, inode cache memory is reported as water
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instead of air. This should be fixed. This may require changing
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. If lots of memory is used, add the text "Process 4711 "mozilla" is
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using 42Mb" to the tool tip. The process mentioned should be the one
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using the highest amount of memory.
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. If lots of CPU is used, add the text "Process 4711 "mozilla" is
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using 100% CPU" to the tool tip. The process mentioned should be the
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one using the largest amount of CPU.
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. Add a "Legend" to the right mouse button menu.
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. Make a properties box using Glade/libGlade? In that case, make the
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properties box contain four color options, options for changing the
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update frequency and a slider for setting the ripple factor. Have
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everything saved / restored by the session handling code. If you
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want to look into this, a good start would be reading the libGlade
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docs at "http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/libglade/libglade.html".
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If you want to learn how to easily write GUIs for GNOME, this one is
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. When the applet gets a properties box it should be possible for the
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user to choose between censored / uncensored memory measurement. The
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measuring technique for the tool tip and the water level should be
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separately selectable.
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. When the applet gets a properties box, make it run some configurable
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command line when clicked.
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. Pause the applet if it ain't visible for some reason (for example if
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the GNOME panel is hidden). If you know about or want to learn how
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to make nice GNOME 1.2 compliant panel applets, this one is for you.
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You should probably connect some additional signals to the applet in
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the make_new_bubblemon_applet() function in bubblemon.c and add some
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variable that is checked at the beginning of bubblemon_update() to
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see whether the applet should be updated or not.
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. The color handling should be re-written. If you want to look into
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this, the function bubblemon_setup_colors() in bubblemon.c should be
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re-written. Also, the last lines of bubblemon_update() in
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bubblemon.c (below the comment about "drawing magic") should be
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re-written. Currently, 96 colors are allocated to begin with, and
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depending on swap load three of them are used for drawing the applet
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at any time. The way it should be done (if that's possible, I don't
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know) is to allocate three colors, and use them for drawing all the
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time. These three colors should then be modified according to the
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current swap load. If you know about, or want to learn about GTK+
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color handling, this one is for *you*. Some notes on this topic are
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in the DRAWING_REWRITE file.
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. Split the currently *enormous* bubblemon_update() function in
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bubblemon.c into several smaller functions for code readability and
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. Split bubblemon.c into several files.
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. Make bubble movement independent of update frequency. If you know
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about or wish to learn about how to make real time visualizations of
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physical phenomenon, this one is for you. You should probably modify
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the code around the "Move the bubble vertically" comment in
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bubblemon.c for doing this.
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. Fix the bubblemon.spec file (that describes what should go into the
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RPM) so that it makes 'root' own all files (instead of 'johan'...).
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. Make the applet look more like a glass vial. Perhaps by drawing a
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vial outline, and making the bubbles transparent instead of
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air-colored? Drawing takes place inside bubblemon.c below the
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comment saying "Draw the air-and-water background".
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. Fix the GTK+ bug 15891
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(http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15891). The
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applet_widget_set_widget_tooltip() function erroneously hides the
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tooltip if it is visible when applet_widget_set_widget_tooltip() is
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called. If you resolve this, go to
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"http://bugzilla.gnome.org/createattachment.cgi?id=15891" and upload
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. Add a pointer to where the FAQ is located to the About box. Is this
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at all possible to do in some way that survives all different kinds
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of packaging formats?
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. Make the configure script check for if we are running on a Linux 2.2
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system. If that's the case, check memory usage a lot more seldom.
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. I want a rubber duck. Timecop's Windowmaker fork
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(http://www.ne.jp/asahi/linux/timecop/#bubblemon) has one that could
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possibly be ported (if it works well, what happens with the duck if
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the water level hits the roof?). This point probably requires
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rewriting the color handling code as outlined above (and in the
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DRAWING_REWRITE file).
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