archived-lcd4linux/TODO

ToDo-List / Wishlist for lcd4linux

// 2000-04-04 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// implement some sort of 'graphs', similar to bars, but with a time axis
// can be filled (made up of bars) or not (needs raster graphics)
// done 2001-03-16 -lt.

// 2000-04-04 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// write a driver for PNG. This should be the first step towards a WWW-driver.
// Done 2001-03-01 -lt.

2000-04-15 Thomas Skyt Jessen <thskyt@foni.net>
show partition information (used, free, ...)

2000-04-25 Michael Mueller <m.mueller@netsystec.de>
show process information            

// 2000-12-03 Ghassan Matar <gmatar@hexapods.com>
// show other sensors than temperature
// we have to use libsensors instead of parsing the proc files directly
// Refused 2003-08-01 -mr

// 2000-12-03 Ghassan Matar <gmatar@hexapods.com>
// show contents of any text file
// the file should only contain one line, with a fixed format
// there are two possibilities: text and numbers
// numbers can be used for bars, too
// Done 2000-03-08, look at %x -lt

// 2000-12-03 Ghassan Matar <gmatar@hexapods.com>
// accept data from external sources (fifo?)
// Done 2000-03-08, look at %x -lt

// 2001-02-11 Carsten Nau <info@cnau.de>
// connect a LED to a spare pin of the parallel port and show if ISDN
// is online
// Done with GPO's -mr

// 2001-01-27 Axel Ehnert <axel@ehnert.net>
// - display numer of emails in a mailbox
// - display seti@home values
// done.

// 2001-03-05 Leo Tötsch <lt@toetsch.at>
// rename some tokens: %o->%os, %v->%ov, %r->%or, %p->%op,
// will be done with the big config-rework
// done with the "Next Generation Layout"

// 2001-03-05 Leo Tötsch <lt@toetsch.at>
// replace T_EXTENDED with a Flag similar to 'bar'
// rejected, T_EXTENDED does a good job  -mr

// 2001-03-07 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// use ppdev instead of ugly outb()
// done 2001-03-14 -mr

// 2001-03-09 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// replace udelay() assembly loop with rdtsc (read time stamp counter)
// at least try to....
// done 2001-03-14 -mr

// 2001-03-09 Leo Tötsch <lt@toetsch.at>
// read configuration file earlier (before forking) so that specific drivers
// (especially 'Text') would not fork.
// There's a reason for forking that early, but I forgot...
// done somewhere in mid 2003 MR

// 2001-03-12 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// remove USE_OLD_UDELAY after wide testing of new udelay code
// done with the "Next Generation Layout"

// 2001-03-12 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// create a NEWS file with changes/enhancements of every release
// done 2001-03-13 -mr

2001-03-14 Leopold Toetsch <lt@toetsch.at>
improve unseen for mbox (check Status:)

// 2001-03-14 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// add a new Token 'nc' for 'network collisions'
// done with the "Next Generation Layout"

2001-03-14 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
add translation tables ('german umlauts' don't 
follow any scheme on most displays)

// 2001-03-15 Leopold Toetsch <lt@toetsch.at>
// Text display has troubles with '\r'
// done 2001-03-16, replace \r,\n with '_'  -lt

// 2001-03-24 Carsten Nau <info@cnau.de>
// change network clients to support different devices
// at the moment the sum of all eth* devices is calculated
// %n* should be extended tokens
// done with the "Next Generation Layout"

// 2001-03-24 Brian Cleven <lcleven@home.com>
// support 40x4 displays with two HD44780 chips on it
// we need another 'Enable' line for this
// this way one could connect two displays to one parallel port, too
// done with 0.9.11 MR

// 2001-05-25 Jens Garthe <outline@xslan.de>
// detect wether curses.h and libncurses is installed, and
// don't include the 'Text'-driver if not.
// _should_ work now 2001-05-31 -lt

// 2001-09-11 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// use new extended tokens to split up several data sources
// (CPU, Net, Disk, ISDN, ...)
// e.g. '%nw'  is 'network transmit' for _all_ devices
//     '%n0w' is 'network transmit' for eth0
//     '%n1w' for eth1
// done with the "Next Generation Layout"

// 2001-09-11 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
// remove bar code from drivers and create a common bar library
// done somewhere in 2003 -mr

// 2001-09-12 Carsten Nau <info@cnau.de>
// make the output for emails shorter (at the moment up to 9999 emails)
// done with the "Next Generation Layout" 

2001-09-13 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
combine mail.c and mail2.c
if there's an error getting mail info, display "?" instead of "0"

2001-09-14 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
do not disable mail check in first error
instead use a number of retries
errors can occur in case of short disconnects, but normal operation 
should resume 

2002-02-15 Udo Altmann (udo.altmann@web.de)
support for inversed/blinking text
don't know if displays support this feature...

// 2003-09-08 Michael Reinelt (reinelt@eunet.at>
// at least one of my HD44780 displays use an inverted "P" instead of 
// a full block. Therefore a bar my look strange. Make the ASCII code
// of the full block configurable...
// done with the "Next Generation Layout"
// see the "asc255bug" attribute

// 2003-09-14 Markus <markus@norad.de>
// change %t tokens from Byte/sec to kB/sec, ith one decimal places. 
// Either make it configurabel, or add new tokens.
// done with the "Next Generation Layout"

// 2003-10-29 Matt Thrailkill <xwred1@modestolan.com>
// > To go off on another tangent... have you at all considered some sort of
// > marquee support?  I toyed with the row scrolling support which was
// > recently added, and it is nifty.  But marquees would be handy for doing
// > something like horizontally scrolling, say, the title of the currently
// > playing mp3.  I've toyed with trying to dive in and add it, but I'm a
// > pretty lazy guy and haven't done it.  What do you think?
// done with the "Next Generation Layout"

2003-12-31 Stefan ???  <nef17@gmx.net>
add support for software-controlled backlight for HD44780
http://www.jalcds.de/images/4x20backlight.gif

2004-01-25 Michael Reinelt <reinelt@eunet.at>
add attribute "blinking" to text widgets

2004-01-25 Xavier VELLO <xavier66@free.fr>
add "inverse" attribute to text widget
possible with Cwlinux and all graphics displays

2004-01-25 Xavier VELLO <xavier66@free.fr>
add an "image" widget

2004-01-25 Xavier VELLO <xavier66@free.fr>
icons should not only be updated regularly, but shown only when 
a certain expression returns 1