NoteCards Numbered Needs          Sept 26, 1986

TypesMech needs

- 122.ml Trigg&Newman: TypesMech NCP MakeFn's should take an optional initial substance argument.

 137.ml Trigg: TypesMech Put&Get need to document Length argument

 140.mh Bagley: TypesMech: Apply Supers must know context

 144.ml Bagley: TypesMech EditFn for each card type needs type specific arg like NCP.CreateCard.


Link needs

- 236.hm Trigg: Links: From links should not always be written through.

 172.hm Trigg: Links to new cards disallow deleting source card

  164. mm Lanning: Link creation should not force a type choice.

 - 161. ll Lanning: Link ChangeLinkType should grey current link type

- 201.lh Kelley: Link Image Objects should wrap if title too long

- 240.lh Kelley: Links should be implemented as real objects.

232.lh Newman: Links should have some way of being registered.

 233.lh Trigg: Link "hierarchical" type should serve as SubBox link function


Card needs

6.hm Trigg,Halasz: Card: Reverse ordering of MarkCardDeleted and QuitCard and pass BeingDeletedFlg

 86.hm Halasz: Card shrunken icons need NF indication.

 156.ml Trigg: Card NC.CloseNoteCards delete unused args

 136.mm Trigg: Card InsertLinkFns need re-vamping.

  165.lm Lanning: Cards should have global link operations

- 8.lm DMR, Cole: Deleting lots of cards should not cause a dramatic slow down.

 134.lh Trigg&Bagley: Card title bar menu installation should be easier

- 237.lh Card cacheing should be re-implemented to allow for experimentation


NCLocalDevice needs

 190.ml Halasz: NCLocalDevice."Full"OpenNoteFile needed for Compact and I&R use.


NoteFile needs

- 179.hm Kelley: Abort from compact in place should not leave the NoteFile open.

- 191.ml Compact should use NCLocalDevice."Full"OpenNoteFile from 190.

 143.ml Trigg: NoteFile Compact should handle user feedback better.

 12.mh Cole: Notefile close should not abort hardcopy process

- 148.lm Kelley: NoteFile CopyCards should expand destination index if necessary

- 176.ll Briggs: Compact-in-place should ask for confirm if open for read only.

 147.ml Kelley: NoteFile CopyCards should check index size before doing copy


Structure needs

 185.hl Halasz: Structure Copy (NC.CopyCards) should assign a writelock when put down

- 227.ml Kirk: Structure Add confirm to Delete Structure

 - 166.mh Halasz: Structure Delete needs lazy link icon deletion at bring up time for efficiency.


Document Card needs

22. Newman.pasa: Document Card Edit Graph breaks

 - 159.lm Lanning: Document Cards should be re-computeable.


Text Card needs

- 175.hm Everyone: Text cards should not cause stack overflow when too many.

 85.hu Newman: Text Cards loosing formatting information

 238.ml Kelley: TEDIT ADDMENUITEM should be advised to call NCP.ModifyCardType so TextCards get ProofRead menu

 206.lh Newman: Text cards with untitled links should not TOTOP when changing title.

 100. Orr: TextCard Get of large (200) page files can loose substance


Graph Card needs

 202.mh Newman: Grapher should not gratuitously place (GACHA 8 MRR) in substance

 186.lu Newman: Graph cards attach menu should be consistent with Sketch cards


Browser Card needs

 89.hu Monty,Kirk: Browser delete node should not create multiple browser contents links.

 35.u Feuerman, DMR, Cole: Browser Breaks when Expanding Node

- 36.u Fischer: Browser recompute breaks after deleting a card.

 68.u Newman: Browser creation causes disconnected graph error

 239.mm DMR: Browser recursive nodes should not look odd.

 111. Cole: Browser aborts should close card window.

 112. Cole: Browser limit should be detected before Put time

- 37.lm Kurt:  Browser hardcopy should not need Terminal 8 REgular Interpress font to print

 83.lh Halasz: Browser Reconnect nodes should put virtual nodes back (to be inverse of Unconnect).


File Card needs

 171.ll  Trigg: File Card <CR> should abort


FileBox needs

108. Halasz: FileBox backspace over last link to a card should remove linkiconimageobj

 160.mm Lanning: FileBox Link COPYSELECT should not force display of link type

  163. hh Lanning: FileBox default should not be forced fileing.

 196.mm PIrish: FileBoxes should be filed under proper FileBox label marker.

- 200.mh Kelley: FileBoxes should be demoted to Library status

 193.lm Newman: FileBox TOC close w/o saving should place newly linked cards in ToBeFiled/Orphans

- 199.lm PIrish: FileBox alphabetization should work within markers.


IdeaSketch Card needs

- 226.ml Burton: IdeaSketch: Test annotations on idea sketches {phylum}<paperworks>sketchncanno.dcom.

 40.mm IdeaSketch: George trouble hardcopying (looking for font?)


LinkIndex Card needs


Search Card needs

 151.ml Kelley: Search Card ^E to request for text leaves bogus card on screen

- 152.lm Kelley: Search Card should have cancel button


Sketch Card needs

 94.hu Newman.pasa: Sketch card should not have wierd Y-coordinate

- 124.hl Trigg: Sketch should prevent/warn attempts to cause bug 123.

 125.hh Trigg: Sketch should allow moving links between sketch cards

 123.hh Trigg: Sketch should allow moving link icon from text card

 181.lm Trigg: Sketch should create dummy map sketch type to load maps code & reteval to re-apply when called.


Parameters needs

- 198.ml Halasz: Parameter MarkersInFileBoxes should be renamed and default behavior changed.


Interface needs

 234.hl Halasz: Interface select cards should just look for mouse up instead of both up.

- 220.hm Halasz: Interface NoteFile titlebar closed and open menues should be seperate.  I&R should be on open.

 113.hm Trigg: Interface: PROMPTWINDOW minimum size should be used

 128.hm Hogg: Interface for SelectCards should not overwrite non-notecard window.

 116.hh Trigg&Hogg: Interface: Select card should give TTY to card

- 146.ml Trigg: NoteFile Delete should delete NoteFile name from menu of open file list.

 - 180.ml Trigg: Interface to canceling Open NoteFile op should close prompt window

 109.ml Trigg: Interface Session icon prompt window should restore position

 203.ml Newman: Interface FileBrowser should not use disembodied promptwindow

- 204.ml Halasz:  Interface FileBrowser should not print in promptwindow as if it is bigger than it really is

- 145.ml Trigg: Interface NoteFile open list should have version numbers.

 155.ml Halasz&Trigg&PIrish: Interface to NoteFile Left menu problems.

 205.ml Newman: Interface select cards prompt should indicate need for SHIFT

- 221.ml Kirk: Interface Delete File when open should abort.

 174.mm Brigg Interface NoteFileIcon middle button should pop up menues immediately

 173.mm Briggs: Interface SelectCards typing at bombsight should blink

 45.ll Trigg: Interface: Remove Worthless ReturnLinksFlg in NC.SelectNoteCards

  168.ll DNewman: Interface Prompt Message should not move session window.

 - 162.ll Lanning: Interface NoteCards icon needs FlipWaitTime global param

 127.ll Hogg: Interface for SelectCards should allow distinguishing Abort from Cancel

194.lm Newman: Interface to session icon should have NCP fn to allow adding menu items.


Converter needs

 154.hu Halvorsen: Converter of {qv}<halvorsen>plan.notefile creates empty top level cards?


I&R (Inspect&Repair) needs


NCP (ProgInt) needs

- 182.hl Newman: NCP doc should mention missing substance fns

61. Shrager: NCP.CardProp doesn't take a nil value

 129. Hogg: NCP.CreateFileBox breaks with ILLEGAL ARG NIL

 183.hu PIrish: NCP display of newly created card should not affect initial text.

 184.ml PIrish: NCP.LocalGlobalLink using wrong display mode default.

 192.ml Jordan: NCP.Version3Card needed to map UIDs

 132.ll Bagely: NCP.ReportError should have break option

 157. PIrish: NCP.UserLinkTypes docs should note NoteFile argument.

 - 158.lu PIrish: NCP.SelectNoteFiles needed

 207.lu PIrish: NCP.CardUserPropList needed

- 215.lu DanR: Need NCP.AddMiddleButtonTitleBarMenuItems

- 216.lu DMR: NCP.SelectCards should accept a prompt string.

 212.lu Bagley: NCP.BringUpCard should move open cards

- 213.lu Tad:  NCP.ReplaceLinkIcon needed.

- 214.lu Tad:  NCP.MakeDocument NoDisplayFlg should work.

 211.lu Trigg: NCP Need way to specify sketch location to NCP.LocalGlobalLInk, NCP.ChangeLoc, etc.

 210.lu Bagley: NCP should allow modifying fields of a card type

 209.lu Bagley: NCP should allow flashing the link icon

 208.lu Hogg: NCP functions should have a global flag causeing them to break instead of just continue on.


Environmental needs

 123.hh Trigg: Sketch should allow moving link icon from text card

 125.hh Trigg: Sketch should allow moving links between sketch cards

 28.u Newman.pasa: TextCard: Extra images of Links persist until card is redisplayed

gaska: TEdit should vertical scroll correctly via image object button fn

Halasz: TEdit image object WHENMOVEDFN and WHENCOPIEDFN should be able to return DON'T


System needs

- 222.ml Ken: System: Add Ken's patch from Mar 18.  {rosebowl}<feuerman>lisp>kefpatch0001 as library package.

- 224.ml Kirk: System: Convert NCKEYS

- 218.mm Kirk: System: Add exports module for compiling notecards code.

- 217.mm Kirk: System: Finish COMPILEHEADER updater four source code copier.

- 219.mm Kirk: System: Fix bugs on dribble list.

- 229.mm System: Get rid of uncalled functions (e.g. source)

- 225.mm System: Make sure 1.3k>library> packages have a *.ted document if available.

- 230.mm System: Information for potential users of NoteCards should mention the requirements

 235.mm Kelley: System: Compact and I&R should be auto loaded.

- 231.mm System add unnumbered ARs to Numbered Needs (old 1.3 wish list & requested features)


TableTop card

- 223.mm Kirk: TableTop: Convert for 1.3k.


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