Interlisp.medley/library/lafite/docs/release-notes/Tasks.ted

Lafite To Do
Last Edited Sep 4, 1987, vanMelle.pa.  Last ar = 8995.
Browse/SubBrowse commands
Delete Folder Command ?
Want Rename Folder command [ar 5140]
Browse empty folder => divide by zero [ar 8166]
Browser
Parse dates to provide uniform date syntax in browser window [ar 2412]
Sort [ar 365]
Redistribute vs. Forward (implies smarter Answer) [ar 1693]
Deferred MoveTo for speed [ar 392]
Parse EOL = CRLF files correctly [ar 730]
Imageobj in message header -> "24-bit extended NS encoding not supported" [ar 4635]
Want icon to be labeled to be more overlappable [ar 1242]
Default the Subject field to first line of message [ar 1828]
Want messages directly addressed to recipient to be highlighted in browser [ar 2441]
Want sub-browsers to allow scanning selected subset of messages [ar 2401]
Want "Get Mail" near "Display" [ar 4263]
Browser Marks
Want to use DEL instead of ESC to abort mark setting [ar 478]
Want to abort mark entry by clicking [ar 1071]
Want multiple flags per message [ar 54]
Browser Display
Scroll by integral number of lines
Want Display after Delete to happen in more cases [ar 2405]
Browser Title include number of messages [ar 2415]
Toc "From:" not show <addrs> or defaultregistry
Updating of mark does not draw delete line thru mark [ar 1072]
Want to control when browser chooses to scroll up [ar 907]
Want "End of Messages" indicator in browser [ar 765]
Browser Searching
Search commands [ar 571]
Want selection ops using "In-reply-to" field to jump to other msgs [ar 481]
Message Display
Don't tie up mouse if it will take a while [ar 1387]
Want to be able to abort Display when it's taking too long [ar 2498]
Hardcopy
Hardcopy options (#copies, #sides, font, printer, etc) [ar 941, 952, 2403]
Want Hardcopy forms like Laurel [ar 2439]
Want to be able to cancel pending Hardcopy [ar 2495]
Want batch hardcopy to run in a separate process [ar 5145]
**Don't hardcopy too much at once.
Update Command
Have LOGOUT perform Update [ar 2414]
Maybe maintain "First deleted message" and/or "First changed message" to speed expunge and update.
Accelerator for Expunge bypassing Changes/Expunge menu? [ar 761]
Intercept FILE SYSTEM RESOURCES EXCEEDED during expunge [ar 2337]
Don't leave Lafite in bad state if Expunge aborted [ar 2346]
Want faster update [ar 2427]
**Don't Update shouldn't try to close other files (server down) [14 jan 87]
**When shrink/close with Expunge, etc, shrink immediately, gray the icon.  When finished, ungray/close the icon.
Retrieving Mail
Try harder to open connection to distant site [ar 2465]
GetMail breaks with Bad.State.For.Bin when mail has gotten archived [ar 5142]
Break on messages longer than 99999 bytes [ar 2345]
Choke on very long (9 piece) messages with bad.state.for.bin [ar 4604]
Programmatic GetMail [ar 2416]
Intercept errors during GetMail (disk full, bad.state.for.bout) [ar 2418, 2348]
Programmatic filtering of incoming mail [ar 1385]
Want to make it harder to GetMail to wrong folder [ar 3164]
Should inhibit Delete et al during GetMail [ar 2445]
9305 crash after getmail clicked during shrink/expunge [ar 4027]
Grapevine
Suppress/interpret "Server full" abort messages [ar 429]
Say "server full" instead of AllDown when appropriate [ar 479]
Appropriate errorset protection against grapevine; bad.state.for.bout [ar 173]
Notice messages examined by Ernestine? [ar 187]
Notice if messages deleted (discrepancy with what is printed) [ar 1198]
BAD.STATE.FOR.BOUT under GV.ADDTOITEM while sending message [ar 2517]
Break when retrieving archived mail fails [ar 5795]
NS Mail
Don't break if can't find Clearinghouse [ar 3049]
CLOSEF of closed stream when NS mail server not responding [ar 3160]
Delivery failed--(SERVICE.ERROR MediumFull) [ar 3223]
Delivery dies if mode switched at same time [ar 5131]
Space in From field not allowed in Arpanet mail [ar 5139]
**Break in ns.openmailbox the first time it is used--(difference n nil) [15apr87]
Message Sending
Require templates be filled in? [ar 2420]
Want alternative to Lafite Outbox for getting at old messages [ar 3169]
Better programmatic interface?
Want settable cc: self [ar 951]
Want cc to file instead of self [ar 1240]
Want blind cc [ar 5133]
Want nicknames [ar 1251]
Want faster Abort [ar 1733]
Unexplained failuresfinishes instantly, or "something went wrong" [ar 1946, 2053]
If break under COERCETEXTOBJ, Date/From not discarded [ar 2706]
Don't detach all windowslet TEdit do it.
Want composition window to shrink during delivery [ar 5138]
Don't top delivery window so much [ar 7944]
Outbox confused: new msg in first slot, others cleared [ar 8075]
**\SENDMESSAGE.RESTARTABLE takes CAR of string [Pavel 6jul86]
**Reshaping delivery window during delivery gets ARG NOT MENU [24 Jul 86]
**Abort button has a scroll bar! [27 May 86]
**When delivering, shrink delivery window
Answer
Answer: want command to yank answered msg into buffer [ar 5123]
Answer command for multiple selection [ar 2406]
Quit/SubQuit
Want to be able to Quit Lafite without breaks in odd situations [ar 2521]
Mail File Maintenance
Partition mail folder menu by directory and subdirectory [ar 1130]
Require confirmation when forgetting folders, forms [ar 2480]
Don't try to access {dsk} files on machine different from where they first lived [ar 2442]
Maintain
Want wildcarded facility for finding names in MAINTAIN [ar 3556]
Want Add Forwarding command [ar 5120]
Should make it harder to add invalid names to DLs [ar 5143]
Want command to locate all dl's containing user [ar 5149]
Mail Scavenge
MailFileScavenger [ar 623]
Offer to invoke scavenger on parse failure [ar 4213]
If parse fails, provide partial use?
Win if file ends in extra nulls
MP9318 when the final rename causes "File System Resources Exceeded" [ar 3836]
Documentation
LAFITEFIND
Other
Confusion from Idle logins [ar 4411]
Better recovery from file servers down [ar 4250]
Want status window not to resize [ar 5130]
Want MailFolder icon that stacks better [ar 2404]
Conflict between Lafite and BIG [ar 2718]
Shouldn't break under \LAFITEDEFAULTHOST&DIR when server down [ar 3166]
Want Lafite to close file if it's idle for long enough [ar 3162]
Want better error messages when profile vars (e.g. font) set badly [ar 2520]
Better recovery from lost file server after logout [ar 1388]
One-time font change for display or hardcopy
use {TEMP}
Edit Message [ar 2428]
Want MCI interface [ar 3104]
Command to put backtrace into message window [ar 614]
Protect initialization better from Hardreset [ar 2083]
Want programmers' interface to Mail and Lafite [ar 2462]
Add background menu command to turn Lafite on [ar 2497]
Closing a folder when file disappears should flush pending commands [ar 2456]
Browser got --- --- [0 chars], messages maybe lost [ar 3253]
Add font variables to FONTVARS [ar 6697]
Profile confusion when you move your default dir [ar 7244]
**Extend info in profiles [MikeDixon, 19Jan87]
**Reshaping new LafiteStatusWindow gets divide by zero in RESHAPEALLWINDOWS [10 Jun 86, 7jul86]
**Race: Move to new folder vs. Browse of that folder [1 Aug 86]
**Race: Move vs Update's choice of expunging or not [7 sep 86]
**Notice Files doesn't understand fs aliases [29 sep 86]
**Want number of messages on browser icon [12 Nov 86] ({qv}<briggs>lisp>lafitefoldericon)
**Cleanup Folders message not scrolled to be visible [3 Sep 87]
**LA.LONGFILENAME should handle pathnames [Rao, 19 Feb 88]
Not mine
Display should be faster [ar 60]
Viewpoint mail notes with NS characters read wrong [ar 4667]
Documentation: need load MAILCLIENT [ar 8282]
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