Changeset 1200

Timestamp:

2000-06-02T09:56:36+12:00 (24 years ago)

Author:

sjboddie

Message:

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File:

• trunk/gsdl/docs/TODO (modified) (11 diffs)

trunk/gsdl/docs/TODO

@@ -2 +2 @@
 configuration/installation:
     
-    - autoconfigure/InstallShield to ask where cgi-bin directory is?
-
 unix:
 
@@ -15 +13 @@
 windows:
 
-    - use Installshield to create windows packages
+    - use Installshield to create windows packages - wait for George to
+          decide what he's going to do about InstallShield
 
-    - use same executable for both cd-rom executables
+    - call server version of cd-rom executable 'standard' and other
+          version 'backup' (or maybe 'gold' and 'silver'?)
+
+    - fix up Local Library - somehow need to have option of old server
+          and single-user (or Gold and Silver?) within same executable.
 
 
@@ -24 +27 @@
 see if gimp perl scripts can be set up to handle macrons in a similar may
 to umlauts
+
+look into getting Gimp perl scripting to work on windows
 
 create default collection images at build time with gimp script
@@ -36 +41 @@
 
 get remaining plugins tidied up and using passed in options - file
-extension option for all plugins
+extension option for all plugins (general option within BasPlug)
 
 get all plugins to use multiread object and throw away the specialized GB
@@ -44 +49 @@
 rest of plugins
 
-add Stuarts acronym extraction stuff as a plugin option (probably add to
-BasPlug).
+add Stuart's acronym extraction stuff as a general plugin option (maybe
+Dana's date extraction stuff too?)
 
 tidy up classifiers, make collection-specific ones more object oriented,
@@ -55 +60 @@
 etc.
 
-sort out arrows/paging of browserclasses (for queryaction too!)
--DocumentBottomArrows?? - want arrows at bottom as well as top of pages for
-gberg type collections
+create a BasClass object for classifiers (like plugins currently
+have). probably do all this classifier stuff for gsdl-3.0 as new option
+passing stuff will require changes to all the collect.cfg files
 
-tidy up automatic help text - need to work out type of collection at build
-time - get rid of the hacky HelpNoDocs, HelpBibDocs and HelpBookDocs config
-file entries
 
-fix up collection specific metadata - content negotiation??
-    - "chapters" = "Kapiteln"
-      "section titles" = "Sektionstiteln"
-      "entire books" = "ganzen Büchern"
+config files -- for gsdl-3.0
+
+  - extend configuration file syntax - tidy up all the format stuff -
+    replace DocumentImages, DocumentTitles and DocumentHeading with
+    DocumentColumn stuff (develop New_Config_Format-branch CVS branch)
+
+  - sort out arrows/paging of browserclasses (for queryaction too!)
+    DocumentBottomArrows?? - want arrows at bottom as well as top of pages
+    for gberg type collections
+
+  - tidy up automatic help text - need to work out type of collection at
+    build time - get rid of the hacky HelpNoDocs, HelpBibDocs and
+    HelpBookDocs config file entries
+
+  - fix up collection specific metadata - content negotiation??
+    "chapters" = "Kapiteln"
+    "section titles" = "Sektionstiteln"
+    "entire books" = "ganzen Büchern"
+
+  - add ability to use a separate formatstring for each index when
+    displaying query results
+
 
 append to init and error logs instead of overwriting
 
-implement a more robust way of dealing with the way browsers encode form
-arguments when you don't want them to - check that
-_decodedcompressedoptions_ has been set up correctly everywhere
+catch niupepa up (and keep cstr up) with new development branch. hopefully
+changes to configuration files will minimize the need for specialized
+collection-specific receptionists
 
-extend configuration file syntax - tidy up all the format stuff - replace
-DocumentImages, DocumentTitles and DocumentHeading with DocumentColumn
-stuff (develop New_Config_Format-branch CVS branch) -- John.
-
-catch niupepa up (and keep cstr up) with new development branch.
+set up cstr to use configure like niupepa
 
 fix up formattools - bug preventing nested If/Or - check that no 'here'
 pointers can run past 'end'
-
-add ability to use a separate formatstring for each index when displaying 
-query results
 
 get numwords (and maybe other stats?) working in collection info - maybe
@@ -106 +119 @@
 formatstrings don't match as expected
 
+create some kind of warning when an attempt is made to build an index on
+metadata that is never set. mg currently just craps out during the build
+
 usage page (420 student doing this)
 
@@ -125 +141 @@
     - tcc - mail updating
     - niupepa
+    - gberg
 
 sort documents between importing and building
@@ -130 +147 @@
 get polling for new collections to work when using fastcgi
 
-set up cstr to use configure like niupepa
-
-check out mgs declaration of error()
-
-call server version of cd-rom executable 'standard' and other version
-'backup' (or maybe 'gold' and 'silver'?)
-
 ipc and unesco collections have no 'about' text (maybe others too).
-
-sort out bbc collections - find real import stuff - delete multiple copies
-that are laying around (just bbcarch.rose remaining to delete).
-
-fix bug in cd-rom type windows code
-
-fix bug in library compiled with VC++ 6.0
 
 compiler warnings on puka
@@ -169 +172 @@
 ohists RealAudio server appears to be broken
 
-tidy up 'standard' home page. get collumns of collections to behave more
-reasonably.
+tidy up 'standard' home page. get columns of collections to behave more
+reasonably
 
 don't put notbuilt field into build.cfg unless it's used - it causes too
@@ -180 +183 @@
 collections
 
-finish off getting end-user collection building working across all
-platforms
-
-scripts for installing w3mir on unix and windows
+scripts for installing w3mir - a .bat version of davids install.sh files
 
 sorting of unicode titles (arabic collection).
 
-a-z list letters out of order in hdl collection -- also an error in one of
-the building data files (org.txt I think??)
+get file locking to work on non GSDL_USE_IOS_H compilers (VC++ 6.0)
 
+produce an error message when no "built" collections are available
+(currently only produce an error when no collections at all are available)
+
+have another go at getting gsdl_system() function to work properly on
+windows 95 (for end-user collection building)
+