Diff for /loncom/TODO between versions 1.124 and 1.131

version 1.124, 2001/09/24 18:36:20 version 1.131, 2001/10/22 21:39:08
Line 13  S=Scott Line 13  S=Scott
 Y=Guy  Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie  N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac  I=Issac
   ?=not yet assigned
   
 XMLPARSE  XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)      + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
Line 22  XMLPARSE Line 23  XMLPARSE
     + deregister()      + deregister()
     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload      + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem      + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
         (<or> done <rbr> <ir> <nr> <sr> <fr> TODO)
     * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also       * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
   add eval="nothing" to turn this off.    add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
   
Line 41  EDIT INTERFACE Line 43  EDIT INTERFACE
     + make default setup prettier      + make default setup prettier
     + more templates for different homework types      + more templates for different homework types
     + <rbresponse> editing works      + <rbresponse> editing works
     + testing problems in construction space      * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset 
          store/restore data
   
 HOMEWORK  HOMEWORK
     + need to support /OR (Y)      + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)     !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)     !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)      + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible      * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
     + view problem as specific student (Y)  
     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple      + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely          clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output      * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
     + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)  
     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also       * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
  <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the    <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
  <part> will be done poorly.   <part> will be done poorly.
     * sigfigs are poorly supported (metadata needs to be better)  
     * multiple response in a multipart question are screwing up  
     * input areas need to hide after correct      * input areas need to hide after correct
     * <randomlist> needs to be stable      + view problem as specific student (Y)
     * previous answers need to be ignored      + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
     * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)  
     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables      + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)        (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
     &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate      &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate
     + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last       + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last 
       student entry when re-visiting a problem        student entry when re-visiting a problem
     & free up use of "special" variable names $unit, etc  
     & run student parser over instructor specified physical units      & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
     + <formularesponse>      + <formularesponse>
       + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries
   
 /ADM/GRADES  /ADM/GRADES
     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)      * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
     + handle ambiguous case (Y)      + handle ambiguous case (Y)
     + back to homework link (Y)  
     + handle extra fields (Y)      + handle extra fields (Y)
     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)      + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
     + show only a subset of students (Y)      + show only a subset of students (Y)
     + set all to something (Y)      + set all to something (Y)
     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)      + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working      + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
     & recognize "timestamp" field and print time in plaintext localtime  
   
 NUMERICALRESPONSE  NUMERICALRESPONSE
    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)     !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
Line 92  RANDOMLABEL Line 88  RANDOMLABEL
     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages      * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
     + template      + template
     + TEST: randomlabel      + TEST: randomlabel
       & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs
       & GLabel needs to be in the install process
   
 GOODIES  GOODIES
     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)  
     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)      & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
     + chatroom, etc      + chatroom, etc
     + annotations can be localized and published      + annotations can be localized and published
Line 113  TEX/TTH/TTM Line 110  TEX/TTH/TTM
 BUILD  BUILD
     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)      * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
     + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)      + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
     c test code (S)      c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)      + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
     + match lpml_parse.pl output to be similar to parse.pl (S)        installation well pioneered (S)
       c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
       c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
       c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
       c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
   
 SCOTT STUFF  CODE QUALITY
     c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put      c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
       on back-burner till 2002) (S)        on back-burner till 2002) (S)
     c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)      c xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
     c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)      c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
     + cause groupsort handler to work with group search import (S)      & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
   
 SQL DATABASE  SQL DATABASE
     * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)      + have result capping (S)
     & some metadata fields hidden from non-advanced users       + scroll results page (S)
       (use $ENV{'user.adv'}, see lonmeta for example) (S)      + enable abort button (S)
       + e-mail admins if their sql setup is bad (S)
       & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv})
       & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
       & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
       & cause user-specific hash db be memory specific to individual handlers (S)
       c monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
       + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4
   
   PUBLISHING
       + handle big text documents (?)
   
 GERD STUFF  GERD STUFF
     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)      + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
Line 150  GERD STUFF Line 161  GERD STUFF
     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme      + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
     + fix Applet codebase on .page      + fix Applet codebase on .page
     & pages do not register with remote if not on map      & pages do not register with remote if not on map
     * navmaps deals correctly with multipart      * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
       * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
       + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
       + "do you want to be a tutor"?
     + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs      + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs
       + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back 
         (too many - make optional)
       + mass deleting of messages from inbox
   
 RAT  RAT
     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G)       *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
Line 159  RAT Line 176  RAT
     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate      + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)      + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
     + simple RAT server-side interface      + simple RAT server-side interface
     + mass import of files, sorting (S)  
     + "Browse" works (S/N)  
     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"      * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart)       * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode      * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
Line 170  PUBLISHER Line 185  PUBLISHER
     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)      * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing      * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
     + deals with Micros*** files      + deals with Micros*** files
     + public resources - /pub/domain space  
     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a       *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
       spurious error message (G)        spurious error message (G)
     c TEST: deal with absolute links      c TEST: deal with absolute links
     c TEST: deal with <allow>      c TEST: deal with <allow>
       + write dependencies to metadata
       + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
   
   
 Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:  Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
Line 212  Large Chunks of funtionality that need w Line 228  Large Chunks of funtionality that need w
 - homework engine  - homework engine
  - new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response   - new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
   renderings / awards and solved status    renderings / awards and solved status
  - edit interface / clone other problem  
  - math stuff   - math stuff
  - validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as  
   advertised  
  - CAPA problems    - CAPA problems 
  - <imageresponse> need Java applet   - <imageresponse> need Java applet
  - <randomlabel>    - <randomlabel> 

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