--- loncom/TODO	2001/09/24 18:36:20	1.124
+++ loncom/TODO	2001/11/21 19:37:22	1.138
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ S=Scott
 Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac
+?=not yet assigned
 
 XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ XMLPARSE
     + deregister()
     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
     + 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 
  	add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
 
@@ -41,48 +43,42 @@ EDIT INTERFACE
     + make default setup prettier
     + more templates for different homework types
     + <rbresponse> editing works
-    + testing problems in construction space
+    * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset 
+       store/restore data
 
 HOMEWORK
-    + need to support /OR (Y)
+    + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
     * <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
         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
     * <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 
 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
 	<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
-    * <randomlist> needs to be stable
-    * previous answers need to be ignored
-    * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)
+    + view problem as specific student (Y)
+    + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
     &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate
     + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last 
       student entry when re-visiting a problem
-    & free up use of "special" variable names $unit, etc
     & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
     + <formularesponse>
+    + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries
 
 /ADM/GRADES
     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
     + handle ambiguous case (Y)
-    + back to homework link (Y)
     + handle extra fields (Y)
     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
     + show only a subset of students (Y)
     + set all to something (Y)
     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
-    & recognize "timestamp" field and print time in plaintext localtime
 
 NUMERICALRESPONSE
    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
@@ -92,9 +88,12 @@ RANDOMLABEL
     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
     + template
     + TEST: randomlabel
+    & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs
+    & GLabel needs to be in the install process
+    + <label> needs to use descriiption args
+    * web render of image labels is broken
 
 GOODIES
-    * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
     + chatroom, etc
     + annotations can be localized and published
@@ -110,27 +109,42 @@ GOODIES
 TEX/TTH/TTM
    !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
 
+SYSTEM MONITORING
+    c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
+    & improve output of 'make status(post)' target in loncom/build (S)
+
 BUILD
     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
-    + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
-    c test code (S)
-    + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)
-    + match lpml_parse.pl output to be similar to parse.pl (S)
+    c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
+    + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
+      installation well pioneered (S)
+    c add in new perl modules and update old ones (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
       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)
-    + cause groupsort handler to work with group search import (S)
+    & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
+    c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
 
 SQL DATABASE
-    * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
-    & some metadata fields hidden from non-advanced users 
-      (use $ENV{'user.adv'}, see lonmeta for example) (S)
+    + have result capping (S)
+    + scroll results page (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}) (S)
+    & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
+    & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
+    c monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
+    + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
+
+PUBLISHING
+    + handle big text documents (?)
 
 GERD STUFF
-    + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
     + londropadd does XML
     +?TAs can open and close assignments
     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
@@ -150,8 +164,14 @@ GERD STUFF
     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
     + fix Applet codebase on .page
     & 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
+    + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back 
+      (too many - make optional)
+    + mass deleting of messages from inbox
 
 RAT
     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
@@ -159,8 +179,6 @@ RAT
     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
     + simple RAT server-side interface
-    + mass import of files, sorting (S)
-    + "Browse" works (S/N)
     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
@@ -170,11 +188,12 @@ PUBLISHER
     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
     + deals with Micros*** files
-    + public resources - /pub/domain space
     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
       spurious error message (G)
     c TEST: deal with absolute links
     c TEST: deal with <allow>
+    + write dependencies to metadata
+    + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
 
 
 Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
@@ -210,15 +229,9 @@ Large Chunks of funtionality that need w
 		- peer suggest grade
 
 - homework engine
-	- new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
-	  renderings / awards and solved status
-	- edit interface / clone other problem
 	- math stuff
-	- validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
-	  advertised
 	- CAPA problems 
 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
-	- <randomlabel> 
 
 - Exams