implement parsing and displaying of RichContent.

display: "convert" it into HTML and show it, optionally save it to a file

implement packaging and unpackaging for resources, including import of packages when dropped on the window

find a way, for example a class containing events + delegates (or better solutions) to make it possible to react toevents and to register tools etc. from resources or ComponentProviders

implement copying, moving, deletion, creation etc. for resources

support COM to allow easy automation

(installation and deinstallation on demand)

Steps to reproduce:

1. Run CC, go to the settings page and switch the language.
   Then open another tab or navigate within the current tab.
2. Navigate to settings again. Switch back the language to the original setting.
   Once again navigate within the current tab or switch to another tab.

What happens:

1. The breadcrumb path updates once, e.g. from "settings" to "Einstellungen".
   But after that any navigation will no longer update the breadcrumb.
2. After resetting the language, any navigation will update the breadcrumb again.

This could be implemented as a service.

Currently, settings are saved to the user's AppData folder. As CC should be portable, this is not ok.

solution 1:

Save settings to app folder

problems:

• possibly problems with UAC etc.
• no different settings for several users

solution 2:

Let user decide where to save settings

problems:

• where to save this setting :D
• possibly problems with UAC etc.

solution 3:

Add a cmd param "--config "

problems:

• what to do if no file was passed?
• possibly problems with UAC etc.

Extend plugin possiblities, ...

... including:

• (unmanaged) COM plugins registered by CLSID (and optionally DLL, so no system registration is needed)
• Services written in scripting languages like IronRuby and IronPython (.NET based)

Steps to reproduce:

• go to the plugin page
• install or uninstall a plugin or several
• restart CC

What happens:

• the plugin changes do not take effect

Special:

• saving of other settings works, it's just the collection changing

We need some (clever) way to validate the XMLDocuments. I read on XSD, but it seems it has some problems on circular type references, and I didn't manage to get it working. (May be that it's just me ;-)

add a dialog to handle plugins,
including possibility to disable & uninstall them.

Currently, the schema does not yet allow RichContent keys. To allow them, we need a good syntax, similar to the resource syntax:

• cc:id to identify the instance
• cc:type to identify the type
• cc:name to have a display name

Another question is whether metadata, references etc. should also be allowed for them.

Features:

• creating and deleting a reference

Details

• commands that can be used for files, too

Steps to reproduce:

• open the settings page
• change any setting
• double-click a resource in the treeview

What happens:

• the settings page will be replaced by the resource list page
• the resource will be opened in a separate window

Special:

• doing this one time seems to make it happen every time, even when settings arent changed

support multiple languages for the user interface

Steps to reproduce:

• change the language in settings tab

What happens:

• the current tab navigates to Home page
• the breadcrumb updates properly to reflect this, other tabs aren't affected

save changes made in the editing window

What:

We should make a difference between an action where the user _canceled_ an action and where the input is _invalid.
If the user _canceled, just stop silently (or show an information instead of an error).
This affects any user input actions, such as input, confirmation (?), file and directory selection.

Details:

The easiest way would be a internal bool Canceled { get; set; } property in the according EventArgs classes, which would have to be checked in all models.
Event wrapper methods would have to return the entire EventArgs instance to handle this properly.

• need a better way to decide whether to resolve or not than "shouldResolve".
• maybe a ShouldResolve(object) method?

After improving it, update the CustomGroupConverter etc.

Steps to reproduce:

• open a resource in editing mode
• open another tab
• switch back to the resource tab

What happens:

• the tab switches to viewing mode

Features

• a page displaying the currently opened file
  • managing of file-metadata
  • managing of file-references
  • importing a resource from another file
• creation of new empty files

implement full-featured editing component, search&replace, ...

a service plugin distributed with the main app, used for git (-hub) integration

The uploader

• selection / creation of "special files": .gitignore, .gitattributes, README, ...
• option: include data files?
• option: include package
  • option: as separate download (github only)
• moving to temporary folder:
  • dir name == name of parent resource
  • user setting: name template (enables including ofn other information)

The console:

a console window integrated in the app to make commiting changes easier

update the breadcrumb control to show the active resource and react on changes on it

Rework the settings so that

• a custom service can at best be avoided
• settings are instance-based entirely
• the settings class or a wrapper is available directly to COM, exposing an instance from ChameleonCoderApp

Description

The InstanceCollection class is used for resource management & RichContent management.
It is based on the ObservableCollection class, which causes errors when used with several threads.
They occur especially when the resource-loading process is slowed down, e.g. by debugging MessageBoxes.

Solution

own implementation of

• INotifyCollectionChanged (http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.collections.specialized.inotifycollectionchanged.aspx)
• IList (http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.collections.ilist.aspx)
• INotifyPropertyChanged (http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.componentmodel.inotifypropertychanged.aspx)

Steps to reproduce:

• Open 2 tabs: 1x settings, 1x home (order doesn't matter)
• go to settings, change language

What happens:

• you'll see the Home page without having switched, and with the 'Settings' title
• switching to other tab and back gives you settings again

Special:

• This seems only to appear with Home page as 2nd page, and only when changing the language setting

install file extensions on demand, possible through UI or cmd

*.ccm - maps (contain references to other files or directories)
*.ccr - resource files

provide access to default font settings through UI, either through EditPage or SettingsPage.

Maybe it should be possible to control what plugin does what at which time...

This could maybe accomplished through a temporary token (a Guid).