To all out there: BETA TESTERS WANTED !!!

- MAIL SUGGESTIONS TO ME !!!
- If someone wants to write some modules, let me know !!!
- Anybody capable of writing documentation/man pages/etc.?

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CAN ANYBODY TELL ME, WHAT I HAVE DONE TO PPICX ????
(Just wonder what it is now. Perhaps it just went nuts ..)

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Todo list (unsorted, + is fixed, / not complete):

PPICX
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/	resize windows to fit on screen
+	close popup / accept window delete
/	transform main window into pure action window
	to open/close other windows (later to add pencils etc.)
-	add an action to close picture window ;)
/	keyboard and mouse control on picture windows
-	new option window
-	new log window (protocols each action)
-	new debug window (currently stderr)
/	move comment from main window into new global comment window
+	move activity lines from main window into new activity window
-	if cursor is on the last position, move cursor (and slider)
	in text (log) windows, make the log windows readonly.
-	multithreading (rewrite task module completely)
	such that tasks (loading etc.) can be done in background
-	option for start pictures iconified
-	add textual options (like: keep lines in log etc.)
-	transform the paned lists into real list widgets
-	read the original picture into a tmpfile()
	read both, ordinary and packed PPICs
	optionally convert the picture/palette down to 8/24/32 bit
	Do not use ppicpack any more for screen conversion,
	instead provide a generic, new graphic interface which dithers
	the graphic to the screen.
-	"save as" command, such that you can scan directly using ppicx
-	add a scan (preview) option
-	add a background (lasso/filler/region) plane (plane #2 or #4)
	for special processing options (like pixel deformations,
	color crop regions, object detection etc.) to highlight, erase
	or transform regions
-	add a zoom mode which can handle the backgound plane
-	add a pixel value lookup display line (like in xmag)
-	view unknown file types as hexdump
-	Implement the integrator feature
-	support GHOSTVIEW etc. directly in the window
	(give control of a window to another application)
-	Add a pipe CCI, such that ppicx can be controlled from outside
	easily, by simple shell scripts etc.
-	Transform the directory browser into a preview file selector
	and add a real file selector.


PPICFS/PPICPACK:
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-	Implement serpentine Floyd Steinberg algorithm,
	this gives a better error distribution

PPICFILTER:
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-	Implement an edge enhancer/smoother


PPIC:
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-	Add general support for background planes (thus 2 or 4 plane pictures)
	in mixer mode (mix original picture with result)
	output[i] = (result[i]*(PPIC_MAX-mix[i])+original[i]*mix[i])/PPIC_MAX

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Tino@augsburg.net
