Add goals and future directions. - sam - An updated version of the sam text editor.
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 (HTM) Author: Rob King <jking@deadpixi.com>
       Date:   Sat, 13 Aug 2016 14:05:49 -0500
       
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        .. _`WordStar Diamond`: http://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WordStarDiamond
        
       +The Future
       +==========
       +
       +This project has an end goal:
       +once the issues listed here are complete,
       +this edition of sam will enter maintenance mode.
       +
       +Primary Goals
       +-------------
       +
       +- Scalable font support (DONE)
       +- Support big- and little-endian 64-bit systems (DONE)
       +- Support compilation and use on modern \*nix systems (DONE)
       +- Runtime configuration of composition sequences (DONE)
       +- Support two-button mice (DONE)
       +- Support tab expansion (DONE)
       +- Support runtime configuration of tab sizes (DONE)
       +- Support scroll wheels on mice (DONE)
       +- Support fuzzy matching in the `b` command (DONE)
       +- Raise the window when opening a new file (DONE)
       +- Support a configurable set of keybindings (i.e. rework the keyboard layer) (DONE)
       +- Support the following commands for keybindings:
       +    - escape (DONE)
       +    - scrollup / scrolldown (DONE)
       +    - charright / charleft (DONE)
       +    - lineup / linedown (DONE)
       +    - jump to/from command window (DONE)
       +    - delword / delbol / del (DONE)
       +    - snarf / cut / paste / exchange (DONE)
       +    - write (DONE)
       +    - nextlayer / prevlayer (TODO)
       +    - maximize / tile left / tile right (TODO)
       +    - look (TODO)
       +    - /regex (TODO)
       +    - send (TODO)
       +- Support a configurable scroll factor;
       +  scrolling is a bit drastic now (TODO)
       +- Support Unicode beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane
       +  (note that this will break the sam binary protocol,
       +   so this version of samterm won't work with other sams!
       +   Email me if you think this is a bad idea; I'm willing to reconsider) (TODO)
       +- Support font fallback (TODO)
       +- Allow runtime configuration of key bindings (TODO)
       +- Support a configurable set of mouse chords (TODO)
       +- Support runtime configuration of mouse chords (TODO)
       +- Support multiple background colors at once (TODO)
       +- Support mouse button reassignment (TODO)
       +- Support runtime mouse button reassignment (TODO)
       +- Remove legacy OS support (Plan 9 has their own sam) (TODO)
       +- Remove external command FIFO, switch to X ClientMessage messages for IPC
       +  (email me if you want to know why I think this is a good idea) (TODO)
       +- Support the CDPATH environment variable for the `cd` command (TODO)
       +- Split the man page into documentation for `samterm`, `sam`, `keyboard`, and `samrc`
       +  (if and when `samrc` becomes a thing) (TODO)
       +- Add localization support (TODO)
       +- Add a Desktop Entry file, icon, etc (TODO)
       +- Create RPMs, DEBs, etc (TODO)
       +- Refactor all code to be as clean and standards-compliant as possible;
       +  remove all legacy code (TODO)
       +- Compile with no warnings,
       +  with all warnings and `-pedantic` enabled on GCC in C99 mode (TODO)
       +
       +Possible Goals
       +--------------
       +- Remove Xt dependency (TODO)
       +- Switch to a more X11-y model (e.g. one child window per layer) (TODO)
       +
       +Very Unlikely Goals
       +-------------------
       +- Windows port (no, seriously, stop laughing)
       +- Non-X11 Mac OS X port
       +- Console port
       +
       +Permissible Changes in Maintenance Mode
       +---------------------------------------
       +Once the above goals are met, the only changes that will be made to sam are:
       +
       +- Bugfixes
       +- Translation updates
       +- Binary package updates
       +- Updates necessary to keep sam compiling on whatever systems its users are using
       +
       +Things That Won't Ever Happen (Sorry)
       +-------------------------------------
       +- Syntax highlighting
       +- Multiple cursors
       +- Complex text rendering
       +  (I really am sorry about this one;
       +   I want speakers of languages with more complex writing systems to use sam,
       +   but getting it to work would be nigh impossible)
       +
       +How You Can Help
       +================
       +
       +- Use sam!
       +  Open up issues on GitHub if you see any problems or have any ideas.
       +- Spread sam!
       +  Tell your friends and colleagues.
       +  Anyone know Brian Kernighan, Ken Thompson, or Bjarne Stroustrup?
       +  They are known sam-users, see if they like this version. :)
       +- Write sam!
       +  Write code and send patches.
       +
        Credits
        =======