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== Current most critical bugs ==
* [https://bugs.kde.org/193908 Bug 193908]: There must be a way to tell the worker thread to stop when the GUI is being closed.
* [https://bugs.kde.org/204323 Bug 204323]: Support for remote locations must be implemented (shouldn't be too hard).
== Ark Plans ==
== Ark Plans ==
=== KDE 4.4 ===
=== KDE 4.4 ===
See the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.4_Feature_Plan#kdeutils|feature plan]] for KDE 4.4.
See the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.4_Feature_Plan#kdeutils|feature plan]] for KDE 4.4.


* Add visual feedback for the operations in the status bar
* Add a proper way to display a notice to the user when autosubfolder is enabled in the extraction dialog
* Add a proper way to display a notice to the user when autosubfolder is enabled in the extraction dialog
* Make single/double-clicking an entry open the file in the default launcher instead of using the internal previewer (which shall become a context menu option)
* Make single/double-clicking an entry open the file in the default launcher instead of using the internal previewer (which shall become a context menu option)
* proper cancel support and no crash if closed during exctraction
* letting a plugin try to open something and possible fail, basically rework the plugin management
* more GUI means a settings dialog for example. I also would like to share more functionality with dolphin as we discussed once (other view modes etc)
* finish AddDialog
* general code cleanup and api doxyfication


== Personal TODOs ==
== Personal TODOs ==
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* Check if we want the two last patches in bug #155220
* Check if we want the two last patches in bug #155220
* Revert the single folder label
* Revert the single folder label
== Misc ==
=== Some use cases for commandline options ===
* Extracting a single file into the current directory, automatically creating a subfolder
ark --batch --autosubfolder lala.tar.gz
* Same, with a dialog
ark --batch --autosubfolder --dialog lala.tar.gz
* Extract lots of archives into a single directory
ark --batch --destination /tmp lala1.zip lala2.tar lala3.rar
* Same, but use a subfolder
ark --batch --destination /tmp --subfolder mystuff lala1.zip lala2.tar lala3.rar
* Extract lots of archives into separate directories
ark --batch --destination /tmp --autosubfolder lala1.zip lala2.tar lala3.rar
* Into a single subfolder
ark --batch --subfolder lala.tar.gz

Revision as of 23:51, 25 October 2009

Current most critical bugs

  • Bug 193908: There must be a way to tell the worker thread to stop when the GUI is being closed.
  • Bug 204323: Support for remote locations must be implemented (shouldn't be too hard).

Ark Plans

KDE 4.4

See the feature plan for KDE 4.4.

  • Add visual feedback for the operations in the status bar
  • Add a proper way to display a notice to the user when autosubfolder is enabled in the extraction dialog
  • Make single/double-clicking an entry open the file in the default launcher instead of using the internal previewer (which shall become a context menu option)
  • proper cancel support and no crash if closed during exctraction
  • letting a plugin try to open something and possible fail, basically rework the plugin management
  • more GUI means a settings dialog for example. I also would like to share more functionality with dolphin as we discussed once (other view modes etc)
  • finish AddDialog
  • general code cleanup and api doxyfication

Personal TODOs

Harald

  • Formalize the dbus communication protocol and implement it in dolphin
  • BUG: After opening file from web, automatic subfolder detection name is confused
  • BUG: extractiondialog is confused by "/" in subfolder name
  • Check if we want the two last patches in bug #155220
  • Revert the single folder label