Subversion Repositories filter_foundry

Wishlist/ToDo by Daniel Marschall <www.daniel-marschall.de>
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Important/Bugs
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* In ui_mac.c, there does not seem to be a limit for the expressions. So, is it possible
  to write an expression longer than 1023 bytes, which would lead to a crash?

* Test with 64 Bit Mac, and publish 1.7 (when can we leave the beta state?)
  Windows 64 is already tested. We just need an updated Makefile.

* Create and evaluate more testcases, and either fix differences between FilterFactory and
  FilterFoundry, or document them in "Filter Factory Compatibility.txt"


Minor priority stuff or ideas
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* Create more test cases and compare various functions between Filter Foundry and Filter Factory.

* Should an expression like "----r" be forbidden? (Multiple negate signs) On the other hand, FilterFactory
  didn't forbit them either.
  
* CMYK mode is possible (although a bit misleading to have r=c, g=m, b=y, a=k), but then it is impossible to
  control the alpha channel.

* Other Telegraphics Filters have the same problem in VERSIONINFO where the translation
  strings "04900000" don't fit together "080904B0" (fixed in Filter Foundry)

* I have found following in the source code: Do we need to do something here?
        strcpy(gdata->parm.formula[i],expr[i] ? expr[i] : "bug! see builddlgitem");

* Add pow() or "**" operator?

* Create a Visual Studio project file

* Search for TODO and FIXME in the code

* Evaluate the file "Filter Factory Compatibility.txt" and think about if we should
  change some of our functions to become 100% compatible with Filter Factory.
  
* There is no warning if a formula contains a number that exceeds 32 bits.

* Check, if all combinations of imports work:

        Category: Premiere                    Ext.   Sig.     Testcase file(s)         WinImport       MacImport
        -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Premiere Settings File                .pff   n/a      premiere*.pff            Works           TODO: Check
        Import Premiere for Windows 16bit     .prm   0x208C   premiere40.prm           Works           TODO: Check
        Import Premiere for Windows 32bit     .prm   0x208C   premiere50*.prm          Works           TODO: Check
        Import Premiere for MacOS             ???    ???      ???                      ???             ???

        Category: FilterFactory               Ext.   Sig.     Testcase file(s)         WinImport       MacImport
        -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        FilterFactory Settings File           .afs   n/a      factory30.afs            Works           TODO: Check
        Import FilterFactory for Windows      .8bf   0x2086   factory30.8bf            Works           TODO: Check
        Import FilterFactory for MacOS        .bin   0x1C86   mac_filterfactory.bin    Works           TODO: Check

        Category: FilterFoundry               Ext.   Sig.     Testcase file(s)         WinImport       MacImport
        -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Import FilterFoundry 1.6 for Windows  .8bf   0x1C86   foundry16.8bf            Works           TODO: Check
        Import FilterFoundry 1.7 for Windows  .8bf   0x2086   (Wait for 1.7 release)
        Import FilterFoundry 1.6 for Mac      ???    ???      ???                      ???             ???
        Import FilterFoundry 1.7 for Mac      ???    ???      (Wait for 1.7 release)
  
* Minor bug: Testcase rst_3.afs applied to a 1000x1000 canvas:
  When the preview is zoomed in to 29% or 59%, and the preview is panned, the
  bars change during panning. It does not look "smooth" like in 100%, 50%, or 25% zoom.
  The problem is that the offset of the preview area is always different, and if the zoom
  level is not a multiple of two, you will always "pick" other bars.
  
* In regards "Apple scripting" (AETE resource):

        a) Why do we include the AETE resource in Windows, and use fixaete() in the build-process,
           although there is no AppleScript support on Windows?
           
        b) In a standalone filter, should the AETE dictionary only contain the controls which are used
           by the built filter, and should these dictionary entries have the correct user-defined
           control/slider name?

* Fast (double) click in [+]/[-] scroll buttons is not accepted as 2 clicks / zoom-requests

* Should we make FilterFoundry compatible with very old Windows OS?
  In re WinXP compatibility:
        Works!
  In re Win2000 compatibility:
        Unresolved Kernel32.dll symbols (reason: used Windows SDK is "too new"):
        - DecodePointer
        - GetModuleHandleExW
        - InitializeSListHead
        - InterlockedFlushSList
  In re Win98 compatibility:
        Unresolved Kernel32.dll symbols (reason: used Windows SDK is "too new"):
        - DecodePointer
        - GetModuleHandleExW
        - InitializeSListHead
        - InterlockedFlushSList
        - GetFileSizeEx
        - SetFilePointerEx
        Note: FilterFoundry 1.6b1 didn't work in Win98 either, although there
              were no unresolved symbols; so there seem to be other problems as well.
        
* Support more colors modes and 16bit. Why is Lab color not accepted, although doesSupportLABColor is set?
        
* Add Unicode support? (Does PiPL support Unicode at all?)

* Build filter: Individualize Manifest resource (Attention: htmlentities)

* Picture with 78x63 in grayscale mode: In preview on the left side there is a black bar


Design/UI Tweaks
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* The exclamation mark symbols should have a tooltip ("hint") when the mouse hovers over it. (Also for Mac)
  Not sure how easy it is to do that with WIN32 API

* Should it be possible to zoom more than 100%?

* The vertical scrollbar should auto-hide when the expression formula is short. (Also for Mac)
  Unfortunately, this task is very hard in WIN32 API.

* Should there be more space for expressions, like in Filter Factory?

* Standalone filter: Map labels should be centered between two sliders, like in Filter Factory

* Sliders are extremely tiny!

* simplealert() is only "appmodal" and has no hWnd. Due to this, the window is not blinking when
  the user tries to click on a parent window. (Is this a Windows bug?)