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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.1>
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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.12>
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<style|tmdoc>
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<\body>
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<tmdoc-title|Plans for the future>
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<with|color|red|[Should be completed]>
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There are many things that we would like to integrate in <TeXmacs>. On
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<hlink|<name|Savannah>|http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/texmacs/>, we
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maintain a<nbsp>wish list with <hlink|suggestions|http://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/contact/wishes.en.html>
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by users and other detailed wanted features. Here follows an incomplete
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list of more general directions for future development, as on september 2,
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2011.
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<section|Typesetting>
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<item>Better support for agglomerated documents (from physically
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different documents).
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<item>Incorporation of better linking primitives (XLink, Proclus).
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<item>More types of dynamic objects, like animations, help balloons,
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<abbr|etc.>
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mention a few of these:
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<\itemize>
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<item>Searching/replacing texts, formulas, certain environments etc. and
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regular expressions.
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<item>Better search and replace tool for structured texts, formulas,
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certain environments etc. and regular expressions.
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<item>Mathematical facilities: simplification of a selected region,
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substitutions of formulas in other formulas, etc.
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<item>Grammar checkers and automatic translation programs. Does someone
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know where to find detailed free dictionaries and stuff like that?
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<item>Incorporation of free speech recognition program.
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<item>Incorporation of a free speech recognition program.
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</itemize>
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<section|Converters to other formats>
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There is a constant need for good converters from and to other data
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formats:
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<\itemize>
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<item>Of course, <TeX>/<LaTeX> cannot really be considered as a format
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(it is really a language with an ill defined grammar). Nevertheless it is
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important to have good heuristic converters in both directions. We still
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would appreciate help in this direction, in particular in order to
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support standard documents styles of various journals.
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<item><TeXmacs> is also compatible with <name|Html>, but some things such
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as forms have not been implemented yet. The importation of tables could
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also be further improved and it would be nice if the importer could
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support cascaded style sheets.
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<item>It would be nice to have converters for the document formats used
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by <name|Open Office>, <name|Word>, and the internal formats used by
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important publishers such as <name|Elsevier>.
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<item>We would appreciate help for writing a converter from <TeXmacs> to
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the <name|Texinfo> format, which is the standard documentation format for
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the GNU project.
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</itemize>
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<section|A universal spreadsheet>
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<section|Technical pictures>
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I also would like to include a facility for drawing technical pictures. In
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this implementation you should be able to benefit from the fact that you
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can define macros for making geometrical constructions. It would for
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instance be possible to write a style file for drawing electronic circuits
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or chemical components with a nice icon bar for selecting circuits or
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components, just as you select lines and circles in usual pictures.
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We have started to include a facility for drawing technical pictures, but
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the responsable developer (Henri <name|Lesourd>) is currently no longer
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part of the <TeXmacs> team. It would be nice to rewrite parts of the tool
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and extend it further so as to allow for the definition of graphical
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macros. This would allow users to define new geometrical constructions. It
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would for instance be possible to write a style file for drawing electronic
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circuits or chemical components with a nice icon bar for selecting circuits
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or components, just as you select lines and circles in usual pictures.
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<section|Tools for usage on the web and in networks>
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The following improvements should still be made in order to link <TeXmacs>
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to computer algebra systems:
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<\enumerate>
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<\itemize>
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<item>Improving the layout of computer algebra sessions.
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<item>Add extra features to increase the interoperability between
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over the layout of big output.
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<item>More semantics for the objects being communicated. This may either
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be high level information (like Openmath or HTML 4.0 mathematical markup)
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be high level information (like HTML 4.0 mathematical markup or Openmath)
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or low level information (including information about the representation
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of data), depending on the required speed.
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<item>Further possibilities for evolution concern highlighting, debugging
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facilities and so on.
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</enumerate>
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<item>Further possibilities for evolution concern syntax highlighting,
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debugging facilities and so on.
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</itemize>
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<section|Interaction with other GNU projects>
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We would appreciate help for writing a converter from <TeXmacs> to the
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<name|Texinfo> format, which is the standard documentation format for the
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GNU project.
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<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2002|Joris van der Hoeven>
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<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2011|Joris van der Hoeven>
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<tmdoc-license|Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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<TeXmacs|1.0.4.1>
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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.12>
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<style|tmdoc>
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If I have the courage, I might one day write a garbage collector for
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<TeXmacs>.
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<section|Graphical interface>
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We wish to move towards <with|font-shape|small-caps|Guile-Gtk> or another
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portable graphical user interface. Now that we have found someone for
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making a Windows port, this not an urgent issue anymore though.
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<section|Encodings and fonts>
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<\itemize>
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several other main optimizations should still be made:
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<\itemize>
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<item>Indexing file names which are in the distribution. This may
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accelerate booting the program.
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<item>Encode the system environment variables; this will globally
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accelerate the program. Also, intermediate data during the typesetting
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process might be encoded in a more binary way.
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<section|Scheme>
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The <name|Guile>/<value|scheme> interface should become more robust and
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well documented. Several things still need to be done for this:
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The <name|Guile>/<scheme> interface should become more robust and well
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documented. Several things still need to be done for this:
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<\itemize>
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<item>Implement a system for ``contextual overloading''.
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<item>Systematic use of closures throughout the code.
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<item>A clean interface for manipulating <TeXmacs> content (a unified
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interface for both internal <TeXmacs> trees and the associated
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<value|scheme> representation).
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interface for both internal <TeXmacs> trees and the associated <scheme>
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representation).
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<item>Documentation.
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</itemize>
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<TeXmacs|1.0.6.9>
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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.12>
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<style|tmdoc>
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using <TeXmacs>. Any people interested in developing addional interactive
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features inside <TeXmacs> are invited to contact us.
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<item><TeXmacs> is used in combination with <name|Maxima> in a
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high-school education project at the <name|Lycée Villegénis> at
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<name|Massy Palaiseau> (nearby <name|Paris>). In view of this project, we
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intend to further simplify the user-interface and to make it easier to
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install up-to-date <TeXmacs> versions under <name|Windows>.
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<item><hlink|Felix Breuer|http://www.felixbreuer.net/index.html> and
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formerly <name|David Mentré> have considered developing a <hlink|literate
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programming plug-in|http://david.mentre.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/8-Literate-programming-as-source-code-comments.html>
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for <TeXmacs>. Any concrete implementation of their proposals would
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happily find its way into the main distribution.
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for <TeXmacs>. Another such initiative is
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<hlink|<name|Fangle>|http://www.nongnu.org/fangle/>, which has recently
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been started by <name|Sam Liddicott>. Any concrete implementation of
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their proposals would happily find its way into the main distribution.
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</itemize>
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If you want to start a project based on <TeXmacs>, then please let us know.
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<TeXmacs|1.0.6.9>
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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.12>
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<style|tmdoc>
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<\body>
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<tmdoc-title|Major objectives for the upcoming stable versions>
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Our main focus for the next stable version 1.1 (to be released during 2007)
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Our main focus for the next stable version 1.1 (to be released during 2012)
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is on the improvement of the user interface and documentation. This
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comprises the following developments:
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<\itemize>
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<item>Increased standardization of the user interface: use M$-style
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keyboard shortcuts as the default (and provide <name|Emacs> compatability
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as an option), further simplification of the menus and increased use of
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popup windows.
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<item>Completion and stabilization of the <name|Qt> port and the
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resulting ports for <name|Windows> and <name|MacOS>.
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<item>Development of a markup-based graphical user interface for popup
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windows. This new interface might only be ready after the next stable
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<item>Improve the quality of the <TeXmacs> makefiles so as to make them
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completely compatible with <verbatim|automake> and <verbatim|autoconf>.
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<item>Improve the <name|Cygwin> port and other ports of <TeXmacs> and
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monitor the availability of <TeXmacs> in major distributions.
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<item>Reshape the low-level window interface so as to make the interface
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to Xlib easily portable to other systems, such as Gtk, Qt, MacOsX,
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Windows, etc. Also provide plugins for <name|Cairo>, <name|OpenGL>, etc.
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<item>Replace the current widget system by a markup-based system, with
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the possibility to use widgets (from Gtk, Qt, Aqua, etc.) from standard
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GUI's instead of the <TeXmacs>-provided style files.
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<TeXmacs|1.0.6.9>
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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.12>
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<style|tmdoc>
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development on new features. A few points currently have our priority:
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<\itemize>
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<item>Further development of the graphical drawing mode. First, the
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upcoming support of <hlink|<name|Cairo>|http://cairographics.org/>,
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<hlink|<name|OpenGL>|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL>, <abbr|etc.>
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should improve the rendering quality. Secondly, we intend to allow the
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user to create new macros, either by explicit constructions or
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constrained-based constructions. Finally, we would like to incorporate
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several features which are typically found in editors of vector graphics,
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such as <hlink|<name|Inkscape>|http://www.inkscape.org/>.
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<item>Further development of the graphical drawing mode. Our main next
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goal is to allows users to create new macros, either by explicit
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constructions or constrained-based constructions. Finally, we would like
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to incorporate several features which are typically found in editors of
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vector graphics, such as <hlink|<name|Inkscape>|http://www.inkscape.org/>.
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<item>Extended features for computer algebra sessions, such as automatic
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folding of large expressions, lazy output (with subexpressions which can
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be further evaluated by clicking on them), cas-aided writing, etc.
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<item>Providing more semantics to mathematical formulas by providing a
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simple way to construct parsers and pretty printers and to use them for
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establishing a bijection between presentation and content markup for
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certain well-defined languages.
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<item>Continue the development of remote <TeXmacs> servers for providing
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web-based services in combination with <TeXmacs>. These services comprise
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chatting (with mathematical formulas) and collaborative authoring.
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<TeXmacs|1.0.6.9>
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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.12>
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<style|tmdoc>
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It is difficult to give a precise roadmap for the <TeXmacs> development,
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because our plans are permanently adjusted as a function of unexpected
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needs, help by new contributors and humour. Nevertheless, we tend to spend
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a significant time on a few major objectives, while amusing ourselves with
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the implementation of a few new features. Roughly speaking, our roadmap can
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therefore be divided into three major parts:
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needs, help by new contributors and personal moods. Nevertheless, we tend
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to spend a significant time on a few major objectives, while amusing
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ourselves with the implementation of a few new features. Roughly speaking,
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our roadmap can therefore be divided into three major parts:
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<\enumerate>
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<item>A limited number of major objectives for the upcoming stable
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