KDevelop 4/Feature Plan

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This is a list of must-have and should-have features for KDevelop 4. The must-have features need to be implemented and working before a 4.0.0 release can be done.

1 Features for 4.0 release
2 Later Features

[edit] Features for 4.0 release

[edit] KDevPlatform Core

Status	Project	Description	Contact
DONE	Shell	Extensible Context Menu Support	Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>
TODO	Shell	Sort plugins alphabetically in the list	Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>
TODO	Outputview	Implement Multiple View with list instead of tabs	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Outputview	Provide class for handling of outputviews+models, see qmake+cmake builder for shareable code	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Outputview	Automatically scroll to the end	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Project	GUI for changing workspace and spread use of workspace	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Project	Reload/Recreate Project Items	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Interface	Extended problem reporter interface, support for grouping and type of error	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Interface	Passive Popups for quick notifications	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Shell	Progress/Status information	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Project	Implement a variant of KSettings::Dialog for project configuration, to get better control over the list of displayed KCM's	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Project	Implement lazy loading of project model, only calling import() during load and then parse() later when the tree is expanded	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Project	Store relative paths/urls in configuration so config files are more easily relocateable, make it possible to switch between absolute and relative paths	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Profile	Rework or Drop support for profiles	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Shell	Provide context menu on kate views	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Shell	Launching Framework	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>

[edit] UI

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	Sublime	Predefined Areas support, Code+Debug	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-develop@kdevelop.org>
IN PROGRESS	Sublime	Multiple instances of the same area type	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-develop@kdevelop.org>
IN PROGRESS	Sublime	Multiple Window support	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
IN PROGRESS	Sublime	UI to switch area inside mainwindow and with new mainwindow	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-develop@kdevelop.org>
IN PROGRESS	Shell	Provide scalable, innovative navigation for open files. Including optional tabbar and breadcrumb widget	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-develop@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Shell	Navigation History	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-develop@kdevelop.org>

[edit] Language Support

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	C++	Code-Completion	David Nolden <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
IN PROGRESS	C++	Code Navigation, including: Jump-To-Declaration/Definition, QuickOpen	David Nolden <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	DUChain	Persistent DUChain	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>

[edit] Project Support

Status	Project	Description	Contact
IN PROGRESS	CMake	Zero-Configuration Build support	Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS	CMake	CMakeCache support	Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS	CMake	CMake Language support	Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@gmail.com>
IN PROGRESS	QMake	Full Support for reading all QMake files and displaying a proper model from them	Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>
TODO	All Buildsystems	GUI Support for basic buildsystem operations	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
IN PROGRESS	ProjectManagerView	Make building process smarter, possibly working on current selection	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	ProjectManagerView	Use state of XMLGUI to indicate when build menu shouldn't be shown or at least be disabled	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	All Buildsystems	Automatically run configure before build if needed	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	GenericProjectManager	Provider proper defaults and fixup to be more usable	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	All Buildsystems	Support install-as-root mode	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>

[edit] VCS

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TODO	All VCS	Move more GUI classes to the vcs library	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Subversion	Implement the complete basic interface, including branching+merging	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>

[edit] Various

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TODO	NewFile	Port the New-File Templates from KDevelop3	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Grepview	Fix the plugin to work with multiple projects and use KJob api so searches can be cancelled	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Snippets	Use the Editor context to insert snippets or create snippets	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>
TODO	Documentation	Port Document plugin and/or integrate Qt assistant	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-develop@kdevelop.org>
IN PROGRESS	Debugger	Port KDevelop3 GDB Debugging frontend	Vladimir Prus <ghost@cs.msu.su>
TODO	Run Interface	Support running applications as a different user	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-devel@kdevelop.org>

[edit] Later Features

Status	Project	Description	Contact
TODO	CTags	Integrate CTags as "language support" plugin, especially code-completion	KDevelop Developers <kdevelop-develop@kdevelop.org>

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