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  0 to be verified
  0 to be discussed
  0 to do
  0 distribution issues
  0 testing
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  0 open items
187 items closed/postponed
187 items in total

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 17) Fix the bug that causes icons to lose management (bug #352).
     [couldn't reproduce this yet; can anybody who has netcool
     event manager try it?]
     -> [unreproducible]
 32) Several applications are reported to not resize well under fvwm
     (Datek's "Streamer", CodeWarrior).
     [optional]
     -> [unreproducible]
116) Fix problem that can cause long icon titles to be expanded
     although the pointer is not over it.
     [reported by Mikhael]
     -> [Dominik: I know the problem is there, but it is difficult to debug and
     perhaps not worth to delay the release]
     -> [not critical; delayed until after 2.4]
117) Investigate icons disappearing if icon changes while on a
     different desk.
     [reported by Julian Gilbey/David Cunningham on 16-Mar-2000]
122) Investigate FvwmButtons panel problem.
     [reported by Robert H. Ford II <rhford2@lucent.com> on 18-Feb-2000]
     -> [no usable feedback]
125) Bug #479 (windows migrating to page 0 0 during restart w/ xsession)
     -> [unreproducible]
126) Bug #489 (icons migrating on restart, ident does not work)
     -> [unreproducible]
129) Bug #560 (freeze on Exceed)
     [various reporters, but no usable feedback yet]
     -> [no usable feedback]
130) Fix bounds error with 'DestroyStyle *' in
     update_window_color_hi_style().
     [reported by Ben Winslow <rain@insane.loonybin.net>]
     [not reproduced yet]
     [purify may bring it up when we run the test script again]
     -> [unreproducible]
134) Investigate DecWindows ConfigureRequest/Notify race condition.
     [reported by Fabien Viallard on 19-Apr-2000]
     [Anybody who has DecWindows and can look into this?]
     [seems not]
143) Bug #603 (TaskBar bugs): investigate and possibly fix.
     -> [unreproducible, fixed a related AutoStick problem]
146) Bug #542 (Winch signals).
156) xterm client window cursor corrupted.
     [reported by Nagi Aboulenein on 2-Nov-1999]
     -> [unreproducible]
158) Sometimes a state is not restored for windows with IS_NAME_CHANGED
     flag set under SM - no match in matchWin().
     [Mikhael: investigate/fix if there is a time]
172) Investigate travelling rxvt-2.7.4
     [reported by PDS]
     -> [unreproducible, not serious anyway]

---------- Closed: -----------------------------------------------

 1)  Document the GNOME stuff (man page still missing).
 2)  Add screen shots to web page.
 3)  Add link to fvwm cats page to web page.
 4)  Add link to Mikhael' wm-icons page.
 5)  Update the links on our home page.
 6)  Remove several configure options.
 7)  Create an I18N fvwm package (from 2.2 or so).
     [see #100]
 8)  Add an explanation about the various packages and where to
     discuss them to the web page.
     (stable, unstable (alpha), snapshots, ftp source tree, CVS).
 9)  Set up RPM packages.
 10) Remove 'PopupAsRootMenu' menu style (?).
     [rejected]
 11) Add FvwmKb module?
     [delayed until after 2.4]
     [author lost interest]
 12) Set up bzip2 tarballs.
 13) Use a 'busy' pointer during startup.
 14) Figure out what the problem with Amaya is.
     [reported on 3-Jun-1999 by Rob Urban <urban@spielwiese.de>]
     [still unreproducible; not relevant for 2.4]
 15) Get restart straight (sometimes an application vanishes over restarts)
 16) Try to fix the 'netscape stuck on page' problem.
     [reported on 17-May-1999 by <jason@sdf.lonestar.org>]
     [still unreproducible; not relevant for 2.4]
 18) Check if there are still growing windows as reported for 2.13.
     [bug #184 reported by Michael Hughes <mhughes@bridge.com>]
     [no bug; doesn't happen for 2.2 and up]
 19) Fix: KFM windows stay on top of normal fvwm windows.
 20) Check why no icon can be set for Eterm.
     [reported on 8-May-1999 by Amir Chossrow Akhavan <amir@phy.ucsf.EDU>]
     [no fix? or should we rather break 'xterm +ai'?]
 21) Fix the bug with eterm and transparent background (I think rxvt has
     the same problem.
     [Eterm bug fixed, rxvt doesn't work very well with transparent
     background. I've reported to the rxvt mailing list]
 22) Investigate bug #290. (windows cannot be raised over others sometimes).
     [mail thread from April; confirmed by me (Dominik)]
     [fixed; there is a new style and the behaviour is a bit more intuitive]
 23) Check if bug #312 is still there.
 24) Investigate bug #314.
 25) Investigate dying pager on desk-to-desk transfers (bug #358 et al.)
     [fixed; only in 2.2.2, caused by missing X error handler]
 26) Investigate bug #315. (Recapture doesn't work perfectly for changing the
     default decor).
     [mainly a documentation problem; man page was updated]
 27) Check if bug #334 is still a problem.
 28) Investigate FvemEvent core dumps.
     [fixed in 2.2.3, no bug in 2.3.4]
 29) Fix the pager bugs I reported recently.
 30) Fix the broken size hints of FvwmWinList (in fvwm itself).
 31) 'Maximize grow grow' works only on the current page.
 33) Test the GNOME patches.
     [skipped, patches are simple, fix problems when they show up]
 34) Update and run the purify script again.
     [The remaining leak with default button vectors seems to
     be unfixable]
 35) Test the strokes patch.
     [skipped, patches are simple, fix problems when they show up]
 36) Test the new menu styles (ItemFormat and menu layout)
 37) Fix interaction of moving with autoraising icon titles.
 38) Investigate bug #389. (StartsOnDesk does not work)
     [configuration problem, added a warning to the code]
 39) Investigate bug #390
 40) Investigate bug #394. (Overlapping pages)
     [no bug; doesn't happen after a recompile]
 41) Fix hanging fvwm when moving GNOME menu bars (bug #395).
 42) Get bitmap icons working again.
 43) Several pager bugs (bug #379).
 44) Fix TaskBar crash caused by latest patch in RemoveButton().
 45) Remove the web pages from the distribution.
 46) Titlebars should not inherit the pixmap from the border style.
 47) Verify the TaskBar clock update problem.
     [given up; I think I could reproduce the problem - it was a
     configuration mistake, but the reporter didn't care to answer
     if my suggestion helped; Dominik]
 48) Finish Windoze 95 like config file.
 49) Implement a 'H'old trigger for complex functions.
 50) Implement a 'ButtonGeometry' option for FvwmButtons.
 51) Fix constraining the window size when a window is maximized or
     larger than MaxWindowSize when mapped.
 52) Allow to resize in client resize increment steps.
 53) Decide what to do with overlapping moved icons.
     [will be ignored]
 54) Find a better solution for raising/lowering of transients.
 55) FvwmGtk can't be killed with 'KillModule'.
 56) Mini icons may overlap menu titles.
 57) Fix autohiding and TaskBar tips.
 58) DeskTopSize is not honoured upon a restart (the old one is reused).
     [use Restart --dont-preserve-state]
     [Mikhael: DeskTopSize is in fact honored since 2.3.12]
 59) Get Raise/Lower of transients straight.
     [duplicate of item 54]
 60) Make MaxWindowSize a style (don't release a command that will
     change anyway).
 61) Get SidecPics working again.
 62) Write a new announcement.
 63) Fix stacking order in pager.
 64) Install the new web pages.
 65) Fix "maximize true ..." when a window is already maximized.
 66) Fix ddd problems.
     [fixed as far as possible; bug reported to ddd list]
 67) Add a Windoze95 like screenshot to the web page.
 68) Investigate 'Xlib: sequence lost' message.
     [went away with a newer snapshot]
 69) Fix window moving. Several people have reported that moving windows
     is slow or the windows don't follow the pointer well. This is really
     a big problem.
 70) Fix resize. On one hand it's not nice that you can drag the window
     border off screen, on the other hand it doesn't hurt if the shadow
     of the border is not on screen.
 71) Fix drawing of window titles.
 72) Finish implementing colour sets for modules.
     [item split up]
 73) Remove 'panel' feature from FvwmButtons and re-implement it in a
     less disruptive way.
 74) To fix: icons are not preserved over a Quit - Start for fvwm
 75) Implement colour sets in FvwmWharf.
 76) Implement colour sets in FvwmTaskBar.
 77) Implement colour sets in menu styles.
 78) Implement colour sets in window styles.
     [only colours used yet]
 79) Implement colour sets in FvwmConsole?
     [rejected]
 80) Implement colour sets in FvwmScript
 81) Change the way in which fvwm 'posts' menus with a click.
 82) Introduce a 'transient' option for FvwmButtons. This is needed
     to replicate the old panel behaviour.
 83) Fix FvwmIconMan crashes introduced by colour set support(?)
     [doesn't happen anymore]
 84) Implement colour sets in FvwmBacker.
 85) Add 'geometry' panel option in FvwmButtons.
     I think it's not worth the effort because it's similarly
     complicated as the menu position hints if I want to do it right.
     I can't see an easy solution that does something useful fast.
     [future enhancement]
 86) Finish code for setting backgrounds of other applications with
     colour sets.
 87) Describe what to do for colour set support in the module docs.
 88) Investigate 'pager out of sync' problem
 89) Make FvwmScript use the same visual as fvwm (prerequisite for 80)
 90) Icon distribution.
 91) Fix Xpm version problem (bug #463).
 92) Test session management restart code.
 93) Finish 'CREATING PANELS' section in FvwmButtons man page.
 94) Test colour set support in modules and fvwm.
     [skipped, tested thoroughly in Fvwm-theme]
 95) Test new panel implementation in FvwmButtons.
 96) Make flat titlestyle work again.
 97) Rewrite FvwmTheme 'Colorset' syntax ala MenuStyle.
 98) Allow using colours from colour sets in fvwm commands.
 99) Make HilightColors command colour set aware.
100) Remove I18N patches since author seems to have lost interest
     in finishing the patch.
     [leave it in, started to rewrite patch in a better way]
101) Finish current work on style changes w/o recapture in a
     consistent way. This doesn't necessarily mean that the
     feature has to be complete before 2.4.
102) Patch 'UseDecor' and 'UseStyle' styles and various ...Style
     commands to apply without a recapture.
     [finished except UseStyle]
103) Add recent bug reports to to-do list.
104) Fix FvwmCommandS core dumps on X server shutdown.
105) Test binding code.
106) Test window position code.
     [skipped, code has been around for 2 years without problems]
107) "Recapture" while an icon is focused takes several seconds.
     [reported by Mikhael; confirmed by Dominik]
     [workaround implemented]
108) FvwmPager desk separators are not updated if their colour set
     is changed (*FvwmPagerColorset).
109) FvwmIconMan titles don't seem to work.
110) Running two FvwmAuto modules at one freezes fvwm.
111) Fix position hints not working with menus invoked
     from a menu like this: 'addtomenu foo foo menu foo root c c'
112) Fix desk flipping with
       shade-iconify-move_to_other_page-deiconify-unshade
     (and equivalent bug with maximize instead of shade).
113) FvwmForm sets no class/resource.
114) FvwmIdent sets no class/resource.
115) FvwmWharf sets no class/resource.
118) Investigate "FvwmPager & StaysOnTop" bug (#543).
     [reported by Nadim Shaikli <nadim.shaikli@intel.com>]
     [no response, consider this fixed]
119) MaxSwallow does not work in FvwmWharf e.g. with
     'xload -g 50x50'.
     [reported by Dominik]
     [not reproducible anymore]
120) Icons are not always sorted properly; there may be
     gaps after page switching (with IconBox).
121) Investigate FvwmPager core dump.
     [reported by Wing Tung Leung <tg@skynet.be> on 20-Feb-2000]
     [Dominik: Didn't get any reply, stack trace, ...]
     [unreproducible]
123) Bug #378 (FvwmPager interferes with xscreensaver)
     [unreproducible, seems to be fixed]
124) Bug #477 (closing xbuffy popup window nukes focus)
127) Bug #511 (xpp subwindows not drawn properly)
     [not a bug, xpp is broken]
128) Bug #564 (pasting text goes to window with the mouse, not
     the focused window).
     [either an enhancement request or not in the scope of fvwm]
131) Sticky windows move to the top in the pager view if the desk is
     changed.
132) Tru64 sizeof(unsigned long) problem
133) Bug #602 (window placement w/ 2.3.15)
135) FvwmWinList doesn't handle negative geometries properly
     with TitleAtBottom.
136) Implement a FlushUpdates command to apply style changes
     within a function?
     [nope; enhanced Refresh/RefreshWindow instead]
137) Bug #550 (FvwmAuto raises after 'lower')
138) Bug #593 (key bindings w/ Motif)
139) Fix TaskBar tips drawing.
     [reported by gregory@mcst.ru (Gregory A. Shimansky) on
     14-Apr-2000]
140) Remove "Layer" command?  Instead, the "Layer" styles
     can be applied immediately w/o Recapture.
     [3 votes against vs 1 vote for removing]
     [maybe after 2.4]
141) Remove "MoveSmoothness" command?  I wrote it back when
     window motion was very jerky due to excessive network
     traffic, but I guess it's not very useful.
142) Remove copyright disclaimers from individual files
     (smaller tarball).
     [saves only 15k tarball size; not worth the effort]
144) Bug #604 (ActivePlacements doesn't work if FvwmAnimate
     is running).
     [Style * DumbPlacement fixes it]
145) Modules lose focus when a Netscape transient is opened
     (ClickToFocus).
147) Investigate/fix missing windows in pager after Recapture.
     [reported by Paul (PDS) on 06-Jan-2000]
148) Losing focus when entering root window bug.
     [reported by Elliot Sowadsky on 29-Dec-1999]
     [fixed]
149) "date" command confuses keyboard focus.
150) Mini windows in pager can reach into adjacent pages
     because of the min size of 3x3 pixels.
151) Colours in FvwmIconMan screwed up.
152) [duplicate of #129]
153) Investigate/reduce excessive colour allocation traffic
     on startup.
     [reported by Dan]
     [perhaps after 2.4]
154) Investigate/fix move lockups.
     [Reported by Brad]
     [did not happen for several months; fix if it shows up again]
155) Remove busycursor configure option.
157) Stack ring still broken sometimes.
159) configure check for gnome.h
160) Remove FlipTransient style.
161) Rename MovedButton3 condition to PlacedByButton3.
162) Fix core dump with icon boxes
     [reported on 25-may-2000 by kibble_98@yahoo.com]
     [fixed]
163) Make bzip2 and rpm packages available from our downloads page.
164) Update ANNOUNCE to identify GlobalOpts as a compatiblity issue
165) Update fvwm24_convert.in to handle GlobalOpts
166) Update purify test scripts with fvwm24_convert
167) Add a screenshot of Mikhael's new kitten to the fvwm-cats page.
     [obviously a show stopper] :)
168) Fix SIGCHLD handling in Piperead which interrupts select().
169) Clean up placement algorithm.
170) Update man page for Restart command w/ multi head.
171) With virtually any border config, when moving opaqually, the borders of
     all underlying windows flick a lot. There is no any flicking in 2.2.x.
173) Reword panel description in FvwmButtons man page.
174) Disable stack ring debugging code for release (stack.c).
175) Fix busy wait in menus.
176) Check if sample configuration files are up to date.
177) Investigate problem with FvwmButton panel animation with one
     step w/ exceed.
     [Exceed bug, no idea how to work around this]
178) Fix incompatible function names in FvwmCommand perl module.
179) Fix module communication between FvwmConsole and
     FvwmConsoleC.
     [getline bug]
180) Decide if the FAQ will become version specific or not.  If it
     will, multiple copies have to be kept on the home page.
181) Adapt fvwm24_convert script to handle new placement style
     names.
182) Update placement style names in sample configuration files.
183) Fix remaining session management bugs.
184) Adapt fvwm24_convert script to warn users about new
     FvwmButtons panel syntax.
185) Update release date in man pages and possibly other files:
     fvwm-web/download.html
     fvwm-web/index.html
     fvwm-web/generated/AUTHORS.html
     fvwm-web/generated/FAQ.html
     fvwm-web/generated/NEWS.html
     .fvwm/ChangeLog
     .fvwm/NEWS
     .fvwm/fvwm/fvwm2.1
     .fvwm/configure.in
     .fvwm/docs/FAQ
     .fvwm/docs/fvwm.lsm.in
     .fvwm/**/*.1
     [done]
186) Update fvwm24_convert man page.
187) Finalize handling of continued lines in fvwm24_convert.