TODO List

BESTGUI v. 1.x

• imporove BEST configuration (#15):
  • GUI cfgfile editing
  • per run cfgfile location (??)
• improve searching in header analisys preview (#16)
• when set defauts ask if current (non empty) fields heve to be overwritten Options: overvrite all | set only empty fields | cancel (#17)
• disable ENVISAT “sensor id” in IMAGE BACKSCATTERING tool for ERS (#18)
• disable ERS “sensor id” in IMAGE BACKSCATTERING tool for ENVISAT (#18)
• use the last version of “exectools”; now it is an independent package (#12)
• use gtk.FileChooser.set_do_overwrite_confirmation for save dialogs (#20)
• add a bug-report dialog (like gazpacho-0.7.2/gazpacho/app/bugreportdialog.py) (#22)
• improve preferences handling:
  • handling of save failures (#23)
  • customizable output log colors (#24)
• specialized dialogs for more tool
• improve paramtypes:
  • parameters check system (#25)
  • Range (#26)
  • FileChooserButtons (#27)
  • output files extension handling: show the default extension in paramtype.File with FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE and strip the file extension in the entry (#28)
• improve logging sub-system:
  • log to file (#29)
  • trap messages from the warnings module (#30)
  • log from the exception hook (#31)
• viewers:
  • improve speed for the ImageViewer (#32)
  • pan tool (#33)
  • selections (#34)
  • groups in AnnotationsViewer (#35)
• AoI:
  • improve the items editor for the AoI (editable cells) (#36)
  • AoI selection from QuickLook (#37)
• documentation:
  • update the “Smart environment handling” section in the user manual (STBX) (#38)
  • include pylint/pychecker reports in the documentation (#39)
  • move the documentation on SourceForge system (#40)
• packaging:
  • fix system menu entry in deb and rpm packages (#2)
  • use pyinstaller on win32 (#42)
  • eggs
  • fix the _paths mechanism for setuptools (pyinstaller seems to be OK now) (#21)
• more and more testing
• grab the pathname when a file is dragged or pasted on a file param entry (#44)
• improve the encoding handling of output messages on unix (in which case it fails?) (#45)

BESTGUI v. 2.x

• code cleanup and re-factoring (glade/gazpacho)
  • menus and actions handling with UIManager
  • accelerators
  • tooltips
• custom ConfigParser class: key sensitive option names, preserve order, comments (use configobj) (#11)
• processing chains handling (meta variables for input/output files, see the BEST User Manual) (#11)
• use pyexpect when available to handle input requests (e.g. request to hit <Return> after a CD or tape is inserted) (#1).
• internationalization (#46)
• image viewer for real (and complex) images (lin/log, real/imaginary, etc) (#47, #48)
• grids and coastlines (matplotlib/basemap) ()#49
• GUI for local/global statistics: bar plots, etc (numpy/matplotlib) (#50)
• internal extensions: image quality control tools, etc (#51)
• plug-in system (#52)
• scripting capabilities (#53)
• maybe move to a different GUI tool kit