Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of EarlyReleaseRequirements

Timestamp:

Apr 21, 2015, 12:19:07 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Conrad Huang

Comment:

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EarlyReleaseRequirements

@@ -22 +22 @@
  - Set of built-in colors (as opposed to giving hex code or RGBs only)
  - Molecular surface and volume isosurface styles: solid, mesh
+ - Fixed mouse modes
+ - Standard open file dialog
 
 
@@ -27 +29 @@
 
  === Graphics and tools ===
- - Sessions (required because one needs to save state for any pub figure)
- - Ribbons
+ - Ribbons [Elaine will get images for comparison with PyMOL]
    - hides mainchain atoms, sidechain connects to ribbon nicely
  - Molecular surface
-   - molecular surface categories* (I think the default should have a separate "main" for each chain ID)
+   - molecular surface categories* (I think the default should have a separate "main" for each chain ID) [Elaine]
+   - is a surface a separate model?  (specification, transformation, etc) [Conrad]
    - easily hide smaller bits (like "surf visiblePatches N")
  - Smoothness control (vertex density, subdivision)
- - Balloon atomspec
- - Pseudobonds
-    - metal complexation
-    - distance monitor
-
- === User interface ===
- - Go up and down selection hierarchy
- - Save image dialog
- - Open file dialog
- - Save/restore sessions
- - Command history
- - Mouse modes
-  - button strip
-  - hot keys
-
- === Infrastructure ===
- - Nightly builds
- - Preferences
- - Triggers
- - Selections
+ - Balloon atomspec [TomG]
+ - Intra-molecular pseudobonds (metal complexation, missing segments) [Greg]
+   - Display style (thin sticks?, dashed cylinders?, dashed lines?)
+
+ === User interface ===
+ - Go up and down selection hierarchy [TomG]
+ - Save image dialog on File menu [Conrad]
+ - Save/restore sessions [Conrad]
+ - Command history [Eric]
+ - Mouse selection [TomG]
+
+ === Infrastructure ===
+ - Nightly builds [Conrad]
+ - Preferences and caches [Greg]
+ - Triggers (Python) [Greg,Conrad]
+   - What are the "standard" UI triggers?
+   - "Check for changes" trigger (when and how)?
+ - Notifications (C++) and link to triggers
+   - What are the associated triggers and when are they invoked? [Eric,Greg]
+ - Selections [TomG]
+ - Mouse mode registration [TomG]
  - Session files
-   - molecular data
-   - Maybe just implement a command history rather than a full session?
- - Distinction between public and private API
+   - molecular data (blob I/O [Eric,Greg], open state like transformations)
+   - camera, lighting, background color, etc. [Greg]
+   - metadata, thumbnail in particular or use OS file metadata [TomG]
+ - Distinction between public and private API [All]
 
 
@@ -70 +74 @@
    - per-model single-plane or slab
  - Selection highlight
+ - Inter-molecular pseudobonds (distances, hydrogen bonds)
 
  === CellPACK ===
@@ -95 +100 @@
   - Action buttons
  - Full side view (clipping planes)
- - Mouse selection
+ - Mouse modes [TomG]
+  - button strip
+  - hot keys?
+  - modifier keys?
+ - Replayable? record of executed commands (both cli and menu)
+ - Help
 
  === Infrastructure ===
@@ -143 +153 @@
  - Application icon
  - API documentation
+ - Separate fetching from I/O format registration
 
 == Would be nice ==
@@ -177 +188 @@
  - RFE / bug report dialogs
  - Chimera 1 -> 2 session conversion
-
+ - Custom ("Miller browser") open dialog with embeddable frame?
+
+ === Infrastructure ===
+ - Tool import API for possibly uninstalled tool
 
 == Eventually ==