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ROADMAP.md: Expand entry for command widget
author | Arun Giridhar <arungiridhar@gmail.com> |
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date | Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:17:15 -0500 |
parents | 7c6a8d72f91b |
children | 82ae00b40c2c |
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--- a/etc/ROADMAP.md Wed Jan 24 16:44:08 2024 -0500 +++ b/etc/ROADMAP.md Wed Jan 24 17:17:15 2024 -0500 @@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ - Target: Octave 10 - New command window widget. (LEAD?) + - In Octave 9, this widget is available but experimental. It can be invoked + with the runtime argument `--experimental-terminal-widget`. To make it + production quality (i.e., not experimental), the following features and + more need to be added: + - readline-like command line editing: recall history with up/down arrow keys + - capture output written to stdout/stderr + - a pager to enable `more on` to work + - search the contents of the command window + - clear the command window for `clc` - Background: https://wiki.octave.org/GUI_terminal_widget - Discussion: https://octave.discourse.group/t/new-command-window-widget/501 - Target: Octave 11