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@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ FujiChat features, we're almost at parity! Other stuff: +- If an VBI-driven keyboard buffer turns out to be impossible or + too much of a PITA to contemplate, another idea to avoid dropping + keystrokes: after every keypress, wait something like 1/4 or 1/3 + second for another keypress, before checking for incoming net + traffic. As long as the user's typing 4 (or 3) keys per second, + he won't lose keystrokes. Probably have to put a limit on it, + a pathological case would be holding down a key long enough to + fill the edit box with 240 of the same character. That would + cause a 60 sec delay in net traffic, which might actually cause + us to time out... need some data on just how fast a fast typist + really types, and on average, how often they pause (to think or + read back what they just wrote, etc). Also look into detecting + key repeats (SRTIMER). - Write a cgetc() replacement that doesn't call the OS K: "get one byte" routine. I was avoiding it because it will need a 192-byte table (keycode -> atascii lookup)... but I'm spending more than 192 bytes diff --git a/doc/ideas.txt b/doc/ideas.txt index f70e47f..b9c9627 100644 --- a/doc/ideas.txt +++ b/doc/ideas.txt @@ -39,3 +39,17 @@ Features that should be implemented: - Cut buffer for ^U ^K ^W, like bash/emacs. LImited size (like, 240 bytes, same as the input box). + +- Support for the XEP80 (and its modern clones). This really should be + done as dual-head: Keep the regular Atari display for screen 1, + the edit box, and the status bar. The rest of the screens can + display on the XEP80. One problem with this is, scrollback memory. + Each of screens 2-7 will be ~2000 bytes per 80x25 chunk, so each + needs 4K to be able to scroll back 1 screens' worth. So XEP80 + support might end up being a 128K-and-up-only thing. + reifsnyderb has some code that deals with the XEP, written for use + with CP/M, that may be useful here. + +- R: support. Compile-time switch, separate executable. Use with + FujiNet, Lantronix, or anything else where we can go like + ATDThostname:port. |