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Required for next Release

   (X) #5   09/07/17  avoid using shell calls, it results in many problems
               can't answer questions of spawned processes
               specifically rm with write-protected files
   (X) #8   09/07/17  Clear keybuffer after executing programs.
               you may have typed something after the program stopped reading
               this could flush the text to ranger and result in unwanted actions
   (X) #14  09/07/18  Sorting sometimes doesn't work
   (X) #17  09/07/19  shell behaves strangely sometimes when run with s key


Critical Issues

   (X) #8   09/07/17  Clear keybuffer after executing programs.
               you may have typed something after the program stopped reading
               this could flush the text to ranger and result in unwanted actions
   ( ) #15  09/07/18  it's way too slow in large directories
               redesign process of getting data from file system
   (X) #17  09/07/19  shell behaves strangely sometimes when run with s key
   ( ) #26  09/07/20  bad behaviour when rdr'ing vim


Minor Issues

   (X) #5   09/07/17  avoid using shell calls, it results in many problems
               can't answer questions of spawned processes
               specifically rm with write-protected files
   (X) #12  09/07/17  sync @marked with changes in on the file system
               if files are deleted, delete those from @marked too
   (X) #14  09/07/18  Sorting sometimes doesn't work
   (X) #16  09/07/19  incorrect pointer in the columns after sorting
   ( ) #18  09/07/19  abbreviate path at the top
   (X) #23  09/07/19  key combination rAr does not work


Features

   ( ) #1   09/07/17  undo key (work in progress)
   ( ) #2   09/07/17  throbber that shows activity
   ( ) #3   09/07/17  colors and attributes in help
   ( ) #6   09/07/17  allow use of sudo somehow
   (X) #7   09/07/17  allow to change rights and owners easily
   ( ) #9   09/07/17  build an abstract layer for file system operations
               this would encourage the addition of ftp or ssh protocols
   ( ) #11  09/07/17  specify flags at data/types.rb
   ( ) #13  09/07/17  special keys for quick navigation
               cycle in a certain order, like creation-time, newest first.
   ( ) #19  09/07/19  make path clickable
   ( ) #20  09/07/19  accelerate mouse wheel scrolling after a while
   ( ) #21  09/07/19  what about a CONSOLE
   ( ) #22  09/07/19  tab-completition for filenames
   ( ) #25  09/07/20  a command for find . | grep xyz | less


Aesthetics

   ( ) #4   09/07/17  consider using optparse
   ( ) #10  09/07/17  Debug module as an IO stream, for redirection of STDERR
   ( ) #24  09/07/20  seperate filetype detection from main program