Roadmap

The Whole Integrated LXDE

• Try to make each components more integrated when executed together.
• Provide mechanisms to set preferred applications (browser, terminal emulator, mail reader)
• Try to override some commands like gnome-open under LXDE to get rid of some problems

PCManFM (file manager)

• Make desktop icons movable (already under development)
• Customizable file actions (Adding popup menu items for specific mime-types)
• Automount for volumes
• Make preference dialog callable via command line.
• Support changing wallpaper via command line.
• Support RTL layout for desktop icons
• Mouse gesture (A friend is trying to work on this)
• Try to separate the folder view from PtkFileBrowser class for better use and extension (For example, dual-pane mode). (low priority)
• POSIX ACL with libacl (low priority)
• Implement filter bar like in Dolphin
• Search function

PCManFM roadmap with technical details

LXPanel (desktop panel)

• Better support for customizing text colors
• Better UI for adding application quick launch buttons.
• Improve the start menu.

LXPanel roadmap with technical details

LXLauncher (easy-mode application launcher)

• Basic theme support
• Better application grouping rules

LXLauncher roadmap with technical details

LXTerminal (terminal emulator)

Is it possible to develop a lightweight terminal emulator based-on Scintilla editor widget?

This is the core of the famous SciTE editor which supports UTF-8 and has good performance.

LXSession (session manager)

• Allow shutdown/reboot with sudo when HAL is not available.
• Make config files of LXSession and LXSession Lite compatible.

LXNM (network helper daemon)

• Begin development again (Last Update 2009)
• Make Unix Compatible and no an only-linux aplication
• Support for wireless in any incrementation
• Bug fixing for ALL bugs submited for last update

If you are interested in development a remplacement/fork/wathever, you are welcome!

Screen Saver

• Hack gnome-screensaver and to remove all gnome dependencies.
• This won't be difficult since gnome-screensaver only uses minimal gnome APIs, but it does require dbus.
• gnome dependencies in gnome-screensaver:
  • gnome-session for sending idle notice. X server idle timeout is ignored.
  • libgnomeui: only used for gnome_bg_*
  • gconf: can be replaced with GKeyFile.
  • libgnomekbd: can be turned off with configure option.
  • dbus interfaces: need to be renamed with 'gnome' removed from their names.
  • reference of gnome-desktop package should be removed from configure.ac.
  • fast user switching support requires gdm, though.

Feature requests

• enable hiding icons on desktop
• tools to easily setup/change apps.desktop shortcut
• create apps.desktop by right click on desktop > create new > shortcut.
• ability to customize all fonts used in LXDE, for accessibility.
• separate desktop icons handling from PCManFM (i.e. instead of one application there would be two).
• tool for making screenshots in easy way.
• annoint Geany as LXIDE

Old, executed requests (done)

• add option in lxterminal to remove scroll bar and menu bar
• applets to configure the screen resolution. (it's unthinkable to have a DE without a screen resolution changer) (You can do this with LXRandr)