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%hSvarDOS: The project's TODO list

* Replace the default (FreeDOS) edit with a smaller alternative (?) that is:
  - TINY (a dozen of KiBs or so)
  - relatively simple: no need for advanced text editing features, just enough
    to comfortably edit small (<64K) configuration files
  - 8086-compatible and have modest memory requirements
  - multi-lang (kitten library)
  - capable of (limited) copy/pasting between two files

* validate that CORE is 100%% 8086-compatible

* Networking setup at install time -> should crynwr be part of the install
  set? Or only selected drivers? Or maybe this could be provided as a
  "supplemental" floppy disk?

* bootable USB install image

* make the COMMAND package smaller so there is no need for multiple
  lang-dependant copies of the binary

* improve installer so user can choose the target disk

* add a "link" tool so users can easily create "links" to their favorite
  programs (esp. things like zip/unzip, etc)

* install.com - MBR changes could be done by the installer itself instead of
  system()-calling fdisk

* help - write more useful content!
  -> basic DOS commands (directories, copy/rename/delete files, etc)
  -> common configuration files (autoexec, config.sys, pkg.cfg, wattcp.cfg..)
  -> networking guide
  -> memory management basics
  -> ...

* test new versions of software and update packages accordingly. special care
  must be taken for core things: kernel, freecom, fdisk, himemx...

* further NLS support, improvements of existing translations and adding new
  languages -> would be nice to have some kind of web interface for submitting
  and reviewing translations

* pkgnet.exe: implement the 'checkup' action for easy update checks

* possibly plenty of other things


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