What are we working on?

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This discussion thread would be constantly updated to reflect the key things we are working on.

We have other thread for version 1.0 blockers.

What FifthTry is working on?
What we are doing in FPM?

Core Language

• `$public$` #442
• REJECTED: $mutable$ #512
• `$inherited.*` property inheritance #295

Data Modelling With FTD

FTD is a decent language to model data. If you want to store data in text files FTD is an alternative. FTD UI is also data driven.

• Type processors #278
• type alias #314
• String builder #282

Variables

• `opt in referencing` and `reference only argument` #274

Record

• caption can contain other types #440
• singleton types #393
• Improving the performance by changes in`ftd.color` #386
• inline component list of records #279
• Initialize a record data with other record #288

List

• anonymous list #385

Or-Type

Processors (deprecated)

Functions

• functions in ftd #434
• function calls instead of data processor #441
• can ftd implement HM? #410

Reading Data

• ftd Ast #413
• `CALLS.<component>` and `INSTANCES.<type>` #435
• view source #431

Building UI With FTD

Kernel Components

• `ftd.window` kernel element #513
• book/pdf with fastn #275
• ftd.calculator #428
• SET API #427
• responsive images: srcset support #411
• terminal recording playback support #398
• auto re-siblinger components #383
• audio kernel #365
• code annotation #359
• ftd.code to show line numbers #356
• three.js support #352
• stl file viewer #351
• map kernel component #350
• Feature: `$child-of$` #342
• `container:` attribute on component construction #273
• Allow font weight specification in `style` - disallow conflict #327
• stricter check for `ftd.input:type` attribute #332
• line-clamp to take message also #324
• full css4 color support #323
• `ftd.input:` should have attribute to focus cursor and readonly: true attribute #276
• add transform css property #289

Custom Components

• bringing back `component` keyword #421
• instead of `append-at`, what if we have `$children` #380
• component event handler, and external event handlers #422
• include by id #394

Event Handling

• navigate-to action #284

Component Processors

Markup

• markdown css colors #355
• todo language #368
• Inline code block to support language eg `#!py import os` #358
• emoji short-codes support #357
• Implement no-follow #353
• Markup should support arbitrary component #283

Animations

• Add CSS animation in FTD #287

Host Functions

HTTP Handling

Responsive

Crosslinking Support

• `term` Support #346

Color / Dark Mode Support

• `ftd.color-scheme` to also contain code color scheme #343

Import / Export

• re-export syntax: `export: *` #443
• `$public$` #442
• named blocks #430
• Wrong line number on error messages when auto-imports are used #335
• Feature: `$implements$` #340
• Add metadata and title into FTD #286

Syntax

• end based argument continuation #388 (In Progress)
• Github Linguist #349