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Should take advantage of new features.
- Better text rendering engine to display logs better and faster.
- Maybe faster panels and graphics using new drawing API ?

Should work fine locally with AIR2.0 or have specific server to receive them - 
probably not worth having a live receiving server tho.

Great project!, but one feature I am hoping for would be to remove the 
dependency on your 
projects display list.

I realize this would require flash console to have its own internal view 
mechanism, but most of my 
critical debugging involves debugging proxy and model classes, that aren't on 
the display list.

Jesse Warden has adapted this idea for his DebugWindow but unfortunately his 
work depends on 
flex classes to work.
see here
http://jessewarden.com/2010/02/debug-window-v2-simple-flex-debug-window.html

Similar to new feature to be added to version 2.4: C.explode(obj);
This is a monitor (panel) that shows values of the object that is being 
watched - on screen and update automatically. Should also be able to expand 
the values so that you can go into objects inside it as well just like using 
going into folders.

Can't call methods such as 'name()' because command line would try to access 
property 'name' ... then execute that property as a function. However, as in 
XML, property 'name' would return an XMLList of node called 'name', 
commandline will fail when treating it as a function.

Another problem is that you can't access children of array or XMLList in 
commandline (used to be able to but regressed in 2.0).

Graph is suppsed to remove it self when the object it is listening to is no 
longer found (garbage collected) but it seems ATM it just stop graphing but 
not automatically removed from display.

currently graphing is redrawing all lines per frame.
A faster way would be to have 2 Shape clips that get scrolled and swapped in 
turns as it get filled with lines.

Support Java debugging like logging method. like making channel instances 
with package path, and turning on/off per package.

Can be problems for reading the property where not necessary.

For example: $C.remotingPassword = "AA"
Throws error:
ReferenceError: Error #1077: Illegal read of write-only property 
remotingPassword on com.luaye.console.Console.

Because it is trying to call $C.remotingPassword first before assigning the 
value "AA".

Display roller interface should also display 'capture key:'
Where if its not set it will be a button to set. and set it will show which 
key it is set to.

capture key: c
capture key: [set]

That would be cool, specially at least the saved variable and / commands.

...

currently it filters the lines but does not highlight the matched keyword, so 
it is not as helpful.

Currently it always show RemoteAIR / Remote

What steps will reproduce the problem?
C.add(" << hello! ");

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
expected to print:
" << hello! "
but it prints nothing!


Probably because its treating < as html tag.

To do once its really out in the wild...
http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2009/10/global_error_handling_in_air
_20.html

If a line is very long, text field takes time to render the update.
Best solution might be to auto break into lines if it gets too big.

Console client should have ability to set up a password for remote to 
connect.
- When remote first connect to client, it may be asked to type the password 
in command line. 
- If remote is already running when client started, client should broadcast 
that login is required and then remote prompt for password to user.

- Either way, console client will need to keep the logs since start of 
remoting in queue (which it already does) and send them all once remote is 
logged in. - the question is how many max lines should the queue be.

- Password can probably be the same as the password required to display in 
flash interface. e.g. C.start(this,<password>)

Something like:

C.autoStackPriority = 8;
C.defaultStackDepth = 3;

This will mean console will use stack trace any log that is error or fatal.

Default should be on fatal maybe.

such as:

new Sprite();

new Event('changed');

addChild(new Sprite());

Can't access array indexes since command line changes

Should have a commandLine security level setting...

level 0: disable command line
level 1: read/write properties and methods only. No exe/write access to 
flash.system.Security, No new instances
level 2: full access.

default should be level 1.

Remote can not receive too many/long lines at a time.
Need to split log lines when too big.

In many cases you just want to trace the property names and values of an 
object.

Finish up Console Remote in AIR

Basically if the swf you've loaded is from another domain or if it havn't 
sent security.allowdomain , etc... display roller will not pick up that 
display when rolled over.
Not too sure how this can be fixed tho.

so get plain text with channel prefixes, in a file.

Currently the graph panels get overlapped if no rect is assigned.
Also same for object monitor.

Thank you very much for this amazaing tool!

One uncomfortable moment, I'm recompiling project very often, and it's hard
to write the same commands again and again, it would be great if those
commands will store in SharedObject, it's would similiar to PuTTY console
which very comfortable. :)

Console doesn't detect when other display get bumped to the top via 
setChildIndex or addChild to its own parent.
This will only happen if user deliberately try to move stuff on top of 
console.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. [C] > $a.func($b.member)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It is expected that the function is called as written.  Instead the 
expression inside the parentheses is misparsed and a variable error message 
is given.


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v1, FP10


Please provide any additional information below.
Every symbol is being improperly parsed as the comma.  Slightly smarter 
function parsing algorithm attached.

Currently custom graphs doesn't get displayed in remote (because data is not 
passed)
In the mean time we can make FPS monitor monitor and MemoryMonitor to be more 
on demand rather than getting passed every sync.

such as + - += 
bitwise | &
and even && ||
etc...

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Work extensively with complex objects, saving the return values of 
functions.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Occasionally, one gets something like this:
[C] > $saved.member
[C] + Returned mynamespace::MyClass: [object MyClass]
[C] > /save $mymember
[C] Nothing to save
[C] > /inspect
[C] Empty

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Version 1.0, Flash Player 10

Please provide any additional information below.
I believe this problem is caused, on CommandLine.as:149, by 'returned 
'being declared local.  Once scope is left, there is no longer a reference 
to the returned value, and it can be freely garbage collected because saved 
objects are weak-referenced.  I believe 'returned' should be moved to be a 
member of the class, or the _saved object should not be Weak.

Patch for former solution is attached.

This way one who use ILogger as their logging method can simply do something 
like:

var target:ConsoleTarget = new ConsoleTarget();
Log.addTarget(target);

from then on, 
var log = Log.getLogger("test");
log.info(" HELLO WORLD ");

should show up in both console (and flex debugger trace), etc.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
$me.func($you.func2())

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Call $you.func2() then call $me.func(*)

Currently unsupported operators:

-- decrement
++ increment
@ XML attribute identifier 
.. descendant accessor
( ) parentheses (XML)
[] array access 
delete
:: name qualifier ?
as
instanceof

when accessing function (property) the scope change to the function it 
self... which is useless.

Hi
Actually3
-non antialiased font
- ability to change opacity of background
- when toggling visibility ON, using password, reset position so console is 
ALWAYS on stage...easy 
to lose off the stage.

Should be able to use E4X syntax such as .@ and .(<search>)

maybe a small square to aid in scrolling logs faster.

Currently logs TextField is fully refreshed onEnterFrame when there is a 
change...
Instead it should use appendText() to add new lines to increase performance.
Only on channel change and removing old lines (on maxLines), textField should 
fully refresh.

Might be worth having a 'copy all logs to clipboard' button at the top menu.
This way you might be able to ask a client who is away from you to open the 
console and click that button then have him/her send the logs to you via 
email or so.

This way you can press the password to hide the command line (after unfocus)
Currently typing password while on focus at command line only types into 
command line.

Need to add features such as:

Priority base logging:
C.message("a message with priority 3", "and some more extra stuff", "and 
more...");
C.debug("a debug message with priority 5");
C.warning("a message with priority 7");
C.error("a message with priority 10");

Priority base logging with channel:
C.chmessage("myChannel", "a message with priority 3 in myChannel", "and 
some more extra stuff", "and more...");
C.chdebug("myChannel", "a debug message with priority 5 in myChannel");
C.chwarning("myChannel", "a message with priority 7 in myChannel");
C.cherror("myChannel", "a message with priority 10 in myChannel");

Command line:

Automatic resolving of package-class paths.
Instead of having to write *com.atticmedia.console.C* for class definition, 
it should automatically resolve by writing com.atticmedia.console.C

So could specify special interests for channels.
Should not do if searching for channel is slower...

Currently if you press it in AIR or stand alone swf or html, there is no 
effect.

If LogLineVO is a linked list, it may be faster when deleting entries at 
various points, (e.g first entry and clearing specific channels).

need to set selectable = true