diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/TODO.md b/tools/lammps-gui/TODO.md
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@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ LAMMPS-GUI TODO list:
 - figure out how widgets can be resized to fraction of available screen size.
 - figure out stacking order of frames and whether it can be more flexible
 - figure out how to avoid corrupted cached thermo data while reading it.
+- add an "Inspect restart file" feature that will execute "read_restart" do a "run 0"
+   and then launch the image viewer. also we can capture the output from the info command
+   and use "write_data" and view the data file as well.
+   ideally, this would be done without having to drop the existing buffer in the editor.
 - implement a timed "Auto-Save" feature that saves after some idle time.  set timeout in Editor preferences.
 - bundle or download? LAMMPS tutorial input files
 - add a "Colors" menu to the image viewer to adjust color settings for the