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LAMMPS-GUI TODO list:
# Short term goals (v1.x)
- implement a timed "Auto-Save" feature that saves after some idle time. set timeout in Editor preferences.
- add a "Filter data" checkbox to the "Charts" window to select whether data should be dropped.
- add a "Charts tab" to the preferences with the following (default) settings:
- default filter data yes/no
- default smooth parameters
- default plot colors
- enable "raw" or "smooth" or "both"
- add QLineEdit field to enter plot title
- add a "Colors" menu to the image viewer to adjust color settings for the
current image (unlike the defaults in the perferences) including assigning
colors to individual atom types.
- Support color by property (e.g. scan computes or fixes with per-atom data), define colormaps etc.
- Add a "Diameters" dialog where diamaters can by specified by atom type
- 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
- implement indenting regions for (nested) loops?
- implement data file manager GUI with the following features:
- import coordinates and topology via VMD molfile plugins
- import coordinates and topology from intermol
- import coordinates and topology from OpenBabel
- store data internally in a generalized YAML format
- add/remove columns to per-atom data
- change atom style for export to data file
- merge one system to another
- edit mapping between numeric and symbolic types. create labelmaps.
- import/export LAMMPS data and molecule files
- store coordinates internally as unwrapped coordinates
- recenter coordinates
- edit box boundaries
- readjust box to extent of atoms (with or without estimated radius)
- call to LAMMPS to create geometries from lattices (with/without molecule files) and STL files
- call to LAMMPS to generate visualizations of geometries
- edit force field parameters, e.g. apply charmm
- edit / manage labelmap
# Long term ideas (v2.x)
- rewrite entire application to build the App and its layout manually
- also a rewrite should establish consistent naming conventions. now we have a mix of LAMMPS style, Qt style, and others.
- add option to attach a debugger to the running program (highly non-portable, need customization support in preferences)
- write a "wizard" dialog that can be used for beginners to create an input file template for a few typical use scenarios
(could perhaps use some LLM based KI to look up suggestions for answers?).