1. [align:center][ff:{Adobe Garamond Pro}][fsize:16pt][+b][+u]Platypus Implementation Plan[-u][-b][paraskip:1][]
  2. [fsize:11][+i]v. 2.0[-i]

  4. [align:left][fsize:14][ff:Arial][+u]Milestone 1[-u][ff:Gentium][fsize:11] [+i](Released as v. 0.1.6.x)[-i][]
  5. Sufficient for many letters and short documents:[]
  6. - Text using basic Type 1 fonts[]
  7. - Bold, italics, underline[]
  8. - Strikethrough text[]
  9. - Foreign characters: enough to do French, Spanish, and German completely, plus a few symbols[]
  10. - Justification: full, center, and right[]
  11. - Page size, including 50 pre-defined page sizes and custom sizes[]
  12. - Margins, including separate margins for left/right pages[]
  13. - Paragraphs with/without indents[]
  14. - Page-number footer[]
  15. - Debugging features (dump of variables w/ line numbers where they were set)

  17. [fsize:14][ff:Arial][+u]Milestone 1.5[-u][ff:Gentium][fsize:11] [+i](Released as v. 0.2.0, December 2009)[-i][]
  18. [fsize:11]New Architecture And New Key Features[]
  19. - Plug-in architecture[]
  20. - Plug-in for colorized Platypus listings in HTML[]
  21. - Use of OpenType and TrueType fonts and TrueType collections[]
  22. - Multiple columns[]
  23. - Paragraph indentation from either or both sides[]
  24. - Enhanced debug capabilities

  26. [fsize:14][ff:Arial][+u]Milestone 2[-u] [ff:Gentium][fsize:11][+i](end of 1Q 2010)[-i][]
  27. [fsize:11]All features of Wiki mark up, markdown, etc. []
  28. - Colored text and background[]
  29. - Formatted code listings[]
  30. - Part, chapter, and sections: heading and applicable styles[]
  31. - Embedded URLs and links that can be followed[]
  32. - HTML output[]
  33. - Bulleted items and lists[]
  34. - More symbols and foreign characters

  36. [fsize:14][ff:Arial][+u]Milestone 3[-u][ff:Gentium][]
  37. [fsize:11]Features sufficient for most documents without tables or images:[]
  38. - Hyphenation in multiple languages[]
  39. - Ability to specify hyphenation character[]
  40. - Full headers and footers[]
  41. - Footnotes[]
  42. - Superscripts, subscripts[]
  43. - Tabs/Tabbed columns[]
  44. - Graphics and images

  46. [fsize:14][ff:Arial][+u]Milestone 4[-u][ff:Gentium][]
  47. [fsize:11](At this point, begin initial promotional efforts, presentations, etc.)[]
  48. Features sufficient for most documents without equations:[]
  49. - Anchored references automatically updated[]
  50. - Tables[]
  51. - Marginal text[]
  52. - Language-specific support for listings:[paraskip:0]

  54. [paraindent:24pt]- Line numbers (starting from 1, other #, or built-in variable)[]
  55. - Knowledge of where to break line and indent subsequent text[]
  56. - Knowledge of what constitutes a comment, add formatting to it[noindent]

  58. [paraindent:0pt]- Position text; move up/down, right/left at will[]
  59. - Barcodes[paraskip:1]

  61. [fsize:14][ff:Arial][+u]Milestone 5[-u][]
  62. [font|face:Gentium|size:11](Release 1.0! Greater promotion, including possible articles, etc.)[]
  63. Features should be sufficient for all documents:[]
  64. - Combine/include Platypus files[]
  65. - Equations[]
  66. - Index generation[]
  67. - Full scripting[]
  68. - Templates[]
  69. - Macros (partially implemented now)[]
  70. - Colored background[]
  71. - Watermarks[]
  72. - eText support

  74. [fsize:10pt]Note: Priorities can change based on user needs and requests. Feedback is welcome and should be sent to [+i]platypus@pz.org[-i]
  75. []
  76. [fsize:10][+i] (This document was created using Platypus; and revised in December 2009. To see the original Platypus input, go to:[]
    77. [url:http://platypus.pz.org/examples/milestones.txt])[-i]