Version: 4.1.2.3

Severity: wishlist

Tag: patch

There are a number of minor issues, oddities and limitations with the current x2goclient gui which would be good to fix, resolve and improve on. Like all projects however the core team have more important issues to resolve. The code in its current state is difficult to understand and amend and as it has no tests it is risky for developers to make functional changes unless they spend a lot of time getting to know the code and doing extensive manual testing.

Attached are 10 small refactorings which start extracting out some of the code into smaller functions. As the code is separated out it becomes easier to understand and change.

There are no functional changes in these patches, nor do they attempt or claim to fix any known issues. On their own the benefit of these patches is limited however the hope is that over time I will be able to submit more refactorings as I learn more and then start fixing issues and improving the UI. Extracting out functions is just one of many techniques that can be used to make code cleaner but in my experience it's a good one to start with. It should also be noted that sometimes code is extracted "as is" even when it is clear further refactoring can be done to improve things, this is by design in order to keep risk and size of patches to a minimum. 

Cheers

Dave