Hooray! An update!
Maybe it would be more convenient if you put your to-do list on the first post instead of reposting it. (it may prevent people from asking when doors will be released)

Kerm: will you add this or not?

This is is looking awesome! Wow, xLib for the CE will be terrific.
I have a question - how come dcs8 and 9 don't use a mouse like dcs7? It doesn't make a difference to me, but I'm just curious.

Although this was answered on SAX I'll just post this so others wont have to answer.

It was because some people (who shall remain unnamed) deemed it more efficient (although less aesthetically pleasing) to have the highlighting system reminiscent of some old terminal based GUI.

It's not a matter of opinion. It simply is more efficient. There's a reason computer mice aren't just four arrow keys.

So apparently I already fixed this, and didn't cross it off the list? I did some testing during HCWP tonight, and HomeRun seems to work fine.

This sounds great! Progress is very exciting!! I'd be happy to test!

On this topic, this could be something done over Calcnet! Sync with a server's time.

Doors CS 7 needed something different to stand out from the established shells at the time IMHO. A mouse, the all-in-one aspect and higher amount of features were a must. With Doors CSE 8 being the first ever CSE shell, that was no longer needed and even though the CE already got two shells by now, Doors CS/CSE/CE are now established shells/projects, so mouse controls are no longer necessary to sell it.

I personally did not mind the mouse in Doors CS 7, but being forced to close the intro text with it everytime we install the shell was kinda annoying.

It's 2017! What month is it coming out? I could really use it right about now. I could test if you want me to.

But for a serious answer. For Doors to work correctly, Kerm and Tr1p1ea need something called a signing key. I don't entirely understand how this works but the signing key needs to be released by TI. And (obviously) TI hasn't done that yet. I don't think anyone knows when the signing key will be released, but I think with an nspire calculator it took 7(?) years to release. So Doors may come out in a month, or it could come out several years from now. Only TI's stubbornness will tell.

(All my information was based of of posts I read a looong time ago, so I'm sorry if my information is incorrect.)

I think Kerm gave up on getting the key a long time ago. Doors CE 9 is now a 8xp program IIRC.

No, Kerm isn't waiting for the key. Also, TI never released any keys for the Nspire, it was hacked, and continues to be hacked with every OS update.

Yeah, he definitely gave up ages ago trying to get a key, it will be a .8xp file. I don't think TI ever released any keys, they were always factored by community members. And no, we can't factor the key on the CE cause IIRC, it is a 2048 bit key, while old keys were 512, the only reasonable/possible solution would be TI releasing it, which they clearly aren't interested in.

Here's a suggestion: Could you modify the BASIC editor to a smaller font size similar to the Mode screen?

TheLastMillenial, Ivoah, DJ_O, mr womp womp: You guys of course are correct; it's a .8xp now. That means things are a little more fragile and complicated, especially in the way that the shell hands off and regains control to and from the OS, but it works. It also means that we're back to prgmA / prgmDOORSCE, like the old days of ION's prgmA. On MateoC's recommendation and good example with Cesium, I'll also be making a change to automatically archive a backup copy of the shell when it installs itself, so you'll still get roughly the same guarantees that the shell will always be there that you would have had with an App.

CalcMeister: Unfortunately, that would require far too much coding, at least for the first version of Doors CE 9.

Sorry about my incorrect information. I probably should have double checked before posting. But at least TheFishyGamer11 has a correct answer now.

I'm assuming you'll be testing compatibility with things like PHASM and Cesium, but remember that ICE Compiler does some subtle things to the program editor that you might want to kept in mind.

Nope, they are compatible as far as I know

Doors CSE changed the program editor in a way that would add an extra codable line, and would place the program name in the OS status bar. Such a feature would smother your feature of seeing what det( command you are using.