It was outvoted by other stuff, as the rest on your list.
This software started as a direct port from the DBPro code from Classic.
Then it was change to C++ code and was rewritten from scratch to leave out the stuff from Classic that was not working well.
Hence a lot of missing core stuff as users wanted a more different result and the voting board controls that.
Yes these are core features that are missing, but were missing from many of the original engines when they first came out.
We all want these things, but it will come when it comes. As there is only one programmer and being pulled in the direction of the voting board, Makes his task a living nightmare I am sure.
There are numerous where is this feature threads on all the boards here, so this is nothing new.
For now we wait.
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