[scribus-dev] How to start?

[JLuc]

Le 28/09/2013 13:15, Hans Schmidt a écrit :
> Hello Cedric and Jluc,
>
> thanks for your answer!
>
> I am running Windows and Linux (in a VM), but compiling Scribus on
> Windows is so difficult so that I will use Linux first. I have some
> basic knowledge in C++ (rather more in Python), but I mainly want to use
> Scribus to learn.
> Also I have never participated in such a large project
> and the file structur is a little bit overwhelming for me.
>
> Ok, I will participate in IRC and follow the other advice :)

This list is probably supposed to be a nice place too for questions
and answers and any sharings related to scirbus code dans dev.
It enables more people to take part so it might be a good think
to share more on this list so as to develop the scribus contributors
community.
>
> As my ultimate goal I want to help develop CJK (Chinese, Japanese,
> Korean) support for Scribus.
Great.
Some research has been done on indic writing that you will find in the
mail archives but afaik its not finished.

 > But I guess this is really hard, so first
> I'll try to do some easy stuff.

The bug tracker is full of bugs, some of them being easyer
for your first steps.

Then, since you are a python programmer, there is a nice
but unfinished new python scripter extension
that might land in scribus 1.5 but that needs debuging first,
and expanding too,
and it might be a particularly suitable part for your second steps...

Thanks too !
JL


> Am 28.09.2013 19:49, schrieb JLuc:
>> Hello Hans,
>>
>> I'm not developping scribus but i sometime compile it
>> and take part to debuging.
>>
>> Cedrics answer is very valuable.
>>
>> First thing would be to study the wiki
>> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus
>>
>> install IRC tool and join on irc.freenode.net server to #scribus channel
>> so as to share whatever concern you have
>> and sometime get usefull answer (depending on who is connected)
>>
>> install appropriate svn tool to recover uptodate developpement versions.
>> which OS are you working on ?
>>
>> install all necessary libs and tools to compile the source and run the
>> dev versions.
>>
>> Then you could subscribe to the various rss feeds that will
>> keep you informed of the commits
>> and study each commit, try to understand each.
>> Study the code source itself aswell.
>> What is your experience with C++ and QT dev ?
>>
>> Then you can study bugs on the bug tracker
>> http://bugs.scribus.net and try to solve some
>> You will learn a lot.
>>
>> Then you can choose what is your priority in debuging or coding scribus
>> and go go go!
>>
>> JLuc
>>
>>   to compile Le 27/09/2013 21:34, cedric.gemy at gmail.com a écrit :
>>> Hello Hans
>>>
>>> i'm not a developer and just did actually 2 or 3 patch. I would say we
>>> mainly use Qtcreator.
>>>
>>> I don't know if debugging or small functionnalities interest you, but i
>>> guess having a look at the bug tracker might be a good place to begin
>>> with.
>>>
>>> I think the text engine is may be not the easiest, but there are so much
>>> thing to do on text that, like you i'd like to know how to work on some
>>> part of it, particularly styles/properties as well as export.
>>>
>>> May be cezaryece who has done so much last month on this could give some
>>> clues or you could have a look at his scribus-ece repository and do some
>>> diffs to understand how it is done.
>>>
>>> Are you on IRC sometimes ?
>>>
>>> Hope it helps
>>> pygmee
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 27/09/2013 13:04, Hans Schmidt a écrit :
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I’d like to start with the Scribus source code (mainly for learning,
>>>> but
>>>> - if possible - also for contributing something small). But to be
>>>> honest, I am completely lost how to do this.
>>>>
>>>> Getting the source code with subversion is no problem (and compiling is
>>>> also still relatively straightforward), but how do I actually develop
>>>> something? Which IDE should I use? Where is everything in the source
>>>> code (I am especially interested in the text engine).
>>>>
>>>> Would be nice if someone could get me some small hints how to start :)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
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