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On 1/12/12 11:24 PM, Patrick Noffke wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:27 PM, ale
rimoldi <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ale.comp_06@xox.ch">ale.comp_06@xox.ch</a>></span>
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hi peter<br>
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> My single experience in programming is "GW-Basic", so I'm
afraid,<br>
> this wouldn't be very helpful ;-)<br>
<br>
don't let you scare away! i've seen people having submitted<br>
patches, who didn't have *any* programming skills!<br>
so: you have already a big advantage!<br>
<br>
and they got accepted because they were correct!<br>
(an example are the improvements in the context menu you get
at the<br>
crossing of the rulers...)<br>
<br>
<br>
there are certainly tasks which are hard to program, but also
some which<br>
are doable by somebody who can read some code and do some copy
paste.<br>
(and maybe ask some questions in the irc channel or in this
mailing<br>
list!)<br>
<br>
<br>
btw, one of the more visible tasks i have ever submitted
consist in 1<br>
char difference: it reduces the thickness of the page border
from 2<br>
pixel to one single pixel...<br>
<br>
i'm sure you could have done it, too! :-)<br>
<br>
but you don't have to program for scribus, if you don't want
to!<br>
we are all volunteer!<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div>It seems that one of the design goals of QML is to allow
non-programmers to have significant input on the usability
(including visual appeal) of a product. Basically, someone
who understands how they want to use the tool can draw
something up on paper (and not that much harder to draw it in
QML), and developers can tie in all the code on the back-end
(or some in Javascript in QML if they want).</div>
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<div>I don't know where the UI development is at or where it is
going, but if there is a chance to get more people
contributing by using QML, I think that is worth considering.</div>
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<div>There is a desktop design guide on the Qt Learning page,
which I recommend Qt developers have a look at. I'm going
through the mobile device one myself, and it is a very different
way of developing, but well worth at least understanding the
possibilities.</div>
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I'd agree moving to QML would be nice.. I think its a big stretch to
get there. Maybe things like the palettes could move first...<br>
<br>
Craig<br>
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