2011/2/11 Peter Linnell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrdocs@scribus.info">mrdocs@scribus.info</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 02/11/2011 04:52 AM, Louis Desjardins wrote:<br>
> Any interest here ?<br>
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> Louis<br>
><br>
> 2011/2/9 Louis Desjardins <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>><br>
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>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> Google announced GSoC2011<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://code.google.com/intl/en/soc/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/intl/en/soc/</a><br>
>><br>
>> We also have OIF as a sponsor for 2011 and we must define the work we want<br>
>> and we can accomplish.<br>
>><br>
>> I think we have two great occasions of enlarging our code-power.<br>
>><br>
>> Next LGM will be a first real attempt to connect the Graphic Art Industry<br>
>> and F/LOSS.<br>
>><br>
>> Scribus is at the heart of that. Graphic design needs typography. So I<br>
>> guess we have plenty of work ahead! :)<br>
>><br>
>> I already take care of OIF but we need a dev for GSoC at least for the<br>
>> mentor part. Who wants to handle the task?<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers!<br>
>><br>
>> Louis<br>
>><br>
<br>
</div></div>We have been discussing this amongst ourselves and Alex is starting to<br>
outline the plan and wish list for projects. Stay tuned. :)<br></blockquote><div><br>A few ideas.<br><br>Concentrate on *text* handling (the weakest link in the chain and the most blocking issues).<br><ol><li>First line indent must be available in the PP (and everything that's available in the Styles must be in the PP too)</li>
<li>PP and Styles sorted out (see above)</li><li>Undo/Redo.</li><li>Filters to clean-up text at Get Text.</li><li>Style Manager (If it was me, I would start from scratch. Just a suggestion. The bugtracker is full of nice ideas about the SM)<br>
</li><li>Improve Hyphenation Settings (this could also be discussed with many of the apps using text, right?) — include a hyphenation exception list (from a text file, not like it is now — remember, too many clicks...)<br>
</li><li>Allow thin space in Short Words (or by any other automated way): a must in French typography and a blocking issue for pros.</li><li>Get the OTF capabilities on-board (I believe this is in the hands of Pierre at present time, right?)<br>
</li></ol>
Make the text runaround image easier than the actual way (text again)<br><br>Clean-up the UI so we have less clics and overall a much smoother workspace.<br><br>Add whatever we miss in the interactive PDF (this is a very powerful tool)<br>
<br>Make the Render Frame work on OS X (if it does, make it work for everyone, it never worked for me on any machine)<br><br>Add export to PDF/X-1a (de facto standard in Norh America)<br><br>I won't elaborate here but all in all if Text was given the finishing touch, we'd have a great application in my view. We're not far from getting in the area of the pros.<br>
<br>Cheers!<br><br>Louis<br><br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Cheers,<br>
Peter<br>
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