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* Support for LTR scripts (Arabic, Hebrew; requires ***very*** close collaboration with Scribus developer Andreas Vox who's in charge of the text layout system)
* Support for LTR scripts (Arabic, Hebrew; requires ***very*** close collaboration with Scribus developer Andreas Vox who's in charge of the text layout system)
* Rewrite the Text Filter (add character styles, fix the dialog etc.)
* Rewrite the Text Filter (add character styles, fix the dialog etc.)
==General==
* Rewrite the template system
* Rewrite the template system
* Speed optimisation (requires experience with code optimisation in general, as well as advanced C++ and Qt knowledge)

Revision as of 05:46, 2 February 2010


Possible GSoC 2010 projects

Import/Export Filters

  • XPS export
  • XPS import
  • Rewrite the ODG/SXD importer
  • PageStream import filter (file format spec is available here)
  • Serif PagePlus PPP import filter (the new XML-based version). No spec available; requires analysis of existing PPP files.
  • Quark QXML import filter. No spec available; requires analysis of existing QXML files.

Text

  • CJK support (requires ***very*** close collaboration with Scribus developer Andreas Vox who's in charge of the text layout system)
  • Support for LTR scripts (Arabic, Hebrew; requires ***very*** close collaboration with Scribus developer Andreas Vox who's in charge of the text layout system)
  • Rewrite the Text Filter (add character styles, fix the dialog etc.)

General

  • Rewrite the template system
  • Speed optimisation (requires experience with code optimisation in general, as well as advanced C++ and Qt knowledge)