GSoC 2010 Ideas

Possible GSoC 2010 projects

Import/Export Filters

• XPS export
• XPS import
• Rewrite/update 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.
• Colour-managed bitmap export

Text

• CJK support (requires very close collaboration with Scribus developer Andreas Vox who's in charge of the text layout system)
• Support for RTL 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.)
• Rich Text export from the Story Editor (ODT, RTF, Xtags, ICML, IDML, INX).
• Enable import of all text formats available for text frames, including styles, into the Story Editor.

General

• Rewrite the template system
• Speed optimisation (requires experience with code optimisation in general, as well as advanced C++ and Qt knowledge)
• Prepare Scribus for real resource management with Viaduct.
  • Objectives: a) Prepare the Scribus internals for Viaduct, b) add DTP requirements to Viaduct, c) prepare a pure C++ library of Viaduct.
  • Requirements: Close cooperation with the main author of Viaduct, Inkscape's Jon Cruz.
  • Advantages: A lot of freedom when it comes to implementation, because Viaduct is still in its infancy.
• Create a "Document Wizard" plugin for standardised business cards, labels etc., like Avery or Pelikan by using OpenOffice.org's template "database" (actually an XML file)
• Rewrite the table code and create a table editor (see: RFE 2564)