Revision as of 06:23, 2 February 2010

Possible GSoC 2010 projects

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.

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.)

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: 1) 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.

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 * 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 [http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Viaduct Viaduct].
+** Objectives: 1) 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.