SoC2007 ideas

Google Summer of Code 2007 projects ideas

Here is a list of projects that could be done during Google Summer of Code 2007.

Scribus Team Ideas

Imposition

Write an imposition (booklet printing) plugin for Scribus.

Background Information

• About.com

Text merge

Write a text merge plugin for Scribus. This would allow to read data records from a table and use it for text content or filenames for image frames. It could also provide a mode to print labels etc.

There is a mail merge RFE. One of Czech student is working on it. It looks like it will turn into common usable text merge from various data sources (CSV, XML, db...) --Subik 13:05, 7 March 2007 (CET)

End-to-end publishing solution

End-to-end publishing solution

LiveCD

Live DTP CD or DVD – this draft/project is 2 years old and should be reviewed first, but there is definitely a need for such a solution.

Blue Sky Ideas

Present the title of your idea here and link to the wiki page where you elaborate on it.

twexter

twext texts provide comprehensible input for language learners, and can integrate will many softwares (including MediaWiki and/or the wiki for the $100 laptop ).. why not a twexter plugin for Scribus?

Tales from the Crypt, a.k.a. Ideas from the BTS

XML Editor

• XML Editor

Unclassified

• Text export feature: ODT or other
• Search and Replace for the whole document
• Snap items to baseline grid
• Snap guides to items
• TeX rendering engine
• Auto-change quotes to typographical quotes depending on language settings
• Add Spellcheck functionality to Story Editor
• Widow/orphan control
• Implement a 'clone' tool a la Inkscape
• Enhance PDF exporter to enabled embedding PDF within PDF for PDF 1.4+
• Implement JDF (Job Definition Format)
• Formatting Lens

• RTF importer
• WordPerfect importer