GSOC 2014 Ideas

This is the place for ideas regarding GSOC 2014. They have been sorted by difficulty:

• Simple means that choosing one idea won't be enough, and an applicant needs to tackle at least three of those to be considered.
• In the category Medium at least two ideas must become part of a potential GSOC project.
• Picking up an idea from the High category could be enough to qualify, although it may be necessary to add an idea from Simple.
• Demanding will be definitively enough for a single project, but applicants need to prove their skills before they can be considered.
• Unknown is a category which will take some investigation to decide its difficulty, and also means that it can be reassigned once this is determined.

Simple

• Fix bugs in existing import filters.
• CVS importer for Scribus tables.

Medium

• Rewrite/update the SXD and ODG importers.
• Rewrite/update the SXW and ODT importers.
• Update the Text Filter code to reflect the new features of Scribus.
• Create ODT export filter for formatted text.
• Clean up the UI of the Picture Browser and add tooltips.
• Improve the Table functionalities.

High

• Create RTF import and export filters (formatted Text only).
• Update/improve the existing export filters for SVG and EPS and integrate them with PDF into a single export dialog.
• Debug style management during page import and copy and paste from one doc to another

Demanding

• XPS/OXPS exporters.
• PDF/A and PDF/X-5 exporter.
• Create import filters for SXC and ODS spreadsheet files.
• Create import filter for XLS and XLSX spreadsheet files.
• Add support for advanced typographic functions for European languages (e.g. user-defined kerning tables), including automatic OTF features.
• Add support for Arabic and Hebrew typesetting, including bidrectional text.
• Add support for CJK typesetting.
• Rewrite the Story Editor.
• Colour-managed bitmap export (including spot colours).
• Rewrite the styles structures and the styles management.

Unknown

• Finally finish the IDXML importer. With many people looking for alternatives to InDesign, we miss an opportunity to catch them with this.