GSoC 2010 Ideas

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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.
  • 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 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)
  • 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.