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Re: GSOC: desktop integration
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Hubert Chathi |
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Re: GSOC: desktop integration |
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Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:30:05 -0400 |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:57:32 -0800, "Matt Rice" <address@hidden> said:
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Hubert Chathi <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking at applying for Google's SOC this year. I'm interested
>> in looking at GNU/Linux desktop integration issues. So I'd like to
>> look at: - the window focusing issues, and making GNUstep work well
>> in all window managers
> I think this is a good idea, though I am wondering the scope of your
> intent, e.g. to make gnustep usable with sloppy focus, or to fix
> issues with click-to-focus, or both
> i think these are separate issues so maybe you could elaborate a bit.
I'm not sure exactly what the issues are, or how much work is involved
in solving them. I just saw the issue listed on the wiki, and I
remember reading some discussion about it on the bugs mailing list.
>> - looking at which freedesktop.org standards it would make sense for
>> GNUstep to implement
>> - looking at providing bindings/interfaces for some freedesktop.org
>> software (e.g. dbus is mentioned on the wiki)
>> - although not exactly desktop-integration work, I could also look at
>> bitmap image reading/writing support
>>
>> Does this sound like a worthwhile project? What scope would be
>> reasonable for GSOC? Are there other things I should be looking at?
>>
> as far as other things
> one more idea is finishing up the update to the latest xdnd
> specification, and filling in the missing conversions so we can drag
> and drop between gnustep and X apps
Right, xdnd. I knew there was a big thing that I was forgetting
something when I wrote the email. Yes, that's another thing that I
would be interested in working on.
> http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/XDND
> Fred can probably elaborate more on what is done and needs to be done
> with this though.
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Re: GSOC: desktop integration, Fred Kiefer, 2008/03/29