Re: GSoC 2014 Fresh Ideas

Hello,

Great to see you interested in hacking with us this summer!

On Thu, 2014-02-27 at 03:22 +0530, Ashutosh Agarwal wrote:
> I wish to contribute to LibreOffice and work through GSoC 2014. I have
> read through the Ideas page of LibreOffice. I have a few project ideas
> other than those listed there.

You mostly need to find hackers wanting to mentor on these topics.

> 1) Writer - Bullets and Numbering button
> I wish to implement a bullets and numbering button in the toolbar, since
> it is a frequently used command. The toolbar button could be a
> button-cum-dropdown populated with frequently used bullet and numbering
> styles and an advanced button as a shortcut to the complete dialog box.

This one task looks too simple for the whole summer. You may even try to
work on it as an easy hack, with some help from people knowing the
toolbars code.

> 2) Writer - Advanced Text Shadows
> I wish to implement advanced text shadows as a part of formatting
> characters. The new text shadow would be more customizable. The user will
> be able to control relative x, y positioning, blur radius, colour of the
> shadow. We could render a toolbar button for the same if possible.

Looks interesting, but not that easy. It may also require you to work on
an ODF change proposition.

> Please review the ideas and make suggestions as necessary.

I hope you are aware of the fact that all application submissions need
to come with a solved easy hack or fixed bug in order to be complete.
That means you need to build and hack LibreOffice before submitting the
application.

Kind regards,
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Cedric