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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I think this initiative could be very interesting for both us and the students: </span><a href="http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2011/10/17/i-need-your-ideas-for-google-code-in/"><span lang=EN-US>http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2011/10/17/i-need-your-ideas-for-google-code-in/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We have a lot of things which we could propose, “junior jobs” which can be done without too much effort or prior knowledge. Here is a first list sorted according to the categories in the blog post, feel free to complete:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Code:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Support for Matlab .mat files<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Generic support for XML data sources<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Generic support for SQL data sources<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>d.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Support for binary formats with a format description (like okteta’s structures tool)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>e.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>ASCII data source: support for date/time (config UI + code)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>f.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Infrastructure for data sinks (modeled after the netCDF API?)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>g.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Scripting also under Windows (?)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Documentation: that one is obvious, kst documentation needs to be refreshed. It would also be an opportunity to test all features and see what people understand and what not<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Outreach: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Establish and structure a dedicated kst area on forum.kde.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Try to contact high schools/universities where students have to work on IT projects, and see if they would contribute to kst to implement some of the ideas above (and more), as they’ve been doing in Toulouse for a few years now. Could be a real win-win situation: students can work on a real project and learn a lot of things in a gratifying environment, and kst gets more features and developers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Quality assurance:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Provide more tests (either unit-tests or high-level tests)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Various checks (from labels and tooltips to proper behavior of all tools/options or tab order)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Research: how to reintegrate KDE features when KDE is available. See recent post on the list and how marble is doing it – certainly something of general interest for KDE. See also <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248184">http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248184</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Training: could be combined with the documentation item. For instance, provide sample files and tutorials (including the video ones I want to do and don’t come to doing?). Though I’m not sure this is what code-in is about…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Translation: there were several requests around that recently, including a very constructive mail with recommendations on how to do it. So, do it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>User Interface:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Definition of what the new “table-like” vector view/edit dialog should be, so that we can offer a workflow a la labplot/Origin. Based on a comparison with qtiplot/scidavis, labplot, Origin, etc…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>The salve vector discussion / alias topic which we can’t seem to finally solve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>It definitely sounds like an opportunity to me! I’d be ready to support with ideas and links to existing code we can reuse, and possibly even some code (or better code review), though for that others are probably better qualified.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Nicolas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>