[Kde-pim] Project: Active Mail

[Abhijeet Nikam]

Hi Mike,

The email composer API's are presently written in QT/C++. So do we
need to re-write the API's in QML or QT/C++ keeping the present one as
reference? What I have understood is we have to write the API's in
Qt-quick (QML) to enhance the functionality and include new features
so that it is suitable for the touch interface.

I searched a lot, I found some QML related mail clients too. I am also
presently going through the way an email works and its functionality,
protocols to get a better understanding.

But I really need some help regarding the composer API. I am not
really clear about it. Could you please answer some of my questions or
give me a references or sources to go through to start with?

1. What is expected in the API? Where should I give a basic start for it?
2. For the composer : Do we need to completely write the source code
for sending the mail, support for the MIME standard and other
protocols in mails, HTML and plain mail support, converting HTML to
plain text, including the emoticons support plus other things with the
 basic features as attachments, cc, bcc etc?

3. Will we be using the existing libraries and features in kdepim
present like the message composer, message viewer etc for the composer
API or creating our own ones?

4. The existing composer looks filled with lots functionalities,will
it involve recreating them in the new composer which we aim to create?
And could you give me a rough basic idea or blueprint how you aim or
expect the modules for the API to be develpoed?

5. How about also creating a basic small chat box for faster text exchanges?

This is the first time I am writing a proposal, so I don't have a
clear cut idea of the things to include. I would be really grateful to
you if you answer them.

And could you please elaborate more on the error in the tool bar
layout? I am also waiting for the junior job :)

Thanks and Regards,
Abhijeet


On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Abhijeet Nikam
<connect08nikam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Thanks for the appreciation :) But real thanks to Kevin for his
> patience in the reviewing process.
> I have done a school project in Qt using QWidget and other things for
> layout including the signal slot and dialog box concepts for the GUI
> part. I know the basics of Qt to apply it.
>
> Yes, I would love to start with a junior job in Qt to get more used to it!
>
> I don't have a touch laptop or an tablet but I can try my best to
> arrange one during the summer for the project.
>
> Regards,
> Abhijeet
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Michael Bohlender
> <michael.bohlender at kdemail.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for your suggestions and the links you had sent me. I
>>> went through the ideas page for Active Mail and I'll try to include
>>> some of them in my rough proposal, which I'll try sending it within
>>> next 3-4 days.I think I would really need your help in fixing the
>>> time-line for the events.
>>>
>>
>> We can talk about the timeline, once we have a rough draft of the things
>> you want  to achive.
>>
>>
>>> I'll go through the anchors in Toolbar layout and do my best in trying
>>> to find out error and fix them.
>>>
>>
>> I think you did enough qml style fixes to get used to our workflow. good
>> job!
>> Any progress so far in the toolbar warnings?
>>
>>
>>> I am still going through the QML tutorials and trying to learn as much
>>> as possible. I'll soon be confident enough to make some good changes.
>>> From your suggestions, I believe a major part of this project will be
>>> coded in QML, right?
>>
>>
>> The composer API is the main part in my eyes. That is pure C++/Qt. I only
>> suggested qml related tasks, because you said you did not have much
>> experience with it. I would also like to know about your C++/Qt skills. Is
>> there any code you have written that you would like to show off? Or do you
>> want to do some C++/Qt related junior jobs?
>>
>> Also, do you have any means for testing the touch based UI you want to
>> write (e.g. have a laptop with a touch screen or own a tablet, that is
>> capable of running plasma active?
>> It is not a problem, if you don't. It just means that you will need to
>> focus even more on the API side.
>>
>> I am looking forward to read your first draft. Plesse send it to the
>> mailing list under a new subject.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mike
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