GSoC 2016 proposal for KDE

[Arnav Dhamija]

Hello everyone, I am a first year undergraduate computer science student 
interested in the Google Summer of Code.

*Name:* Arnav Dhamija

*College:* BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

*Country:* India

*Project title:* Extension for KDE Dolphin to make it easier to select 
files which are in a non-continuous order

*Project Description:* Selecting multiple files in any file manager for 
copying and pasting has never been a pleasant experience, especially if 
the files are in a non-continuous order. Often, when copying files 
between devices we might find that we need to select only a subset of 
the required files we have selected and this leads to the unwieldy 
operation of removing files from our selection.

My solution to this problem is to introduce the concept of a "pane" or a 
"tray" within the Dolphin file manager as an extension.

This tray is a completely temporary location where the file pointers to 
the required files are stored (much like how files are stored on the 
computer clipboard) and items on the tray are only saved for that session.

Files can be added to this tray by using a right-click context menu 
option or by using the mouse scroll click or drag and drop.

Actions can then be collectively performed on all the items on the tray 
- such as directory operations such as copy, paste, cut, upload images 
in selection to Facebook, upload files to Dropbox, etc. This will highly 
enhance Dolphin's productivity tools.

*Technical requirements:* QWidgets, C++

*Timeline and availability:* I have already developed a basic standalone 
QWidgets application which demonstrates what this project is trying to 
achieve. The next step would be to improve the stability and usability 
of said application and then to port it over as a Dolphin File Manager 
extension. I will be available for further discussion and development 
after 11th December 2015.

*Why me:* I am enthusiastic about open source software and have been 
using a Linux distro since early high school. I have past experience 
with using open source libraries such as SFML to develop applications. I 
also have a decent grasp of algorithms and enjoy competitive 
programming. Finally, I am willing to learn as much as possible to 
improve my technical skills.

I would need a mentor for integrating this application with KDE Dolphin. 
I would be very grateful for further discussion and guidance on the same
-- 
arnav dhamija
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