[kplato] Re: another project application

[Mikael Hallendal]

Thomas Zander <zander@planescape.com> writes:

Hi!

> Other data could be included pictures (of any kind naturally), and
> included KWord/KSPread docs etc.

Ok
 
> > > In KDE this is all as easy as speaking to the file via a kio-slave
> > >which does the (un)tarring un demand.
> >  I guess gnome-vfs will handle this transparently too, so this might
> >not be a problem. Especially if the rest of the information can be
> >used aswell.
> 
> Great ;) If you want to check, download a kword doc which has the same
> structure:
>  http://kdewebcvs.nebsllc.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/koffice/kword/demos/flatland.kwd?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain

I meant the possibility to transparently get files from a tar.gz. I
can look at that.

> > As I take it from reading your document based on discussions (nice
> >work) we have similar and the same goals (even if we haven't been as
> >good as you guys on getting them printed). I think we can both gain
> >much on cooperate on most levels (except from implementing since we
> >clearly have different goals there).
> > 
> > I hope this will lead to both projects getting better and
> >strengthens both KDE and GNOME with a great project management tool
> >each.
> 
> Same here ;)
> 
> Now for the stupid questions: (I don't know Gnome very well..)  Is
> your project OO? (what language) if so, do you have some documentation
> on your internal object structure?  I am thinking about
> relations/methods and project Hierarchy... (the stuff we are currently
> trying to figure out)

Yes, MrProject is object oriented and written in C using the Gtk
object model. As for now we haven't got the documentation but we are
about to draw UML diagrams of the project, showing relations between
objects and such.
 
> Is the target of the MrProject to interact with other components,
> like: - calendering app (planner) - mailing app (mailing appointments)
> - spreadsheet and other office apps.

Yes, we are doing this through bonobo which is written on top of
CORBA. We currently have the ability to mail a project (using
Evolution's composer) to a person. This feature will be further
developed. We are also planning integration with other parts of
Evolution, like address book (for importing resources and such). 

> Since DCOP is getting some extra functionality, an extra SOAP plugin,
> I expect to see interaction with .NET applications before the year
> ends, is that something MrProject is concerned with, or are you more
> about getting a good Linux project.

We haven't discussed these issues yet and I haven't got any experiance
with .NET or SOAP.

Regards,
Mikael Hallendal

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