[Okular-devel] Txt backend for okular, for plain text files.

[Azat Khuzhin]

Hi all,

I found Okular::TextDocumentGenerator, so I fully rewrite current txt
backend using Okular::TextDocumentGenerator
And code become pretty clear now.

Patch available here
https://github.com/azat/okular/compare/master...add-txt-support.patch

Human view here
https://github.com/azat/okular/compare/master...add-txt-support

New screenshot available here:
http://i.imgur.com/YZEmlg0.png

Any wishes?

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Azat Khuzhin <dohardgopro at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
>> El Dilluns, 11 de febrer de 2013, a les 11:14:33, Azat Khuzhin va escriure:
>>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
>>> > El Diumenge, 10 de febrer de 2013, a les 21:34:35, Azat Khuzhin va
>> escriure:
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > Hi
>>> >
>>> >> I write simple plain text backend for okular.
>>> >> https://github.com/azat/okular/tree/add-txt-support
>>> >
>>> > To be honest i don't see what benefit a plain text backend for okular has,
>>> > but I'm not going to try to stop you :-)
>>>
>>> I use okular to read books, and I have one book in plaintext format,
>>> but kate doesn't the best choice to read books, so I start
>>> implementing this backend.
>>
>> Makes sense, do you have a screenshot we can see how it is looking like?
>
> http://i.imgur.com/gX0DEJJ.png
> Is this enough?
>
>>
>> One of the things i think you'll need to implement is a font selector, no? So
>> you can change font size, etc. That's one of the things we've been needing for
>> lots of other "text based" formats, so it'd be cool to get globally :-)
>
> Good idea.
> I will do this in the next week. More likely after some
> refactoring/improvements of new plain text backend.
>
>>
>>>
>>> >> I will support this backend until bringing it to a normal state.
>>> >> It means I will resolv many TODO's in this code, that I left, and do
>>> >> some refactoring.
>>> >>
>>> >> And after some fixes, from time to time, to this backed will write
>>> >> email to this mail list that new version is available.
>>> >>
>>> >> It will be great if this backend can be merged to upstream, for
>>> >> everybody.
>>> >> So if anybody can tell what must be fixed before merging to upstream,
>>> >> I will do it as soon as I can.
>>> >>
>>> >> Patch available here
>>> >> https://github.com/azat/okular/compare/master...add-txt-support.patch
>>> >>
>>> >> Graphic view available here
>>> >> https://github.com/azat/okular/compare/master...add-txt-support
>>> >
>>> > Any reason this is happening in github instead of in git.kde.org? You'll
>>> > probably get more help/visibility if in git.kde.org than in github
>>>
>>> I use github for open source development.
>>> It doesn't take much to push to git.kde.org too.
>>>ceil
>>> I'v registered at identity.kde.org and now I have git.kde.org account.
>>> But I don't know how can I create repository there.
>>> Could you help me with this?
>>
>> Sadly you can't, you need a "contributor account" and for that there is a
>> requirement you have contributed some patches before getting the account, so i
>> guess for now you'll still need to be in github, sorry for the incorrect
>> information :-/
>
> Don't worry, I will use github.
> I will push to new repository when I will get "contributor account".
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Albert
>>
>>>
>>> > Cheers,
>>> >
>>> >   Albert
>>> >>
>>> >> P.S. I will gladly except you help with development.
>>> >>
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