[Okular-devel] [GSoC 2015] : Implement PDF Poppler features in Okular

[Sahil Sehgal]

On 15-Mar-2015 6:45 pm, "Albert Astals Cid" <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
>
> El Diumenge, 15 de març de 2015, a les 10:33:58, Sahil Sehgal va escriure:
> > Hello,
>
> Hi
>
> > I would like to take *"Implement PDF Poppler features in Okular"* as my
> > GSoC 2015 project. As mentioned on the ideas page, Poppler Qt-4 library
has
> > some features like layer view, tagged pdf support which are still to be
> > included in Okular. I would like to add them in Okular.
> >
> > Some of the PDF readers like Evince are using Poppler libraries for
> > implementing
> > the layer view features. I have following plans for this project.
> >
> > I am going through the code of Evince and figuring out the way they have
> > implemented Optional Content Grouping feature. They have basically used
> > "PopplerLayer" class and its subclasses. The detailed implementation
can be
> > found from
> > https://github.com/GNOME/evince/blob/master/backend/pdf/ev-poppler.cc
> > I am trying to make a clear architecture of the other classes and
functions
> > which are shown at this page.
> > <
http://www.sourcecodebrowser.com/evince/2.29.3/ev-document-layers_8h.html>
> >
> > I have cloned the *git://anongit.kde.org/okular
> > <http://anongit.kde.org/okular> *and have successfully built it with all
> > the dependencies. I am trying to solve some of its bugs and hack its
code
> > base.
> >
> > I have worked on QT and its libraries for few months. I have a very good
> > command over C++ and use KDevelop and QT as IDE.
> >
> > I would be extremely helpful if someone could review this and
> > guide be in some direction. Please tell me the things where i need to do
> > some more research which could help me in completing this project.
>
> It seems you have a clear understanding of the layers support, which
guiding
> do you need?
>
> Albert

Thankyou for reviewing this, actually I am looking for a mentor who could
back me up and guide me if in case I need some help during my GSoC project.
It would be a great help if you can tell something regarding this.

Regards,
Sahil Shgal
Second year IT UG Student,
University institute of Engineering Technology,
Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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