From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 14 2002 - 10:31:09 EDT
--- Roshan Mathews <roshan@gamebox.net> wrote: > :
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:38:44 +0100 (BST)
> : From: F J Franklin <F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk
> : Subject: Re: Newbie volunteer -- need some
> directions and help
>
> : 1. Although I was very experienced in C, I knew
> : next to nothing about C++ so AbiWord has been a
> : huge education for me.
>
> I know very rudimentary C++ ... so will to crash
> through that too ...
>
> : 2. GTK+ - talk about jumping in at the deep end.
> : Why do you want to learn GTK+? Just for AbiWord?
> : or for some other project?
>
> I read that GNOME used GTK+ so I thought that I'd
> learn
> it before joining any project, now that I have
> started
> it I wouldn't be to happy to let it go half way
> through. :-|
>
> : 3. You seem to have done documentation stuff in
> : the past. Would you be interested in working on
> : AbiWord's documentation? What languages do you
> : speak?
>
> Actually I haven't done _any_ stuff before, what
> made
> you think that I had? Anyway, I really won't be able
> to
> do documentation ... isn't as interesting to _me_ as
> writing code. I speak English, Hindi and Tamil but
> can
> write only English.
We *really* need people working on Indian language
support since it's very tricky and you really need
some people that actually know the languages. But
I'm guessing that you can't read these languages
either? ):
Pango/FreeType which we're about to use after 1.0
makes Indian languages possible in AbiWord on all
platforms.
Andrew Dunbar.
> : I don't think it's possible, really. You are the
> : only good judge of your abilities. One thought,
> : however: since you do documentation work, would
> : you be interested in working on DocBook
> : import/export? There seems to be a lot of demand
> : for DocBook support but none of the developers
> has
> : had time to do it properly...
>
> Sure, I'll look at it. I'll the source by tomorrow,
> and Alan promised to
> help me wade through it, so I'll work on this. I
> have to learn DocBook
> though.
>
> : If you are up for this, I suggest doing it as a
> : plugin for the 1.0 release - after AbiWord 1.0
> is
> : released the CVS sources will be changing
> rapidly
> : and this will be very confusing for everyone.
> If,
> : however, you develop plugins for AbiWord 1.0 you
> : don't need to use CVS at all, just get the
> source
> : tar ball for 1.0 and work from there :-) and all
> : those people who use AbiWord 1.0 will be able to
> : use the plugin.
>
> I'm pulling the 0.99.5 source from sourceforge ...
> is
> the 1.0 source totally different or is it built on
> this?? (ie can I get the 1.0 source but applying a
> bunch of patches to 0.99.5 or do I have to download
> another jumbo tarball??)
>
> : It's not really a question of "joining" the
> : project. Just get to know AbiWord, bit by bit,
> : submit the occasional patch, and once it becomes
> : clear that you know what you're doing then
> someone
> : will give you CVS access etc.
>
> Yes. OK.
>
> : Regards, Frank
>
> Thank you.
>
> : ps. If you feel like some topical insanity, hang
> : out on IRC :-)
>
> I don't stay online for very long. Maybe after June
> when I go back to college. :)
>
> : Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 11:21:29 +0200
> : From: Andrzej Pruszynski <abi@rth.coi.waw.pl
> : Subject: Re: Newbie volunteer -- need some
> directions and help
>
> : A developer have to be smart enough. There is no
> way for jump into core
> : developer group. You have to work step by step.
> : 1. At first TEST software and register bugs.
> : 2. READ comments of your bugs.
> : 3. LEARN how developers solve problems - read
> code of their patches
> : 4. if you have your ideas TRY write your
> patches.
> : 5. be HAPPY when devolopes DO NOT commit your
> patches
> : 6. be PATIENT - some day you won't ask how to
> help. This will mean that
> you
> : are more or less ready to do it.
>
> : "To follow the path:
> : look to the master,
> : follow the master,
> : walk with the master,
> : see through the master,
> : become the master."
>
> : Read also:
> :
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
>
> Read, noted, and now totally chastised. :) Anyway,
> sorry about airing the stupid doubts.
>
> : Andrzej Pruszynski
>
> Thank you, too.
>
> Regards,
> Roshan
> --
> Roshan Mathews
> <roshan gamebox net <roshmathews yahoo co uk
> ** http://symonds.net/~roshan **
>
>
>
>
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