Fwd: gsoc project

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From: Martin Sevior <msevior@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: gsoc project
To: Fabian Sturm <f@rtfs.org>

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Fabian Sturm <f@rtfs.org> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> In my opinion something like this would be quite some duplication of
> functionality with the existing abicollab plugin and abicollab.net.
>
> So if you proposed this project because of it's functionality then I
> would concentrate more on improving the abicollab integration.
>
> I unfortunately have not yet tested abicollab so I can't tell if there
> is any work left. But I just think that features like this only work if
> they can be used completely out of the box. Last time I tried a feature
> like this, it was the collaboration feature of scribus, and it totally
> failed on me. Even for me the gui was completely unintuitive, let alone
> for my gf. And even after figuring that out it did not work :-(
>
> So you might want to check the existing abicollab feature and come up
> with suggestions to improve that. E.g. the direct connection could be
> made gf proof :-) and the jabber method could take the account
> information from the "personal info" or e.g. gaim etc...
> But you will need more tasks than these to have a gsoc project.
>
> just my thoughts, Fabian
>
>

Hi Fabian,
             And everyone else! We have endeavoured to make abicollab
gf proof with a web-service based on http:://abicollab.net

Unfortunately because of some bugs we have not yet enabled this
backend to be built by default not is it available in our binary
distribution. Nevertheless it actually works very well.  You need to
pass the option:

--enable-service-backend

To the configure line as well as building the abicollab plugin.

Give it a try if you're interested! In my opinion it beats the pants
off Google Docs as a collaborative Word Processor.

Cheers!

Martin

>
> Am Montag, den 23.03.2009, 20:39 +0530 schrieb Ajay:
>> Hi Dom,
>> Thank you very much for the suggestion.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Dominic Lachowicz
>> <domlachowicz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Ajay,
>> >
>> > Your idea sounds worthwhile, but I'm afraid that it won't take you
>> > more than a week or two to implement it. As far as I can tell, the
>> > Google Data API looks like a combination of simple XML documents and
>> > HTTP requests.
>> >
>> > We would certainly consider this proposal for GSoC, but it would be a
>> > stronger proposal if you attempted to do more during the summer.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Dom
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Ajay <ajay.kr.gtm@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Rob,
>> >> Sorry for little description and now a late reply due to my mid semester exams.
>> >>
>> >> well i was thinking of performing following steps.
>> >>
>> >>    * I can use Google Documents List Data API to list upload
>> >> documents to Google Docs user account as well as to list the documents
>> >> in Google Data API(GData) feeds.
>> >>
>> >>    * Using the same API, the application (Abiword here) can list
>> >> user's document and query the contents in user document.
>> >>
>> >>    * A different API gdatacopier also provides Bi-directional copy so
>> >> i can either use it or can work on a new API for downloading Google
>> >> docs to local system.
>> >>
>> >>    * As native format is concern, i can download/upload in the ODT or
>> >> DOC format and it will not create any issues.
>> >>
>> >> awating suggestions/responce
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Robert Staudinger
>> >> <robert.staudinger@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Ajay <ajay.kr.gtm@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Hello,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I am a  postgraduate student of Computer Science & Engg.
>> >>> > I am planning to develop a plugin to import, export and edit Google
>> >>> > Docs in Abiword as Google Summer of Code project.
>> >>> > I would like to know the relevance of the project idea and any further
>> >>> > suggestions.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hello,
>> >>>
>> >>> not sure what this project would really about. Does Google Docs even
>> >>> expose a native file format? Since it already imports and exports
>> >>> Microsort Word and RTF formats as well as ODT interoperability should
>> >>> already be given.
>> >>>
>> >>> - Rob
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Ajay Kr. Gautam
>> >> Senior Postgraduate Student,
>> >> Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
>> >> Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University
>> >> Varanasi-221005, UP
>> >> INDIA
>> >> Contact No: +91-9721272721
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly
>> > recognizes genius.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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Received on Tue Mar 24 03:10:06 2009