Hello scribusites, i think, at many times in the past, there has been loose talk of a clipart browser being integrated into Scribus, and perhaps at one time or another, something may have actually come of it. Well, I had a crazy idea that just might work. I was interested in doing something to make Creative Commons more popular, and then I thought, wouldn't it be great to have a CC browser-type thing that integrated directly with stuff that people might want to use CC stuff in, i.e. Scribus, Inkscape, Krita, Gimp etc.
My plan: * create a core application, for the searching and the browsing via a light GUI * create backends for various CC repositories (openclipart.org, Flickr, local filespace, etc) * create frontends for desktop apps (Scribus, Inkscape etc). these are merely interfaces to the core (which will incorporate the GUI) , and facilitate the passing of data back to the host application in a form it can use. For example, for Scribus I imagine it would download an image to a preset location, import the image direct to current open document if any, and apply licensing information in some meaningful way... I think that having a modular framework will make it easier to maintain (e.g. if Flickr changes the way searching works or openclipart.org gets a better search engine) and extend - once the core works, it should be simple to add new front or backends. Initially I was thinking to use Python - it's cross-platform and works with Scribus/ Inkscape etc. I'm not entirely sure on what to use for the GUI - PyQT seems to be problematic at best in Scribus terms. Any suggestions? Anyhow, please comment here to tell me: a) i'm crazy, b) a list of reasons why it will never work, c) any helpful advice. I intend to do this anyway, and have a working system by the Libregraphics meeting. Yeah, so really i am just posting here to shame myself into doing it. it doesn't actually seem that hard, though I know I will live to regret saying that. Regards, Nick Veitch Senior Editor Future Publishing --- www.futurenet.co.uk -- Future Publishing Limited (registered company number 2008885) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Future plc (registered company number 3757874), both of which are incorporated in England and Wales and share the same registered address at Beauford Court, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please reply to this email and then delete it. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Future. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Future accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Future may regularly and randomly monitor outgoing and incoming emails and other telecommunications on its email and telecommunications systems. By replying to this email you give your consent to such monitoring. ***** Save resources: think before you print. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20080205/2d105082/attachment.htm
