RE: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-10 Thread Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR)
> = J.Pietschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [ ... ]For working on HEAD, pick an area: > - layout core > - a renderer > - the font subsystem > - API and configuration > - parsing and property resolution > - FO extensions [ ... ] Thanks for the great suggestions. This one message taught me more about

RE: Where to start for an RTF renderer (was: New Developer Suggestion)

2002-10-10 Thread Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR)
> Yes, we've been talking about structure-based renderers (like RTF and MIF) > vs. layout-based ones (PDF being the focal point) for some time. [ ... ] > 4) My suggestion is to first use the RTF library from jfor in binary form, by > including jfor's jar in the FOP distribution, to create the R

RTF or not RTF? (was: New Developer Suggestion)

2002-10-10 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Marcelo, On Thursday 10 October 2002 14:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > RTF is not intended to provide full rendering capabilities, it is > in scope somewhere between docbook and FO. It mixes style and content, > the illness for which stylesheets where designed. >. . . Sure, I don't kn

Re: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-10 Thread jaccoud
Although I'd appreciate the capability to produce RTF files from DocBook documents, I really don't think FOP would be the right tool to do it. RTF is not intended to provide full rendering capabilities, it is in scope somewhere between docbook and FO. It mixes style and content, the illness for w

Re: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-09 Thread Peter B. West
J.Pietschmann wrote: ... > > For working on HEAD, pick an area: > - layout core > - a renderer > - the font subsystem > - API and configuration > - parsing and property resolution Don't pick this one. There is definitely a lot of work going on in this area, which will at least be relevant to

Re: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-09 Thread J.Pietschmann
Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR) wrote: >>So what I was hoping for is a suggestion for something that I can work >>on that might be useful, but not critical to any immediate plans, >>ideally something that overlaps little with currently active portions of >>the project. > > > There were no replies yes

Where to start for an RTF renderer (was: New Developer Suggestion)

2002-10-09 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Scott, On Wednesday 09 October 2002 17:15, Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR) wrote: >. . . > So is integrating other renderers something that the group > would eventually like to do? >. . . Yes, we've been talking about structure-based renderers (like RTF and MIF) vs. layout-based ones (PDF being the

RE: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-09 Thread Victor Mote
Sauyet, Scott wrote: > Does anyone have a suggestion about something I could look at fixing / > enhancing which is not mission-critical, but which might give me a chance > to look at a fair bit of the code? There are some documents in the trunk docs/design directory that have a list of things th

Off-Topic Gripe (WAS:RE: New Developer Suggestion)

2002-10-09 Thread Rhett Aultman
2:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Developer Suggestion Hi Scott Your offer is highly appreciated even if the feedback to your initial mail was a bit sparse. :-) We're all struggling for time to work on FOP and gladly take any helping hand. On 09.10.2002 17:15:21 Sauyet, Scott

Re: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-09 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Hi Scott Your offer is highly appreciated even if the feedback to your initial mail was a bit sparse. :-) We're all struggling for time to work on FOP and gladly take any helping hand. On 09.10.2002 17:15:21 Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR) wrote: > > = Bertrand Delacretaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> = Scot

RE: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-09 Thread Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR)
> = Bertrand Delacretaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> = Scott Sauyet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Does anyone have a suggestion about something I could look at fixing / >> enhancing which is not mission-critical, but which might give me a chance >> to look at a fair bit of the code? > The integration of jfor

Re: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-09 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Scott, On Wednesday 09 October 2002 16:20, Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR) wrote: > Does anyone have a suggestion about something I could look at fixing / > enhancing which is not mission-critical, but which might give me a chance > to look at a fair bit of the code? The integration of jfor (www.jfor

RE: New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-09 Thread Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR)
Me: > So what I was hoping for is a suggestion for something that I can work > on that might be useful, but not critical to any immediate plans, > ideally something that overlaps little with currently active portions of > the project. There were no replies yesterday. Does anyone have a sugge

New Developer Suggestion

2002-10-08 Thread Sauyet, Scott (OTS-HAR)
Hi, my name is Scott Sauyet, a Java developer in Connecticut, USA. I'm new to this group. I've been reading for about a month, but have made no contributions yet. I would like to contribute. Eventually, I hope to understand the system well enough to produce a spin-off which could render out