Re: Google Summer of Code

2006-04-19 Thread Patrick Paul
Hi Jeremias, I am happy to know you have a good impression of me. I do have good Java skills, from personal experience as well as from 4 university courses that involved Java. Implementing the auto table layout sounds like the kind of contribution I would really enjoy bringing to the FOP

Re: Google Summer of Code

2006-04-19 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: Hi Jeremias, Hi Patrick, yes, I've seen that something's going on in that corner. After my experience last year, I was a bit hesitant to take another stab, but since we've already worked together, I'd be fine mentoring a little project. There are a lot of things that

Re: Google Summer of Code

2006-04-19 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Patrick, I have the suspicion that the auto table layout won't fill you up. With the new design, basic support for auto table layout shouldn't be a very big deal. There are some details, however, that could make this a much bigger fish: Determining ideal column widths based on the inline elment

Re: Google Summer of Code

2006-04-19 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 19.04.2006 10:02:19 Chris Bowditch wrote: Jeremias Maerki wrote: Hi Jeremias, Hi Patrick, yes, I've seen that something's going on in that corner. After my experience last year, I was a bit hesitant to take another stab, but since we've already worked together, I'd be fine

Re: Google Summer of Code

2006-04-19 Thread Jess Holle
Jeremias Maerki wrote: Patrick, I have the suspicion that the auto table layout won't fill you up. With the new design, basic support for auto table layout shouldn't be a very big deal. That's good news, but I'd *really* like to have it :-) Unfortunately, I have no time to implement it

Re: Google Summer of Code

2006-04-19 Thread Patrick Paul
I did make sure I am eligible for the Google SoC, and I will gladly give you all the details you want or need if you request them. As far as I know there are no restrictions to the number of slots a project can get, although this year it seams much more people are interested in the Google

Re: Google Summer of Code

2006-04-19 Thread Patrick Paul
Jeremias, I think this is most reasonable. In any case I whish to contribute as mush as possible. I'm thinking about setting up a page on the FOP-wiki where I would put up the goals for my proposal. That way I could give the link when submitting my application. Also, I will be in Europe

Re: Google Summer of Code

2006-04-19 Thread Vincent Hennebert
Jeremias Maerki a écrit : I don't see why you couldn't also apply for a slot. Having floats would be cool (but not simple). I'm not sure about your work on FOrayFont. I think the projects have to be tied to one of the organizations listed by Google. Only the client part in FOP would be part of