Am Samstag, 30. März 2013 um 01:05 schrieb Alexandro Colorado: > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Ishan Thilina <is...@ishans.info> wrote: > > > Hi Juergen, > > > > Thank you very much for the promptly reply. Please find my comments inline. > > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Juergen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Ishan, > > > > > > first of all welcome at Apache and thank you for interest in this > > proposed > > > GSoC project. > > > > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2013 um 18:02 schrieb Ishan Thilina: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am a student from the Faculty of Engineering, Universtiy of Moratuwa, > > > Sri > > > > Lanka who is currently in my 4th year (final year) majoring in Computer > > > > Science and Engineering. I was a GSoC participant in 2012 for Creative > > > > Commons and was able to successfully complete the assigned project[1]. > > > > > > > > The projects aim was to port an existing Java LibreOffice extension to > > > > Python. So I have an understanding about the OpenOffice API and I've > > > > > > > > > > > > > > been > > > > exposed to extensions development using both Java and Python for > > > > LibreOffice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > sounds good so far > > > > > > > > I saw the idea of creating an OpenOffice Extension Plugin for Eclipse > > > from > > > > [2]. Although I don't have prior experience on writing plugins for > > > > > > Eclipse, > > > > I think with proper guidance I achieve the goals of this project. > > > > > > > > > The Eclipse community is very big and there is a lot documentation > > > available. I am also no Eclipse expert but I will do my best to give you > > > the necessary guidance and advice. > > > > > > > > > Yes, I too agree to the fact that learning how to write eclipse plugins > > should be done my my self. What I meant by "proper guidance" is mostly the > > design decisions that will be involved in the plugin development process. > > > > I will start learning about eclipse plugins development as soon as possible > > so that I can get a clear understanding about the difficulty of the project > > it self and submit a strong proposal. > > > > > > > I mentored a similar project years ago but it is not directly comparable > > > with what we have for NetBeans already and license is not compatible with > > > the Apache license. > > > Anyway what I have it mind goes in the direction of the NetBeans plugin. > > > > > > > I > > > recommend that you take a look on it and try it out. > > > > > > Yes, I have already used the NetBeans plugin. I used for my work in GSoC > > 2012, So I'm familiar with its functionality. > > > > > > > The idea is to provide some further tooling for developers who prefer > > > Eclipse over NetBeans and potentially bring in more ideas ;-) > > > Or support the same kind of wizard for different languages, eg. Java, > > > Python and maybe c++. > > > But the initial project should focus on the first basic steps of course. > > > > > > For example setting up working extension projects in Eclipse and think in > > > a second step how it can convert in a plugin with wizards..., > > > > > > > > What will be your selection criteria for a GSoC student? Are there any > > > > other things that I need to be aware of this project? > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wrote it the description already and it depends how many students are > > > interested in this project. I am open to work with interested people and > > > > > > > in > > > the end it is up to them to move the project forward and to a success. > > > > > > > > So I guess the way to start working on the project is to first take a look > > at on how to write Eclipse plugins. But this could take some time. Also I > > think by looking at the NetBeans plugin, we'd be able to get a proper idea > > on how to *package an extension package (oxt), deploy it from Eclipse > > into the office and how to remote debug the extension in the office* (one > > of your ideas in the jira issue). > > > > > Cedric Bosonat wrote an Eclipse Extension for AOO, this could be the best > testcase to develop a new one. > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice_Eclipse_Integration > code is here: > http://www.openoffice.org/api/Projects/EclipseIntegration/dev-update/plugins/ > > Pending the changes on extensions newer versions of Eclipse demand and > other additional configurations. > >
we should not look to deep in things where the license doesn't fit. I would like to avoid confusion. The orientation should be the feature set of the NetBeans plugin. Juergen > > > > > > Any other particular guidelines on what I should be focusing with in this > > period? > > > > > > > > > > > > You can access my LinkedIn profile from [3]. It'll list many of my > > > project > > > > work and achievements. > > > > > > > > > I will take a closer look on it later... > > > > > > Kind regards > > > Juergen > > > > > > > > > > > > [1]. http://code.creativecommons.org/viewgit/cc.libreoffice.git/ > > > > [2]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-77 > > > > [3]. www.linkedin.com/pub/ishan-somasiri/25/bab/951 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thank you..! > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 071-6372089 > > > > > > > > Ishan's info: www.ishans.info > > > > මගේ සටහන්: www.siblog.ishans.info > > > > Ishan's way: www.blog.ishans.info > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > http://es.openoffice.org > >
