Before-floats are similar to footnotes, so yes, that part will be (a lot) simpler. I didn't do much thinking about side-float so it's difficicult for me to do an estimate. Anyway, your proposal sounds good.
On 20.04.2006 00:30:52 Vincent Hennebert wrote: > 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 that. So floats > > would be the better option I guess. > > By re-reading the FAQ I noticed that the work we do for a project to > which we are already contributing must be new. So it's best that I apply > for floats. > > I can't really estimate the amount of work needed to implement floats, > besides the documentation phase. My feeling is that it shouldn't be too > difficult to implement before-floats, as there already is a number of > papers dealing with this quite well-known issue. Side-floats should be > much trickier, as they would interfere with line-breaking, and the CSS > model for them looks rather complicated. > We could propose before-floats as a main goal, plus basic side-float > implementation and optional refinements. > > > > BTW, both of you should make sure you're eligible for participating in > > the SoC. See the Students FAQ on the Google SoC site. Someone who > > applied last year wasn't a student. > > As a PhD student I'm eligible, no problem. > > > Vincent Jeremias Maerki
