On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 8:27 PM Ayush Singh <ayushdevel1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am a University student and the author of the rust crate ki18n. This crate > allows using the KI18n Framework from Rust and can be used in conjunction > with the qmetaobject crate to allow writing QML applications for KDE using > Rust. > > The Proposal for my project is to create a rust wrapper for the KConfig KDE > Framework. With this crate present, it will be possible to create a > QML/Kirigami + Rust application without C++. I already have some other Rust > crates ready to help make the wrapper. > > Currently, the primary GUI solution for creating Rust applications is GTK-rs. > If Rust wrappers of at least the essential parts of KDE are present, it can > become a viable toolkit for GUI development in Rust. If this project is done > as part of the Season of KDE, it might also help to inform people about > crates like qmetaobject, which works almost flawlessly to create QML + Rust > applications. > > I am looking for someone to mentor my project. The mentor does not need to > have Rust skills but should be familiar with KConfig. I haven't used KConfig > much and might miss important parts of the Framework. I would also like to > make the Bindings ergonomic and would need someone who has a better > understanding of the Framework. > > My goal with this project is to increase the use of Rust in KDE as a whole. > But for that to happen, we first need a base to allow people to start seeing > KDE Frameworks as viable for Rust-based GUI. > > Here is my alternate email to contact me directly: ayushsingh1...@gmail.com > > Thank You
Rust sure looks interesting but I wonder whether having bindings for a framework will make applications suddenly pop. Is there any KDE project that would be furthered by having (and maintaining) these bindings? Aleix
