Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-25 Thread Ashley Shan
Hi Cyrille, Thank you for your reply. I calculated my work time, and if I'm to work full time for 12 weeks, then I will devote a total of 480 hours on the project; according to my calculation, if I work full time for 9 weeks (40 hours a week) or more than 40 hours a week (50 hours a week, say),

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-25 Thread Ashley Shan
Hi Cyrille, Thank you for your reply. I calculated my work time, and if I'm to work full time for 12 weeks, then I will devote a total of 480 hours on the project; according to my calculation, if I work full time for 9 weeks (40 hours a week) or more than 40 hours a week (50 hours a week, say),

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-24 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, Again, this is a brief reply. I've got a massive deadline looming on Monday and I will not have much time to respond until after then. Hopefully the notes below will be enough to get you started. If not, let me know and we can set up a time to visit via Skype/Google Chat. A lot of

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-24 Thread Ashley Shan
Hi Rob, Thank you for replying in such a busy schedule. Your emails are always helpful in clarification. I am working on my proposal and hopefully I can have a pretty much complete draft by the end of this week. I plan to submit and make further changes based on feedback I got if any. *Regarding

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-24 Thread Cyrille Artho
Hi Xueqing Shan, If it is possible for you to start coding a bit earlier than the official start, that would be very helpful. I appreciate your commitment of working almost 60 hours a week, but this may cause you to burn out in the middle of the project, so an alternative schedule would be

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-24 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, Again, this is a brief reply. I've got a massive deadline looming on Monday and I will not have much time to respond until after then. Hopefully the notes below will be enough to get you started. If not, let me know and we can set up a time to visit via Skype/Google Chat. A lot of

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-24 Thread Ashley Shan
Hi Rob, Thank you for replying in such a busy schedule. Your emails are always helpful in clarification. I am working on my proposal and hopefully I can have a pretty much complete draft by the end of this week. I plan to submit and make further changes based on feedback I got if any. *Regarding

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-24 Thread Cyrille Artho
Hi Xueqing Shan, If it is possible for you to start coding a bit earlier than the official start, that would be very helpful. I appreciate your commitment of working almost 60 hours a week, but this may cause you to "burn out" in the middle of the project, so an alternative schedule would be

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-22 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, If I haven't been clear before this, thank you for your interest in this project. The non-linear writing enhancements have been a passion project of mine for quite some time. I am excited that there is another person interested in them and look forward to working with you toward their

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements

2013-04-22 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, For a more thorough technical overview, please see my earlier response. On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 00:45 -0500, Ashley Shan wrote: Thank you so much for replying and encouragement. I was a little bit discouraged because everyone else in the mailing list trying to apply to GSoC seems

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements (Technical)

2013-04-22 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, If I haven't been clear before this, thank you for your interest in this project. The non-linear writing enhancements have been a passion project of mine for quite some time. I am excited that there is another person interested in them and look forward to working with you toward their

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements

2013-04-22 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, For a more thorough technical overview, please see my earlier response. On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 00:45 -0500, Ashley Shan wrote: > Thank you so much for replying and encouragement. I was a little bit > discouraged because everyone else in the mailing list trying to apply > to GSoC

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements

2013-04-21 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, On Thu, 2013-04-18 at 00:30 -0500, Ashley Shan wrote: Thank you for replying. Before you have time to more fully respond, I want to briefly explain my concerns and ideas. I appreciate your forthrightness. I will respond with a technical outline in a separate email sent to the

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements

2013-04-21 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, On Thu, 2013-04-18 at 00:30 -0500, Ashley Shan wrote: > Thank you for replying. Before you have time to more fully respond, I > want to briefly explain my concerns and ideas. I appreciate your forthrightness. I will respond with a technical outline in a separate email sent to the

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements

2013-04-17 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 21:42 -0500, Ashley Shan wrote My name is Xueqing Shan, and I am a freshman in Vanderbilt University in Tennessee planning to participate in Google Summer of Code. I am particularly interested in this project of LyX: UI improvements and non-linear writing

Re: GSoC idea: UI improvements and non-linear writing enhancements

2013-04-17 Thread Rob Oakes
Hi Xueqing, On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 21:42 -0500, Ashley Shan wrote > My name is Xueqing Shan, and I am a freshman in Vanderbilt University > in Tennessee planning to participate in Google Summer of Code. I am > particularly interested in this project of LyX: "UI improvements and > non-linear