Scott, This looks like a very cool initiative. I'm an Ubuntu / Eclipse user so let me know if you require some testing or QA. I agree, it is more closely aligned with the Eclipse or MediaWiki teams. And yes WE community could end up as benefactors of this project.
Cheers, Peter On Mar 8, 11:06 am, Scott Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > Having started discussion with potential mentors in the Eclipse project and > over in MediaWiki, it seems to me that it would be more appropriate to apply > to GSoC through one of those projects than through WikiEducator. They are > more on the coding side of things, which is what the GSoC is focused on. The > WikiEducator community is still a very good target audience though, so > you'll still be involved, but WE doesn't have to submit an application. (The > old application is here <http://wikieducator.org/Summer_of_Code_Google_2009>, > I've made a similar comment there.) > > My application will be written up in WE though, and as you are very much who > I hope would be the end users I'd very much appreciate any comments or > feedback. Application <http://wikieducator.org/User:ScottGeoffrey/GSoC_2009> > . > > I'll definitely make the effort to get the help and suggestions I need once > I know if the application has been accepted. > @Jim: I'll probably be asking lots of questions about mwlib and looking for > example scripts that are already in use. > > Thanks, > ScottGeoffrey > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Scott Newson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The existing extension (created by > > pediapress<http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/wiki>) > > will create a PDF from a collection of wiki pages in a format appropriate to > > being printed as a book. I'm guessing the settings could be tweaked to > > provide for different output formats, landscape images with backgrounds and > > bullet points for example, but not by default or that I've been able to find > > easily. This would be one area I'd be interested in improving. > > The plugin to the Eclipse IDE <http://www.eclipse.org/> is something > > different that is not yet integrated with MediaWiki in any way. It does have > > some things that I am fairly sure wouldn't be easy to impliment in the > > existing structure such a the realtime preview of what your presentation > > will look like. video demo <http://blip.tv/file/1684174/> > > Pulling the plugin out of Eclipse and into something more accessible to > > educators is my a second area of exploration. > > > Hope that helps clarify things, > > ScottGeoffrey > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:26 AM, john stampe <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I am confused somewhat here whether we are talking about a presentation > >> PDF (which supports some slideshow options) or standard PDF. > > >> John > > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* Jim Tittsler <[email protected]> > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 5, 2009 2:57:34 AM > >> *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Slideshow built from MediaWiki syntax > > >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 05:41, Scott Newson <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Second, there seems to be some similarity in roles/functionality of this > >> > tool and the Download-to-PDF function. As such, I'd really like to gain > >> a > >> > better understanding of how the to-PDF extention on WE works. I've > >> google a > >> > couple terms, but have only come up with instructions for installing the > >> > extention into wikis, and nothing on how it's built. Who would I talk to > >> to > >> > find out more about the to-PDF extention? > > >> The Collection extension (now renamed to Book extension) and the > >> associated mwlib tools are being developed by PediaPress. > >> http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/wiki --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
