Hi Torsten, Torsten> Hi, Torsten> first of all thanks to all the anwers. I am really happy to see so Torsten> much activity around xournal. Torsten> Well, it might be worse to notice that from an outsider perspective Torsten> the project development seems pretty much stalled. Torsten> As it was said there is a difference between power-user who read Torsten> through git-branches and normal users. From a normal users perspective Torsten> xournals dev activity seems very low. Reading now all your answers, I Torsten> think this is an rather unfair treatment and maybe an small update on Torsten> sourceforge explaining the current situation will make many people Torsten> happy.
Torsten> Please give me some time to read through all the post in details. Here Torsten> are just some first remarks Torsten> So what could be done? Torsten> 1. Creating an extra window for xournal for the video projector. Torsten> Controlled by and from xournal it would always depict the correct Torsten> frame independent of any GUI changes in the meantime (zoom, moving, Torsten> fullscreen, etc.). I guess that is the reason many of those programs Torsten> go for a own second screen. We have too many things that we need to complete, and this is really putting xournal outside of what was intended. The best solution would be to be able to have two windows display the same document (and then an option to synchronize scrolling). But this is going to take a big re-engineering effort, and we are short handed. Do you volunteer? Torsten> 2. Create someting more smart based on xournal, which takes care of Torsten> the right values. I could think of a little program which allows you Torsten> to draw a rectangle (similar like a screenshot program) and the Torsten> content of the rectangle would be mirrored by the video projector. Torsten> That little program could sit in the taskbar or be called by a hotkey Torsten> to allow changes anytime during the presentation. That would even Torsten> allow to zoom-in to parts of a frame (albeit since it is entirely Torsten> pixel-based it would get ugly for large zooms). :) this is not a note taking program or PDF annotation software :) Torsten> During the practical test today I noticed I really miss the following features. Torsten> 1. Preview of the next slide ( I accidenetly showed the result to the Torsten> students seconds after I asked them to figure it out by themself ;) , Torsten> because I thought it is still a few clicks away). Torsten> 2. Bookmarks or freeze. I had to go to frame X several times again and Torsten> it is rather confusing for the students to see all this crazy fast Torsten> steps going backwards or fowards until I manage to reach the right Torsten> slide. Torsten> As I understood both was done by andrey/xournal (the students project Torsten> from DMG) . However, I could not find anything like that on github. Torsten> Really would love to see a link for that https://github.com/andpol/xournal -- Daniel M. German "I am like any other artist. It just so happens that what fills my mind Donald Coxeter -> is shapes and numbers" (the supervisor of my supervisor) http://turingmachine.org/ http://silvernegative.com/ dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Xournal-devel mailing list Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel
