Re: New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes)

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: acorallo@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:52:22 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> I'm afraid that "Emacs as word processor" is a bit too much for
> >> _students_ within 3 months timeline.
> >
> > That paragraph includes 20 separate tasks.  They could be performed
> > one by one, not necessarily all of them together.  At least some of
> > them are definitely suitable for GSoC type jobs.  For example, "import
> > / export RTF files".
> 
> Doesn't it require completing a couple of display-engine related
> features like flowing text around images? Or does import/export imply
> something else, not _displaying_ and editing RTF document?

Determining what it means and where it ends is IMO part of the job.
The ability to import RTF files will be a very useful feature even if
it doesn't support images at first.  (And what exactly is a problem
with supporting images, given that Emacs is already capable of
displaying them?)