From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes) Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:39:47 +0300 Message-ID: <86frr2ymos.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87bk20yoya.fsf@dataswamp.org> <86zfpjirkg.fsf@gnu.org> <877ccnj9dp.fsf@localhost> <86bk1zhrf5.fsf@gnu.org> <874j7qkj97.fsf@localhost> <87y152x5v8.fsf@dataswamp.org> <87r0aui7ay.fsf@localhost> <8634nahu9u.fsf@gnu.org> <87bk1xima6.fsf@localhost> <87jzgeyrum.fsf@localhost> <86le0uypnp.fsf@gnu.org> <87ttfixabd.fsf@localhost> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40087"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: acorallo@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com To: Ihor Radchenko Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 18 15:40:30 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sfg90-000AE5-4z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:40:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sfg8P-0005BG-24; Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:39:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sfg8N-00059M-2M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:39:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sfg8M-0008Rf-9Q; Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:39:50 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=sOcrlfE5Zzpa0cjf7qnmJj608sddxBGDbpdsdQKwCdc=; b=oj9fK/NuIHrz J6wMfEcUd5NJZ4lT9KVMCaBUbAdsZsQdJw4gNhPVqkfTmDes7Ht3xw5dHczxcfDjkqKBeaa3pVzA/ Fa0imadTUytJUifO/BXQ/rSFcYHuzpI0+EciNYDW3MEm2L6RjGBdFc0glvk0Uloh7U1ajiA8l6v5X Hb6bMtW5hGKO9b6kbFGmaQLJb0VriSNW72Gm4u9ekd6QkA0ar8wG5m2x+2miluJq5k36F17NneMDP Pk2K+OQ1QYtXOflg/RgeNKXORdiMW+Pn8X0mAyBDtbhl8V66jGvK315OuDCKKy0wmtEPLxxhAFHxj jxQ+EjWntFwZNceMEw1RKA==; In-Reply-To: <87ttfixabd.fsf@localhost> (message from Ihor Radchenko on Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:52:22 +0000) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:322891 Archived-At: > From: Ihor Radchenko > Cc: acorallo@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:52:22 +0000 > > Eli Zaretskii 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?)