> Rob also mentioned Google summer of code. I think that LyX could benefit > immensely from having some extra manpower for a few months, to look into > features that nobody has time to implement right now. However, mentoring > students does take some time (5 - 10 hours per week), so I'm not sure if > people here have enough time for that. In any case, please decide quickly; > there is less than one week left to the deadline for organizations to apply!
If I understand right, the application has two steps. First, we apply as a project, then we recruit students and they apply. For the first step, we would need project ideas and mentors who could supervise. I would put forward the following: 1.) Improved XHTML export and ePub support. (See other email for a more thorough discussion.) 2.) ODF/DOC/DOCX import library (perhaps developed jointly with KOffice) 3.) UI Improvements and non-linear writing enhancements. My outliner, section folding, etc (which are mostly done, yay!), would fall under this. As would an improved full-screen UI, perhaps something along the lines of what Scrivener does? (Just some thoughts.) There are probably dozens of other improvements that could be packaged into projects. Also, I could offer mentoring support for the third project. We might partner with KDE for the second? Does anyone have any other thoughts? Also, would it be worthwhile to hammer out a quick application. We've all written grants before, and this surely couldn't be much worse ... (famous last words, I know). Thoughts?
