Martin Craig wrote: > Hello everyone, > > First of all, thanks for LyX! I used it to write my PhD thesis and I'm > sure it saved me hours of fiddling with latex. > > Anyway, more recently I've been looking to contribute to an open source > project, and I thought that a good thing to attempt would be to revive > the Gnome frontend to LyX. Most of my programming experience is with C > and Java so my C++ is a little rusty, but I guess it's all good > experience... > > So far I've got a recent CVS version and have fiddled with the Gnome > code enough to make the currently implemented dialogs work. Hopefully I > can add the others gradually and then maybe tackle the main window. > > What I really wanted to know is whether anybody else working on this. I > assumed from previous messages that nobody is currently, but I don't > want to duplicate work that someone else is doing quietly in the > background... > > Anyway in the meantime I'll carry on as I am (pretty slowly probably) > and let you know when I've got a patch worth looking at. > > Cheers, > > Martin.
Hello, Martin. Welcome aboard. I'd suggest sending in patches little and often. Big patches tend to get slow replies because people rarely have the energy to consider them carefully. Small patches, especially from a new contributor, are likely to be scutinised carefully; you'll benefit from scores of useful(?) tips and suggestions ;-) I'd suggest that you try and implement one or two or the missing dialogs yourself and then be brave and have a go at the main window. Missing dialogs can be added at leisure but without a main window you have nothing. Good luck and don't be afraid to ask dumn questions ;-) -- Angus
