On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 01:17:52PM -0400, David Wilson wrote: > I am working on (for Google's Summer of Code) a plugin for Gaim to > allow conversations featuring math notation. For this plugin, I want > to use a handy graphical interface and immediate WYSIWYG > response...much like LyX. I stand little chance of writing such an > interface myself over the summer, so my plan is to "borrow" the math > editor from LyX.
> I was hoping to solicit your comments, and ask a couple of questions. > 1) Do you think this is feasable? The equivalent of LyX's formula editor can be coded up in three weeks of work once you know what you are doing... To know what to do starting from scratch will probably take a bit longer than that. But ripping it out from LyX and put it into a separate application should be do-able in that time. > 2) Gaim is GTK. LyX is...many things. LyX is traditionally GPL + the xforms exception, so it is de facto GPL. The formula editor part certainly is. > On the GUI Independence page on the website, the math panel in GTK is > listed as "in progress". How much progress has been made? Where can I > find out how to compile to GTK? I might can help whoever's working on > this, if it's close to usable. Not close enough to be usable without xforms as far as I can tell. Andre'
