On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:39 PM, C. Boemann <c...@boemann.dk> wrote: > Hi fellow Words developers > > The sprint is nearing and I think it's time to start thinking about what we > should do. The following is up for discussion at the sprint but I'd like to > get a head start: > > Mission statement > ------------------------ >
Ahhh, C.Boemann, you definitely know how to speak to the former Quality Assurance Manager in me!!!!!! > Inspired by Krita we should come up with a mission statement. Here is a > suggestion: > > "Calligra Words is an all purpose word processor useful for writing such > diverse documents as for example: A simple letter, a university > dissertation, > a rule book, school reports and much more. > > We will not provide very specialized features if they clutter the user > interface, but on the other hand should try to be flexible enough that > people > can create their own plugins. > > As examples we find changetracking a core feature, but a function that > generates custom documents based on external input is not" > I agree with the general scope given. I am not sure we need to give so much specifics in a mission statement (practical examples do not fit to a mission statement IMHO). We ought to make a small session during the sprint about the subject, and the one below (which is linked). I'll like it, it'll remind me of my former life ;) I can take on responsibility for animating this session too if you want. > > Road map > ------------ > With such a broad mission statement we need to limit ourselves initially. > Not > to the point of excluding contributions, but in defining what we, the core > developers, will focus on. > > I suggest that we will target the university student. Meaning we should be > able to view MS Word documents and be able to create from scratch reports > and > dissertations. > > The viewer part is not strictly needed but if a user is not able to view > documents the user will choose another tool for viewing, and thus choosing > Words for creating documents becomes very unlikely. > > For the creation part we need to support creation and editing of tables, > change tracking, foot notes, endnotes, bibliography, basic page setup, > images, > and style management. > > We are already pretty far along this road (it's been an unspoken roadmap > for > quite a while) I suggest that we just keep on pushing for these features to > mature and stabalize. > > In 8 months we ought to be really strong with these kinds of tasks. > > User interface > ------------------ > At the usability sprint in Berlin two weeks after the first Calligra sprint > (also in Berlin) Celeste lead a small design process for the overall user > interface for Words. As with all usability designs it has to undergo > iterative > finetuning and experimentation, but I quite like it already. > > I've implemented the idea but we need to carry on from there and continue > improving the user interface. > > http://wstaw.org/m/2011/10/04/wordsui.png > That is definitely something we need to plan at the sprint. I have made quite some progress on the style widget (although i have had some IRL constraints which pulled me a bit away as of late). > > kotext, textlayout, textshape, words division of responsibilities > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > We should come up with a plan for how we want the code structured in the > long > run. We've come a long way already, but we should discuss what further > things > we can do. > As far as I know there is already a session planned that I'll animate on this very topic. > > KoTextEditor hacking > --------------------------- > I'd like a hacking session where we start extending the functionality of > KoTextEditor. > This is sort of influenced by the topic above. > > Changetracking > -------------------- > I'd like a brainstorm on how we proceed on change tracking. The current > state > leaves much to be desired. > For this, i think there are some external constraints that we do not control entirely. There are some stuff needed internally though that we need to discuss (like the "post-it notes"/"notes bubbles" stuff). PierreSt
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