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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: gsoc: notetaking app for tabletpc
From:       Cyrille Berger <cberger () cberger ! net>
Date:       2010-03-30 13:19:43
Message-ID: 201003301519.43489.cberger () cberger ! net
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On Tuesday 30 March 2010, Adam wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:34:17 +0200, Cyrille Berger <cberger@cberger.net>
> 
> wrote:
> > On Monday 29 March 2010, Adam wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> i'm just thinking of creating a notetaking app for tabletpc users as a
> >> gsoc project.
> >> it should be an app similar to http://at.byu.edu/studentblog/?p=5, but
> >> on
> >> top of flake technology and probably including some ideas/code from
> >> cyrille's braindump.
> >> 
> >> what do you say?
> >> are there already kde apps doing this, that i've not seen?
> > 
> > Well when it comes to rich note taking there are indeed two applications,
> > braindump and basket. Since you mentioned braindump, and notetaking (for
> > tabletpc) is among its goal, I had like to suggest to do a gsoc related
> > to it.
> > In fact, I think a gsoc around a good way to create and handle shapes
> > with
> > tablet (and multi touch) would be a good idea.
> 
> that shifts the goal of the gsoc a little bit away from what was in my
> mind, but actually it seems to make more sense.
My main point was to contribute to existing code base :) Entirely new 
application for gsoc tends to never end on a release.

> previously i thought of a raster background, where you can draw with the
> stylus and additional shapes, that you can put on top (similar to krita).
> now you shifted my thoughts to another flake shape (raster graphics), for
> drawing with stylus, pressure etc and additionally some simple pattern
> recognition for drawing circles, rects, lines, graphs etc in a quick but
> not raster way (better handling of shapes with the stylus and even mouse).
Sounds nice.

> i'm not sure, if the second point with the pattern recognition is clear,
> so here is an example:
> with stylus or mouse you draw in braindump or kword a circle, after
> finishing it turns into a flake circle. the same with other shapes and if
> unrecognised, a path. this would be implemented as a tool plugin.
> 
> the result of gsoc would be polishing braindump and two plugins, a tool
> and a flake shape.
What flake shape ?

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Cyrille Berger
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