[xmlroff] Re: Next for xmlroff?

[Tony G. <Ton...@Su...>]

(Bringing a side discussion back to the list, with Julian's
permission.)

Julian Rosse <gn...@th...> writes:
>> Now that xmlroff 0.3.3 is out, are you able to keep working on
>> xmlroff?
>
> Sure.

Great.

>> If so, is there anything in particular that you want to work on?
>
> Not really.  I still have to do a fair amount of code-reading, etc. to get
> to the point of really being able to contribute.  I'd guess I'll start putting
> in that time soon.

That would be good, but don't feel pressured to contribute.

>> The parts that I want to see implemented are graphics support and
>> static content, but I'm also feeling that I should spend time
>> documenting how xmlroff works.  What do you see as the priorities for
>> xmlroff?
>
> Those sound good.  The SVG support still intrigues me.  I personally want to
> get to a point with the codebase such that I can take on more significant tasks.
> But I'm happy to help out wherever required - I can certainly do web page stuff,
> etc.

If you are interested in SVG, then please work on it.

There's two immediate applications for SVG in xmlroff:

 - As an output format.

   I noticed yesterday that GNOME Print supports SVG output, so it may
   be as simple as replacing one string in fo-doc-gp.c.

 - As an instream-foreign-object

Are you able to take on one or both of those tasks (with my help as
needed and with no deadline attached)?

> The cairo stuff sounds interesting.  If it's the "way of the future" (sorry,
> I hate unnecessary double quotes), will xmlroff want a cairo backend?

If the rest of GNOME-like things are going that way, I expect xmlroff
will too.

Regards,


Tony.