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Note: Fixing some smaller issues already now (E.g. to show your programming skills) as well would be very welcome. | Note: Fixing some smaller issues already now (E.g. to show your programming skills) as well would be very welcome. | ||
- | Here are some suggestions to pick from, where mentors already confirmed to support them as part of a GSoC project. You can as well check our [[https:// | + | Here are some suggestions to pick from, where mentors already confirmed to support them as part of a GSoC project. You can as well check our [[https:// |
===== thunar ===== | ===== thunar ===== | ||
Thunar is Xfce's file manager and one of its core components. There are many new features pending to be implemented and bugs that need fixing, some of which are listed below: | Thunar is Xfce's file manager and one of its core components. There are many new features pending to be implemented and bugs that need fixing, some of which are listed below: | ||
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- | * [[https:// | ||
- | * **[Difficulty: | ||
- | * **[Estimate time: 80h]** | ||
- | * Several thunar plugins, like rabbit-vcs, the thunar-vcs-plugin and thunar-dropbox would profit from the possibility to set emblems on files. Though currently, plugins are not able to do so. | ||
- | * Nautilus already seems to provide such a service. Most likely the nautilus code can be used as inspiration. | ||
- | * It would be required to extend the thunarx API (API used by thunar plugin) in order to support custom emblems. | ||
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- | * [[https:// | ||
- | * **[Difficulty: | ||
- | * **[Estimate time: 90h]** | ||
- | * A new view in order to maximize the space taken by thumbnails, not showing the file names anymore | ||
- | * Most likely would require work on the [[https:// | ||
- | * There is already an [[https:// | ||
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
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* Creation of the related DBUS Service in thunar | * Creation of the related DBUS Service in thunar | ||
* Dialog to pick specific file(s) and hit " | * Dialog to pick specific file(s) and hit " | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * **[Difficulty: | ||
+ | * **[Estimate time: 175h]** | ||
+ | * A new view in order to maximize the space taken by thumbnails, not showing the file names anymore | ||
+ | * Most likely would require to introduce a new base-view, similar to [[https:// | ||
+ | * There is already an [[https:// | ||
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
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* Precondition to [[https:// | * Precondition to [[https:// | ||
* Support for reading uca.xml should be kept (For at least one thunar version) to keep backward compatibility. | * Support for reading uca.xml should be kept (For at least one thunar version) to keep backward compatibility. | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * **[Difficulty: | ||
+ | * **[Estimate time: 90h]** | ||
+ | * Several thunar plugins, like rabbit-vcs, the thunar-vcs-plugin and thunar-dropbox would profit from the possibility to set emblems on files. Though currently, plugins are not able to do so. | ||
+ | * Nautilus already seems to provide such a service. Most likely the nautilus code can be used as inspiration. | ||
+ | * It would be required to extend the thunarx API (API used by thunar plugin) in order to support custom emblems. | ||
===== all components ===== | ===== all components ===== | ||
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We do not force any specific format. Here is what you have to look for: | We do not force any specific format. Here is what you have to look for: | ||
* Make sure you follow the [[https:// | * Make sure you follow the [[https:// | ||
- | * It can be beneficial to define an alternative | + | * Draft some timeline to show in detail when you will have time to work on which exact part of your project. |
- | * Make sure to define some stretch targets, in case you finish early | + | * In case multiple participants will be picked, it can be beneficial to define an alternative |
+ | * Make sure to define some stretch targets, in case you finish | ||
=== Where can I start ? === | === Where can I start ? === |