[tug-summer-of-code] A couple of project proposals

Arthur Reutenauer arthur.reutenauer at normalesup.org
Fri Feb 13 12:30:57 CET 2009


	Hello Jonathan,

> Second, I've asked on the LuaTeX devel list if LuaTeX can generate the 
> extended xdv, the extended dvi used by XeTeX, and they're not interested 
> (and to my sensitive skin somewhat unfriendly to the idea).

  XDV generation is really a minor point with repect to all of XeTeX's
capabitilities, and in the thread you mention, you have failed to
provide insight as to what this would improve over DVI and PDF
production, which LuaTeX already can do.

  But anyway, this is not the place to have that discussion.  Let's
stick to GSoC projects.

> How about an online version of you valuable LaTeX symbol chart?  A sort of 
> little web-page gadget.  I think that would be useful, and we would not 
> have to obtain handwriting recognition code.

  I think this would miss Scott's point entirely, which -- as I
understand it -- is to provide a better search interface than looking up
a single symbol in a list of 4947, sorted in some rough categories
(which in no way diminishes the value of your work, Scott).

	Arthur


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