Name:

Dipankar Sarkar

Email:

doom2quake @t gmail dot com

IM:

doom2quake(yahoo)

doom2quake(gTalk)

Project Title:

Design and develop an API for using GTK's XML files for UI to build LG3D^? apps.

Benefits to the Community:

This could make the porting of existing GTK applications to LG3D^? easier. Hence a ready pool of applications would be available once complete GTK applications run on LG3D^?.

Deliverables:

I will design and develop an API for using GTK's XML files for UI to build LG3D^? apps. This will involve the usage of XML libraries and creation of some more LG3D^? primitives. If time permits I would also want to contribute to developing a GTK binding so that GTK apps can be run under LG3D^? without the need for an X server.

Poject Details:

The UI builder for GTK, Glade produces XML files for GTK UIs,

For Example

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <!--*- mode: xml -*-->
<!DOCTYPE glade-interface SYSTEM "http://glade.gnome.org/glade-2.0.dtd">

<glade-interface>

<widget class="GtkWindow" id="window2">
  <property name="visible">True</property>
  <property name="title" translatable="yes">window2</property>
  <property name="type">GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL</property>
  <property name="window_position">GTK_WIN_POS_NONE</property>
  <property name="modal">False</property>
  <property name="resizable">True</property>
  <property name="destroy_with_parent">False</property>

  <child>
    <widget class="GtkButton" id="button1">
      <property name="border_width">10</property>
      <property name="visible">True</property>
      <property name="can_focus">True</property>
      <property name="label" translatable="yes">button1</property>
      <property name="use_underline">True</property>
      <property name="relief">GTK_RELIEF_NORMAL</property>
    </widget>
  </child>
</widget>

</glade-interface>

Libraries like libglade reads these XML files and builds the interface. This can allow modifying the user interface without recompiling. For LG3D^? a similar library will be created which will be able to translate the XML files into UIs for 3D applications. This will require the creation of corresponding primitives in LG3D^? for the widgets in GTK.

Project Schedule: (Weekly)

• May 1,2006 : Submission of proposal
• May 8,2006 : Submission deadline
• May 23,2006 : Work starts
• May 30,2006 : Design documentation, work on LG3D^?
• June 6,2006 : GTK XML file parsing
• June 13,2006 : LG3D^? primitives built
• June 20,2006 : work on widgets
• June 26,2006 : mid program evaluation - report will be submitted
• July 3,2006 : integration, and if time permits work on the GTK binding project
• July 10, 2006 : GTK binding project
• July 24, 2006 : Backup weeks, in case I fall behind schedule
• July 31, 2006 : college semester starts, so work will slow down, hence final touches
• Aug 10, 2006 : Beta testing and public reviewing of work
• Aug 21,2006 : program ends and code submission

Bio:

I, Dipankar Sarkar am currently studying at Indian Institute of technology, New Delhi, India in the Computer Science B.Tech course (3rd year). In terms of practical experience , i have used C++ , C , perl , php , java and regularly take part in Top Coder events . I am a big believer that the future of desktop computing is 3D and this project is a step in the right direction .I would love to learn more about Project looking glass , and have a long term relationship with the community. I have worked on some of my own created open source projects, and because of the academic pressure, i usually get little time to work on bigger open source projects. This is a good opportunity for me to get into the Project Looking Glass community and actively contribute to the Open source movement.

I can work upto 30 hours+ a week, and my commitments are limited to a software training which takes ever morning of the week day.

Links

• My Website - Desinerd
• My college - Indian Institute of technology, New Delhi
• Java : Working with XML
• Glade - a User Interface Builder for GTK+ and GNOME