[tomboy-list] Google Summer of Code Ideas

[Sandy Armstrong]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Arun Tejasvi Chaganty
<arunchaganty at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are two features I'd really like to have in Tomboy, namely:
>
>  a) Undo/History Support: I remember that there was an idea to integrate
>  a version control system into Tomboy as way of keeping history.

This was rejected for SoC last year, even though we had some good
proposals, and would likely be rejected again.

>  b) An GNOME desktop integration: Guido had mentioned something like this
>  on a smaller scale with Evince. I'd like to propose something of a
>  grander scale, so any file could have an attached note, not just
>  pdf's. I'd find this pretty useful, for example, jotting down important
>  points in an eBook, writing comments about the significance of source
>  file in a particular project, a rough changelog of a document. I think
>  the idea could complement the Notes Attachment idea planned for the next
>  release.

I'm registered as a mentor and would be interested in seeing a
proposal for this.  Feel free to run your ideas here first if you
like, or join #tomboy on GIMPNet.  I've seen your Anjuta proposal so I
know I don't need to give you any advice on having clear and detailed
deliverables.

Quick comment: The beauty of Evince integration is that it could be in
the app, associated with a particular block of text in the PDF, etc.
Presumably attaching a note to "any file" would only be visible in
Nautilus or something?  What's your vision for sticking Tomboy notes
all over GNOME?  :-)

Cheers,
Sandy