Google Summer of Code--any interest?

[Andrew Stanaski]

Randy Kramer wrote:
> I don't recall that nedit has ever had a participant in the Google Summer of 
> Code, so I did some googling, but didn't find anything there, either.
> 
> Could that be a good thing for nedit?
> 
> I'm wondering if we could interest someone in implementing real folding, or 
> doing some subprojects leading toward real folding (if the total folding task 
> is too big for a summer project).
> 
> As potential subprojects I can think of a few--I'll mention some here, maybe 
> more in a separate post after I ask a question or two (in another post)
>    * revise the nedit display widget to add a(n optional) column for folding 
> marks (i.e., the typical + or - in a box, vertical lines, the L-shaped 
> termination of such lines)


Folks at Sun did this many years ago when they incorporated NEdit (5.1) 
into their workshop IDE. They had symbols for breakpoints, the currrent 
line indicator, and such in the left side column.


>    * do a design of folding with enough proof of concept programming to prove 
> the design is feasible

>    * improve the documentation (commenting) of nedit in parts of the code that 
> aren't documented sufficiently

Would anyone be interested in just documenting code from someone else?

Andy S.