Whiteboard support for XMPP Protocol and New Enriched Gtkwhiteboard

Pankaj Singh contact at iampankaj.in
Sat Feb 19 08:35:13 EST 2011


I have been waiting for reply. Should we work on this project ?


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Pankaj Singh <
singh.pankaj.iitkgp08 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> We are a group of three students from Indian Institute of Technology,
> Kharagpur, India. We are trying to implement whiteboarding feature for XMPP
> Protocol. So far, basic implementation equivalent to Yahoo Doodle has been
> done. You can check here for updates -
> http://www.rohanjain.in/blog/whiteboarding-with-xmpp-google-talk/
>
> In addition to this we want to have more features in gtkwhiteboard. This is
> the present look of gtkwhiteboard -
> ------------------------------
>  |[][][][palette[][][][][]|
> |------------------------------|
> |       canvas     | con |
> |                      | trol |
> |                      | s    |
> |                      |       |
> |                      |       |
> --------------------------------
> Currently, in control panel, we have options like,"Clear", "Save", "Color".
> This completes basic need of a brush tool. But, I want to have more options
> like, "Draw empty Eclipse","Draw Empty Rectangle" etc.
>
> Since, by default "button_press_event" and "button_release_event" are
> connected to "pidgin_whiteboard_brush_down" and "pidgin_whiteboard_brush_up"
> respectively, it conflicts with Drag and Draw feature for drawing eclipse,
> rectangle etc. What I want to have is, by default these events will be
> registered with brush but as soon as "Draw empty Eclipse" or "Draw Empty
> Rectangle" button is clicked, control of these events will be given to
> respective functions.
>
> I am trying to right new functions in order to fill reserved places in
> PurpleWhiteboardUiOps, and PurpleWhiteboardPrplOps. Since, we are new at
> libpurple and pidgin developemt, I want to know following things
>
>    - How much changes are acceptable
>    - Suggestion regarding workflow etc.
>    - if any experienced pidgin developer can guide us
>
>
> Thanking You,
>
> Pankaj Kumar Singh,
> 3rd Year Undergraduate Student,
> Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering,
> Indian Institute of Technology,
> Kharagpur
> Website - http://www.IamPankaj.in
> Email - contact at IamPankaj.in , singh.pankaj.iitkgp08 at gmail.com
> Mobile - (+91) 8001231685
>
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