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Add printing support to GNOME Crosswords

Add Printing Support to GNOME Crosswords

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Project length

Long ~350 hours

Could be short (~175 hours) if necessary, with fewer milestones reached

Description

GNOME Crosswords has some cursory svg code, but doesn't support printing. It is relatively straightforward to extend the svg code to produce printable puzzles. This project consists of multiple sequential stages, with some simple initial milestones and some stretch goals as well. In particular:

  • Initial design and planning
  • Refactor the svg code to make it handle the existing board and thumbnail usecases, as well as printable puzzles
  • Add clues to the generated svg, and make it look good
  • Bring the printing dialog to both the game and the editor
  • Add crossword-specific options to the printing flow

As stretch goals, it would be good to support additional puzzle types, as well as add an ipuz2pdf utility to the app.

Requirements

Knowledge of C, especially glib-style C programming. Ability to understand a complex codebase and issues.

Familiarity with svg a plus

A physical printer is not necessary

Communication

Primarily matrix. The main crosswords channel can be found at https://matrix.to/#/#crosswords:gnome.org

We also will use gitlab issues and email as appropriate.

Video conferencing occasionally when necessary.

Edited by Jonathan Blandford