Difference between revisions of "Gsoc2024/Dino/Rich message support"

Revision as of 20:53, 29 February 2024


Dino 'Rich Message Support'	Google Summer of Code 2024 Project Idea
This page describes a Google Summer of Code project idea. Please refer to Google Summer of Code 2024 for an overview of the XMPP Standards Foundation's involvement with GSoC 2024.

The XMPP project that is the subject of this GSoC Project Idea is the Dino project. Dino is a modern open-source chat client for the desktop. It focuses on providing a clean and reliable Jabber/XMPP experience while having your privacy in mind.

Project Size	175 hours
Difficulty	Easy

Google Summer of Code project description

Add support for creating and displaying rich text messages.

Deliverables / Expected Results

Add rich text features to Dino's chat input box using buttons and well-known keyboard shortcuts for bold, italic, strikethrough, monospace, lists, blockquotes, code blocks, links and mentions.
Allow users to activate Markdown input, which is instantly converted to rich text during input.
Send rich text messages using Message Markup and References as well as a fallback using Message Styling
Apply markup to messages in conversation history via Pango Attributes

Involved Technologies

Vala
XMPP
GTK+
Pango

Relevant readings

Dino project details
Website	https://dino.im/
Source Code	https://github.com/dino/dino
OSI-License	GPL-3.0 https://github.com/dino/dino/blob/master/LICENSE
Teaser Tasks	Good first issues
Project Contacts	larma, fiaxh
Getting in Contact	chat@dino.im or Webchat

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 == Google Summer of Code project description ==
-Add support for creating and displaying rich test messages.
+Add support for creating and displaying rich text messages.
 === Deliverables / Expected Results ===