Re: GSOC 2013 - Project Idea - Table Improvements

Hi Shivam,

I am Joe, who is also applying for the Table Improvement Idea.

some of the ideas you evoke have been fixed on last years' gsoc
branch. I am thinking the way to merge the code.

Thanks,

Joe

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 4:43 AM, Shivam H Prasad <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been using abiword for quite a time now and have noticed a
> considerable number of table features missing in abiword. This is why
> I would like to improve the table functionality as a part of my GSOC
> project.
>
> The problems that I would like to solve are :-
> 1. Every time we copy and paste entire table the data in top left
> corner is lost so this needs to be fixed.
> 2. I could not find any functionality for applying basic maths formula
> on columns or rows in the table. This functionality is available in MS
> word but not in abiword.
> 3. If I select an entire table and would like to copy this entire data
> into another table which is of exactly same dimensions as this one
> then technically user should select entire table copy it, select the
> target table which is to be overwritten and then paste. But this gives
> rise to nested tables. While some users may want the facility of
> nested tables but this is irritating for users who simply want to copy
> one table on other. So I would like to include this functionality
> where user can choose whether he wishes nested tables or he simply
> wishes to overwrite one table with other.
>
> I need suggestions as to how should I plan my work flow in order to
> achieve these targets and are my ideas well within the scope of a GSOC
> project?