We are now in the 6th week of the Summer of Code and through a number of circumstances, both in and out of my control, I am pretty behind schedule. My coding in the last few days has shown great promise that I can quickly get back on top of things, but I think it is time for me to lay down a revised schedule for the coming months. The first stage of my schedule is pretty tight – but I have ample time at the moment and am willing to work all the hours in the day to make up for lost time.
Now – July 12th
- Write all the code for virtual keyboard
- ALREADY DONE
- implementation of image map functionality (ie. polygon/rectangle intersection code)
- Skeletal version of main virtual keyboard class
- XML file format has been defined
- TO DO
- XML parser – a case of extending Vicent’s XML parser to parse my file format = 2 days
- Keyboard main loop – to handle mouse clicks when keyboard visible and draw the keyboard to the overlay layer = 1-2 days
- modification of event manager to receive events from keyboard and handle mode switching of keyboard = 2 days
- integration of virtual keyboard into rest of system = 1-2 days
- Other stuff – extracting from zip file & creation of example keyboard pack = 1-2 days
July 13th – July 14th
- Prepare mid-term evaluation material
July 15th – July 20th
- Clean up of existing code
- Make sure code is commented clearly
- Extensive testing of virtual keyboard
July 20th – July 25th
- Detailed research into keymapping task
The following is slightly vague, due to my lack of knowledge
July 25th – August 2nd
- Writing of general keymapper interface
- involves providing the link between engines and backends
- working out how each is going to tell the keymapper what it needs to know
August 2nd – August 9th
- Writing of algorithm to automatically map actions to buttons
- gui to allow user to change these mappings
- saving of these mappings to ini file
August 10th – August 20th
- Additional key mapping features
August 20th – Sept 1st
- prepare for final deadline
- Lots of testing, code cleanup and documentation
PS – progress report coming tomorrow (including details of XML file format)