Re: [Gnucap-devel] [GSoC] Interfacing with Octave

[Tejas Nikumbh]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Tejas Nikumbh <address@hidden>wrote:

> Hi Davis,
>
> So , what would you suggest me as further steps? How can I get in touch
> with mentors dealing with the respective projects?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:21 AM, al davis <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Monday 03 March 2014, Tejas Nikumbh wrote:
>> > Thanks for the response. I have a good experience of octave
>> > as well. I took a Machine Learning class, assignments of
>> > which, I had to entirely do in Octave.
>> >
>> > Could you specify a little task for me which would help you
>> > as well as me to guage my preparedness for the Octave
>> > Interfacing project?
>>
>> I can't because I only use octave minimally.  Maybe somebody
>> else can.
>>
>> > Are there any projects with GNUCap which involve learning
>> > GTK? I'd be more than happy to learn something new and
>> > contribute towards GNUCap via a GTK based project as well.
>>
>> No.  Gnucap does not use GTK, and in future might only use it
>> indirectly.  GTK is a graphic library and Gnucap has no
>> graphics, thus no need for a graphic library.
>>
>> On the other hand, a graphic plugin or graphic utility program
>> needs a graphic library, but it would remain optional.
>>
>> > Also, could you provide me some pointers to learning GTK,
>> > assuming that I am good at C++? I would go through the
>> > resources and later ask you for a little task that could
>> > help you as well as me guage my preparedness for this kind
>> > of project.
>>
>> I don't know .. never used GTK myself.  There is probably a
>> simple demo program in the GTK docs you can look at.
>>
>> I see more than one student interested in the graphics.  That's
>> good in a way, but I recommend that you don't compete against
>> each other.  Pick projects different enough that we need both.
>> One using C++/GTK, the other using Octave are different enough
>> that we might be able to justify funding both.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Tejas Nikumbh,
> Fourth Year Undergraduate,
> Electrical Engineering Department,
> IIT Bombay.
>



-- 
Tejas Nikumbh,
Fourth Year Undergraduate,
Electrical Engineering Department,
IIT Bombay.