Revised schedule

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)