Ideas Page

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Ideas

Sortable list of ideas for easy navigation

Idea Name	Area	Programming Language	Mentor
File system	Kernel	FASM (Assembler)	Pathoswithin
Widget toolkit	System wide	FASM (Assembler), C	Siemargl
Port PolarSSL	Library	C/FASM	ashmew2
XMPP/Jabber client	Application	Assembler/FASM	ashmew2
Fasmg port	Application	FASM/FASMG (Assembler)	dunkaist
Unicode library	Library/Application	FASM (Assembler)	dunkaist

File system

• Primary goal: Add write support for ext4 file system (ext4 reading and ext2 writing are already supported).
• Additional goal: Improve write support for NTFS file system.
• Language: FASM (Assembler)
• Mentor: Pathoswithin
• Links: Ext4 Disk Layout

Widget toolkit

• Primary goal: Extend Box_lib (a set of separate widgets) to create a full-featured widget toolkit, design architecture and implement focus handling, callbacks and other core ideas.
• Additional goal: Integrate created box_lib widgets to the C-framework, extend framework with font handling, layout manager
• Language: FASM (Assembler), C (framework)
• Mentor: Siemargl
• Links: basic idea, list of toolkits

Port PolarSSL

• Primary goal: Make a working port of PolarSSL (as native KolibriOS MS COFF library) and add it to the automatic build-system.
• Additional goal: Update HTTP library (written in FASM) to support HTTPS.
• Language: C/FASM
• Mentor: ashmew2
• Links: Forum thread about polarSSL, HTTP library on WebSVN

XMPP/Jabber client

• Primary goal: Write a basic XMPP/Jabber library and client for KolibriOS.
• Additional goal: Implement some xmpp extentions.
• Language: Assembler/FASM
• Mentor: ashmew2
• Links: XMPP spec, XMPP extentions, Unfinished XMPP client for KolibriOS

Fasmg port

Tomasz Grysztar (creator of FASM) introduced FASMG, a new assembler engine. It would be nice to support its new syntax in KolibriOS.

• Primary goal: Write FASMG application like FASM one. Port standard KolibriOS macros to FASMG syntax.
• Additional goal: Implement macros for compatibility with FASM.
• Language: Assembler/FASM/FASMG
• Mentor: dunkaist
• Links: FASMG overview, FASMG manual

Unicode library

Unicode is a huge and sophisticated standard. Nevertheless modern OS should provide libraries with Unicode related routines like NFC, NFD, sorting, comparing, etc.

• Primary goal: Write a tiny Unicode library with core Unicode algorithms and example application.
• Additional goal: Upgrade existing applications to use the new library.
• Language: Assembler/FASM
• Mentor: dunkaist
• Links: libutf

Most importantly...Have Fun!