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== The Salvo Project  ==
  
== The Salvo Project ==
 
 
The Salvo project can be used to communicate through newsgroups. It provides an underlying decoupled API to access news servers and provide offline storage of newsgroup articles.  
 
The Salvo project can be used to communicate through newsgroups. It provides an underlying decoupled API to access news servers and provide offline storage of newsgroup articles.  
  
Salvo can be used for accessing newsgroups and posting and reading articles. Several enhancements, not found in traditional newsreader programs have been implemented in Salvo such as subject highlighting for easy recognition of thread participation and offline reading.<br>
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Salvo can be used for accessing newsgroups and posting and reading articles. Several enhancements, not found in traditional newsreader programs have been implemented in Salvo such as subject highlighting for easy recognition of thread participation and offline reading.<br>  
  
 
== UI Integration in the workbench  ==
 
== UI Integration in the workbench  ==
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<br> '''Provide a popup and a status bar notification when a reply is received.'''<br>This feature will allows the eclipse user to more focus on their work with the eclipse IDE reducing the overhead of going outside the IDE and check for replies.  
 
<br> '''Provide a popup and a status bar notification when a reply is received.'''<br>This feature will allows the eclipse user to more focus on their work with the eclipse IDE reducing the overhead of going outside the IDE and check for replies.  
  
'''[[Image:Salvo_notification.jpg]]<br>'''  
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'''[[Image:Salvo notification.jpg]]<br>'''  
  
 
<br> '''Provide a view which displays digests of all the articles that are of the interest of user.'''<br>This view contains,  
 
<br> '''Provide a view which displays digests of all the articles that are of the interest of user.'''<br>This view contains,  
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<br> '''Provide a way for other projects to hook their newsgroups into Salvo'''<br>This will allows other projects to hook their newsgroup into the Salvo by using the exposed extension point. <br>The extension point would make it possible for other projects to connect the projects namespace to the projects newsgroup.  
 
<br> '''Provide a way for other projects to hook their newsgroups into Salvo'''<br>This will allows other projects to hook their newsgroup into the Salvo by using the exposed extension point. <br>The extension point would make it possible for other projects to connect the projects namespace to the projects newsgroup.  
  
When a view or an editor of a particular project is active and if the user selects the “Ask a question” option from the workbench, salvo automatically figures out the newsgroup to post the question.<br><br>
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When a view or an editor of a particular project is active and if the user selects the “Ask a question” option from the workbench, salvo automatically figures out the newsgroup to post the question.
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== Project Administration  ==
 
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[[Newsreader/Salvo UI Integration in the workbench/Meeting Minutes May 1 2011|Meeting Minutes May 1 2011]]  
 
[[Newsreader/Salvo UI Integration in the workbench/Meeting Minutes May 1 2011|Meeting Minutes May 1 2011]]  
  
[http://wiki.eclipse.org/Newsreader/Salvo_UI_Integration_in_the_workbench/Work_done_during_April_27_to_May_3 Report: Work done during April 27th to May 3rd]
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[http://wiki.eclipse.org/Newsreader/Salvo_UI_Integration_in_the_workbench/Work_done_during_April_27_to_May_3 Report: Work done during April 27th to May 3rd]  
  
 
[http://wiki.eclipse.org/Newsreader/Salvo_UI_Integration_in_the_workbench/Work_done_during_May_4_to_May_10 Report: Work done during May 4th to May 10th]
 
[http://wiki.eclipse.org/Newsreader/Salvo_UI_Integration_in_the_workbench/Work_done_during_May_4_to_May_10 Report: Work done during May 4th to May 10th]

Revision as of 12:32, 15 May 2011

The Salvo Project

The Salvo project can be used to communicate through newsgroups. It provides an underlying decoupled API to access news servers and provide offline storage of newsgroup articles.

Salvo can be used for accessing newsgroups and posting and reading articles. Several enhancements, not found in traditional newsreader programs have been implemented in Salvo such as subject highlighting for easy recognition of thread participation and offline reading.

UI Integration in the workbench


Currently Salvo is available as a RCP application. The main goal of this project is to provide the salvo functionality within the eclipse workbench.

Following are the key features in UI integration to eclipse workbench.

Let the user ask a question right from the workbench
Users can ask questions from experts directly from the eclipse workbench rather than going outside (to a web browser) the eclipse IDE. This is a value added feature for the Eclipse IDE.

Salvo_menu


Provide a popup and a status bar notification when a reply is received.
This feature will allows the eclipse user to more focus on their work with the eclipse IDE reducing the overhead of going outside the IDE and check for replies.

Salvo notification.jpg


Provide a view which displays digests of all the articles that are of the interest of user.
This view contains,

  • All the recent articles
  • Replies to threads that the user participates in

Provide a perspective for Salvo in eclipse workbench
Whenever user wants to browse through articles he/she can simply switch to that perspective. And users can switch back to their working environment by simply changing the perspective.

Enable a way for people to create an eclipse user id within the workbench

This feature makes it very easy for the eclipse user to get a userid and a password for accessing the newsgroups and bugzilla.


Provide a way for other projects to hook their newsgroups into Salvo
This will allows other projects to hook their newsgroup into the Salvo by using the exposed extension point.
The extension point would make it possible for other projects to connect the projects namespace to the projects newsgroup.

When a view or an editor of a particular project is active and if the user selects the “Ask a question” option from the workbench, salvo automatically figures out the newsgroup to post the question.


Timeline

Project Administration

Meeting Minutes May 1 2011

Report: Work done during April 27th to May 3rd

Report: Work done during May 4th to May 10th

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