Re: [ReSpec] Google Summer of Code

On 27/04/2018 04:40, Marcos Caceres wrote:
> Hi ReSpec Users,
> 
> tl;dr: ReSpec is now officially part of "Google's Summer of Code". As
> such, I'm really excited to announce that Sid Vishnoi, a Masters
> Student in Computer Applications from the University of Delhi, will be
> joining ReSpec's core team.
> 
> Please make Sid feel welcome!

Welcome Sid. It'll be good to have your help!

If you have questions that relate to the accessibility of what is 
produced, you are welcome to drop me a line.


Léonie.
> 
> Sid is an extremely talented web developer with a background in
> physics, and he's already landed some awesome features in ReSpec
> behind the scenes: you may have noticed that your documents are faster
> when reloaded. Sid helped us leverage the browser's Cache API in
> various places to reduce network chattiness, making spec reloads super
> snappy. Oh! and the recently-landed support for "Previous Editors"...
> that was Sid too!
> 
> Over the next few months, Sid will work on improving ReSpec's
> cross-referencing capabilities and doing general bug fixes. If you'd
> like to know more about Sid, and what he plans to work on, please see
> his project proposal [1]. Your input is encouraged.
> 
> Additionally, Sid has been working on two really awesome features,
> that we hope to land really soon:
> 
>   1. Can I use integration: which shows a little browser support table
> in the header based on data from caniuse.com.
>   2. `var` element highlighting: allowing you to click on one or more
> `var` elements in a spec's section or algorithm, to see where a
> variable is being used. I'm personally really excited about this
> feature. As it makes it much easier to visually understand complex
> spec algorithms.
> 
> In a follow up email, once we land these two features, Sid will
> provide instructions on how to enable each of the above in your own
> specs.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Marcos
> 
> [1] https://github.com/w3c/respec/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2018-:-Proposal
> 

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