**Gnocl**

Its a good time to get involved with [Gnocl]. The major topic discussed regarding GSOC was the implementation of support from Glade generated XML UI description files. Well, that's pretty well complete now although there are other things worth working on. Gnocl support for native Gnome printing is there but incomplete, support for image manipulation is due for inclusion in the next major release due around Eastertime. Support for Cairo would be a nice project for anyone with the time on their hands. This would allow direct vector drawing onto any GdkWindow. Combine this with the forthcoming feature for the runtime allocation of widget properties for the gnocl::drawingArea widget provides the basis for a nice environment for Tcl/Gnocl megawidget development. Other package 'germs' waiting for TLC are OpenGL via the GtkGlext bindings, webkit and poppler bindings.The broader topic of print support for Tcl, certainly under Gnome, might be approached via the http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2.16/Printing.html%|%GtkPrintContext%|%.

If some of these project suggestions don't make it into the GSOC programme, no matter, if anyone wants to develop their C/Gtk/Tcl programming skills then they can still contribute to Tcl/Gnocl development.

In terms of cross platform issues, the Gtk packages are available for Window and MacOS. Some help on porting the latest versions of Gnocl to to these platforms would be most welcome.