Re: Requesting an Octave mentor

[Ben Abbott]

On Thursday, August 13, 2009, at 01:10PM, "Jordi Gutiérrez Hermos" 
<address@hidden> wrote:
>Hello, Octave devs.
>
>I'd like to try again to get into Octave development. I've realised
>that for the kind of work I want to do, being able to point at work
>I've done on Octave would be very good for my CV. I've tried in the
>past to get into Octave development, but I've never been able to find
>my way around the sources by myself.
>
>I'm therefore asking for a kind soul with pedagogical inclinations to
>help me get started, perhaps even with a pet project that they don't
>want to undertake themselves but are willing to direct. I would like
>to be able to coordinate work via email, and if time zones allow it,
>via IRC or some IM program. My time zone is UTC - 05:00 or UTC - 04:00
>depending on daylight savings time.
>
>Does anyone feel like teaching me about how Octave sources are laid
>out, how to start, how to find the functionality I may want to
>improve?
>
>Thanks,
>- Jordi G. H.

Jori,

I'll be of little help understanding the c++ sources, but regarding something 
to work on, the listeners for the backend would be nice to have. In particular 
having one to convert between the various units would be great!

If you're not familiar with what I'm referring to, I can explain.

Ben