George Vasiliou wrote:
(This is actually a repost from [email protected] list where I
initially posted the message but Tom Schindl suggested that
[email protected] is the proper list to send it. So, I am sorry for
bothering again those who have subscribed in both lists)
I am exploring the possibility of using OpenOffice in my project. I will
describe in a few words what I want to do.
I need a text editor to write a symbolic language (not a known spoken
one) that has many symbols which are combined to produce composite
characters, just like Arabic or Thai characters do. That is I need a
keyboard interceptor (to know which key has been tapped and intercept it
to a symbol) and a layouting (glyph positioning) mechanism. I have
already created a font containing the symbol glyphs and a prototype
application in java using custom javax.swing.text.View classes. The
problem is that I need a full application, just like OpenOffice Writer,
in order to produce real documents, with real and my symbolic text
combined.
Is there any way I can plug-in the logic of my Keyboard interceptor and
(especially) my glyph positioning mechanism in OpenOffice? I have
started reading the Developer's guide but it is vast(!) and I think it
does not give me any clue if what I want to do can be done in
OpenOffice. In other words, is if there is a way to alter the way
OpenOffice lays out the glyphs in a row of text by code (I have it ready
in Java, I will translate it to the OpenOffice way)? I have seen that
there exists the interface com::sun::star::rendering::XTextLayout. How
can I get an instance of it from a Writer component? And furthermore,
how can I plug my own in the Writer? Can anyone answer this question or
point me any web link that can help me figure it out myself?
Code samples would be much appreciated because as a pure Java developer
I have difficulties in starting to understand the OpenOffice programming
itself!
Many thanks and regards
George Vasiliou
Athens, Greece
Hi,
sorry, but the Writer doesn't provide a
com::sun::star::rendering::XTextLayout interface nor does it allow for
plugging a different TextEngine.
But I'd suggest different approach.
As you already have a font, why don't you just install this font on your
system and switch the font settings whenever you need your symbols?
Regards,
Oliver
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