On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Kai Ahrens<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bernhard, > > Christian is absolutely right with his proposal. > Gallery will need a major rework, if not a complete > rewrite. > > Regarding your question, I don't see an other solution > as well at the moment, since graphics are only stored inside the > gallery theme files itself if they are dragged out of a document, > because in this case, a new file needs to be created. In any other > case, only links to existing files are stored. > > As mentioned earlier, writing adapters for different clipart > repositories, as already discussed within our clipart repository > thread, are a must for this rework.
Question, how hackable is the gallery module at the moment. I know is not treated as any other windows or pane and also is not accessible by the scripting framework. So improving it through an extension seems like a pretty hard task at the moment. Search, tagging or just replacing the gallery should be achieved through extensions if it were that powerful. > I'm sorry, that I'm not able to give you a detailed timeline > at the moment, but further details will be discussed soon, > I think. > > With best regards > Kai > > Christian Lippka schrieb: >> >> Hi Bernhard, >> >> I'm sorry that I don't have any solution for you except to look at >> the gengal tool that is in one of the OOo program directories. I never >> used it but it maybe does what you need. >> >> Beside that I think it is time that we start re designing the gallery >> as it is really comming of age. >> >> Right now I have the following improvements on my mental list: >> >> - make it possible to add new gallery themes with extensions >> - make it possible to add templates and slides to the gallery >> - add online content access to the gallery (facebook, youtube, e.t.c.) >> >> All in all I love the gallery to become more like an "asset manager" >> than just a place with some clip art. Adding search and taging >> functionality. Maybe even shared galleries. >> >> I may create an initial wiki page so anyone who likes to work with >> me on this please drop a note. But this is definitly something for >> the time after OOo 3.2 is finished. >> >> Regards, >> Christian >> >> Bernhard Dippold wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I don't want to keep you off the discussion (and work) for the >>> SVG-implementation really needed, but as I try to improve the clipart >>> gallery by providing the present gallery themes (mainly from the 2006 >>> Documentation Project contest, see [1]) as extensions, there are a few >>> topics I want to address one by one, if I know about the right people to >>> ask. >>> >>> For the moment my most important point is: >>> - If I add some files from my file system to a gallery theme, they are >>> not embedded, but linked to it. >>> >>> After creation of an extension anybody else can't use them, because the >>> links still point to my computer [2]. >>> >>> Do I really have to copy every single clipart to a document and re-insert >>> it to the gallery? This would take much more time than I wanted to invest on >>> that task. >>> >>> Is there a way I didn't see? >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> Bernhard >>> >>> PS:If this question would better be posted anywhere else, please tell me. >>> >>> [1]: >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/gallery/index.html >>> [2]: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/AlphaBlocks >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
