Am Sonntag, 31. März 2013 um 14:31 schrieb Ishan Thilina: > Hi Juergen, > > Thank you very much for the pointers. I read the documentation available at > [1] to get an idea of the current implementation. Unfortunately, the source > is not available in the link you provided ([2]). But I was able to checkout > the code using *git clone git:// > anongit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/contrib/ooeclipse*. Seems like it is > the latest copy of the source. > > But throughout the last few days my focus was on learning the basics of > Eclipse plugin creation. It doesn't seem too hard (at least for the > moment!) and I feel familiar with it because I have 8 months of experience > writing OSGi components thanks to my internship at WSO2 [3] (and eclipse > plugins are OSGi components!).Also I refreshed my memory on UNO by taking a > quick look at the documentation and also read the documentation of the Net > beans plugin to get a clear idea on what I should be creating. > > I think the best path to follow in the coming few days would be to take a > look at the source code of the Eclipse and NetBeans plugins and gain > whatever thing I can from those. ( I won't forget that we shouldn't be > focusing too much on the things that licenses doesn't match ). > > Please share your thoughts. I would also spent some time on creating an extension project manually, including the final packaging, deploying and debugging in the office etc. Such a project can be used as project template for later use in a wizard. We use something similar in the NetBeans plugin.
Juergen > > [1]. http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice_Eclipse_Integration > [2]. > http://www.openoffice.org/api/Projects/EclipseIntegration/dev-update/plugins/ > [3]. https://wso2.org > > -- > Thank you..! > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 071-6372089 > > Ishan's info: www.ishans.info > මගේ සටහන්: www.siblog.ishans.info > Ishan's way: www.blog.ishans.info > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Juergen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Am Samstag, 30. März 2013 um 01:05 schrieb Alexandro Colorado: > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Ishan Thilina <is...@ishans.info> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Juergen, > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for the promptly reply. Please find my comments > > inline. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Juergen Schmidt < > > jogischm...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Ishan, > > > > > > > > > > first of all welcome at Apache and thank you for interest in this > > > > proposed > > > > > GSoC project. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2013 um 18:02 schrieb Ishan Thilina: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am a student from the Faculty of Engineering, Universtiy of > > Moratuwa, > > > > > Sri > > > > > > Lanka who is currently in my 4th year (final year) majoring in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Computer > > > > > > Science and Engineering. I was a GSoC participant in 2012 for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Creative > > > > > > Commons and was able to successfully complete the assigned > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > project[1]. > > > > > > > > > > > > The projects aim was to port an existing Java LibreOffice > > extension to > > > > > > Python. So I have an understanding about the OpenOffice API and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > been > > > > > > exposed to extensions development using both Java and Python for > > > > > > LibreOffice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sounds good so far > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw the idea of creating an OpenOffice Extension Plugin for > > Eclipse > > > > > from > > > > > > [2]. Although I don't have prior experience on writing plugins for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eclipse, > > > > > > I think with proper guidance I achieve the goals of this project. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Eclipse community is very big and there is a lot documentation > > > > > available. I am also no Eclipse expert but I will do my best to give > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you > > > > > the necessary guidance and advice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I too agree to the fact that learning how to write eclipse plugins > > > > should be done my my self. What I meant by "proper guidance" is mostly > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > design decisions that will be involved in the plugin development > > > > > > > process. > > > > > > > > I will start learning about eclipse plugins development as soon as > > possible > > > > so that I can get a clear understanding about the difficulty of the > > > > > > > project > > > > it self and submit a strong proposal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I mentored a similar project years ago but it is not directly > > comparable > > > > > with what we have for NetBeans already and license is not compatible > > > > > > > > > > > with > > > > > the Apache license. > > > > > Anyway what I have it mind goes in the direction of the NetBeans > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > plugin. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I > > > > > recommend that you take a look on it and try it out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I have already used the NetBeans plugin. I used for my work in > > GSoC > > > > 2012, So I'm familiar with its functionality. > > > > > > > > > > > > > The idea is to provide some further tooling for developers who prefer > > > > > Eclipse over NetBeans and potentially bring in more ideas ;-) > > > > > Or support the same kind of wizard for different languages, eg. Java, > > > > > Python and maybe c++. > > > > > But the initial project should focus on the first basic steps of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > course. > > > > > > > > > > For example setting up working extension projects in Eclipse and > > think in > > > > > a second step how it can convert in a plugin with wizards..., > > > > > > > > > > > > What will be your selection criteria for a GSoC student? Are there > > any > > > > > > other things that I need to be aware of this project? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wrote it the description already and it depends how many students > > are > > > > > interested in this project. I am open to work with interested people > > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in > > > > > the end it is up to them to move the project forward and to a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > success. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So I guess the way to start working on the project is to first take a > > look > > > > at on how to write Eclipse plugins. But this could take some time. > > > > > > > Also I > > > > think by looking at the NetBeans plugin, we'd be able to get a proper > > > > > > > idea > > > > on how to *package an extension package (oxt), deploy it from Eclipse > > > > into the office and how to remote debug the extension in the office* > > > > > > > > > > > (one > > > > of your ideas in the jira issue). > > > > > > > > > > > > Cedric Bosonat wrote an Eclipse Extension for AOO, this could be the best > > > testcase to develop a new one. > > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice_Eclipse_Integration > > > code is here: > > > > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/api/Projects/EclipseIntegration/dev-update/plugins/ > > > > > > Pending the changes on extensions newer versions of Eclipse demand and > > > other additional configurations. > > > > > > > > > we should not look to deep in things where the license doesn't fit. I > > would like to avoid confusion. The orientation should be the feature set of > > the NetBeans plugin. > > > > Juergen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any other particular guidelines on what I should be focusing with in > > this > > > > period? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You can access my LinkedIn profile from [3]. It'll list many of my > > > > > project > > > > > > work and achievements. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I will take a closer look on it later... > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > Juergen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1]. http://code.creativecommons.org/viewgit/cc.libreoffice.git/ > > > > > > [2]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-77 > > > > > > [3]. www.linkedin.com/pub/ishan-somasiri/25/bab/951 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Thank you..! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > 071-6372089 > > > > > > > > > > > > Ishan's info: www.ishans.info > > > > > > මගේ සටහන්: www.siblog.ishans.info > > > > > > Ishan's way: www.blog.ishans.info > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Alexandro Colorado > > > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > > > http://es.openoffice.org > > > > > > > > > >
