I use Eclipse but I first build OpenOffice and then only open 1 module at a time. If you plan to open the entire project, you'll need a lot of RAM and to increase Eclipse/Java memory limits.
Regards Damjan On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 7:47 PM, John D'Orazio <john.dora...@cappellaniauniroma3.org> wrote: > Ok I'm trying to get the sources on my local computer to take a better look > at them, it'll be easier to search them locally and start to get to know > them. Does anyone use Eclipse to work with the source code? I'm giving it a > try to see if it is feasible... I saw this page > <https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice_and_Eclipse> that says it > should be doable. > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 7:18 PM, John D'Orazio < > john.dora...@cappellaniauniroma3.org> wrote: > >> Yes I tried setting the CharBackTransparent boolean also, it had no >> effect. From my latest "research" I believe that it's not the case that >> transparent and opaque values are being exchange, it's simply that >> OpenOffice doesn't support transparency for background colors and because >> of this seems to use "0x00" for the alpha bit (which would normally mean >> transparent rather than opaque!). >> The problem is that the Java Color Object and any other kind of Color >> handling such as with JColorChooser, always set the alpha bit. So I'm >> having to explicitly unset the alpha bit / set it to 0x00 before trying to >> set the background color. >> I believe this is something that can / should be handled behind the >> scenes, by the OpenOffice API. If it doesn't support transparency it should >> however check for the alpha bit and set it to whatever it likes it to be. >> So anyone trying to set transparency will simply get opaque, rather than >> get nothing. >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Carl Marcum <cmar...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> On 09/17/2015 07:24 PM, John D'Orazio wrote: >>> >>>> I believe I have found what can be considered a bug, or at least not >>>> intended behaviour, in the way the OpenOffice API takes values from Java >>>> when setting certain text properties (in this case "CharBackColor") using >>>> the XPropertySet interface. I have been discussing this on a forum >>>> thread ( >>>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=79294&p=364347 >>>> ) >>>> and have opened an issue for it on the bugzilla tracker ( >>>> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126531). >>>> >>>> I would be willing to look into it and work on a patch for this, if >>>> anyone >>>> can point me in the right direction of where exactly to look in the Open >>>> Office source code... I have been skimming over it in the svn repo ( >>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk/), but for a newcomer >>>> it's hard to know where to look (I'm guessing it might have to do with >>>> the >>>> XPropertySet interface, or wherever the Text Properties supported by the >>>> interface are defined). If anyone can point me in the right direction I >>>> can >>>> try to look into it... >>>> >>>> Hi John, >>> >>> I'm actually just beginning to look into how the java jars are built so I >>> may need corrected by someone. >>> >>> I think the java files are "Built" from IDL files and packaged into the >>> jar files during a build process. >>> >>> I have only svn checked out the AOO code last night and begun looking. >>> >>> For instance if you search the codebase for XPropertySet the only java >>> files I have found are in QA type directories. >>> >>> Have you tried to additionally set the CharBackTransparent boolean >>> property as well [1]. >>> >>> [1] >>> https://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/style/CharacterProperties.html#CharBackColor >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Carl >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >>> >> > > > -- > John R. D'Orazio --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
