Thanks for the tip on OpenGrok! it rocks :D did a search in 887
milliseconds, not bad at all. I guess it has the source code already
indexed so it's a lot faster. That's a big help!

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org> wrote:

> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > John R. D'Orazio
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