I think the [email protected] is more appropriate for this type of question.
I'd say that a XKeyListener is what you are looking for but I'm not sure: http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/awt/XKeyListener.html http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/awt/XWindow.html http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/OfficeDev.xhtml Tom George Vasiliou wrote: > Hello! > > Please forgive my ignorance if this is not the correct question or if > this is not the correct forum to address it! I will describe in a few > words what I want to do. > > I need a text editor to write a symbolic language that has many symbols > which are combined to produce 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 > 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. 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
