Dear Open Office, I am an amateur programmer, knowing primarily c++ and c. i want to develop a certain extension for open office which will enable a 'markup mode' or 'interpreted mode' in open office, for easier formatting, much like LATEX. Instead of writing the text and then applying various levels of formatting to it, for example: headlines, sub-headlines, body text etc., we can write our document like: <heading>this is heading</heading> <sub>this is sub heading</sub> <body>Text formatiing is so easier this way in a large document</body> User would be able to define thesemarkups, like <heading> means BookMan Old 20 pt Red Color etc.
WYSWYG is OK for small documents but when they become more involved, keep a track of formatting gets tougher. TEX and LATEX provide exactly this functionality but they have a steep learning curve and are limited to mainly scientific community for largely Math Typesetting. Say I can make a toggle button for "Interpreter mode". Press the button and start writing your document in this markup fashion. Once you're done, toggle the button and the whole document is interpreted and displayed in formatted manner and you able to write in that WYSIWYG manner too, ie without interpreting. I tried studying your programming guide to begin, but it doesn't provide much insight into my problem. Please Reply, Regards -- Rajveer Sangha Room # F-46 Ravindra Bhavan IIT Roorkee Roorkee-247667 Uttaranchal Ph: +91-9358354995
