On May 17, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Nick Burch wrote: > On Fri, 17 May 2013, Eliot Kimber wrote: >> I am trying to use the XSLF code to implement manipulation and generation of >> PPTX presentations. I see that there are still some missing features and >> bugs. I am more than happy to contribute to the code to fill in some of the >> features I'm looking for. But I didn't want to start writing patches without >> checking what was already under way. > > Most of the work on XSLF has been done by Yegor. (I did a bit at the start > around text extraction, then he put most of the work in for the rest!). The > remainder comes from user contributions, which we're always very keen to get! > > Yegor is currently a bit snowed-under at work, so I don't believe he's > currently working on any XSLF code. If it's in SVN with a TODO, consider it > fair game to implement! If it's a new feature, probably best post something > here for a sanity check, then go ahead if no-one spots a problem with your > plan
Yes, Yegor is certainly snowed under at work. Also, there is some work yet to be contributed that we have done over XSLF that may be helpful. I would suggest that you communicate your thoughts clearly on the ML about any API changes that you would find helpful. > >> My first task is to implement a PPTX "burster" that can produce a set of >> single-slide presentations from an existing presentation. I see that this >> task was discussed in the mailing list and some workaround code was >> provided. But it seems like it would be better to simply make the base code >> do the right thing in this case and I'd like to tackle that if it's not >> already in the process of being addressed. > > I'd suggest you take that code, fix it and finish it, write some unit tests, > then contribute a patch for it. Ideally it would probably be something like a > utility that works on XSLF slideshows to produce new ones, or something like > that, with most of the logic on the main XSLF classes Yegor and I certainly have continued interest in this area even if our attention is currently elsewhere. It would be great to see what you propose. > >> I'm also working on code to generate new slides from a simple XML format >> that represents generic slide show content (that is, something that is >> relatively easy to generate from other stuff, like existing XML or whatever). > > Have you seen the HSLF stuff for producing .ppt files, from java awt-style > code and the like? This is a place to look. Regards, Dave > > Nick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
