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On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Nathan Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I have a html document where most of the style is defined using css styles
> in the <style> section. When I try to import the document I encounter a
> problem.  The styles defined in html tags are accepted, but those same
> styles are not always accepted when defined in the <style> section of the
> document.
>
> I would like to solve this problem, but have no experience with the
> OpenOffice code base. I was hoping someone could point me in the right
> direction and provide guidance. I have identified that the code in question
> is in sw/source/filter/html/ . I have also checked out the code and am going
> to try building it (Kubuntu)(I checked out all of OpenOffice2, which
> apparently should take 12 hours to build :( ). Is it possible to compile a
> smaller subset of the checkout and still get something runnable?
>
> After taking a short look at the files, I have been unable to find the
> entry point. How does this code get used? Where is a new class of
> SwHTMLParser (is it?) get created and called? I'm hoping that I should be
> able to find a starting place and trace through it from there. If anyone
> could give me a 5 second overview of this part of the code, that would much
> appreciated.
>
> == Test Case ==
>
> I have attached a small test case to illustrate the problem. The original
> html file was generated with OpenOffice 2.4 and modified slightly to apply
> the bold style to the last paragraph through the <style> tag.  Both
> documents should have a frame (aligned on the right).
>
> test_no_css.html : has the frame's style defined in the <span> tag. This
> works perfectly.
>
> test_css.html       : has the style defined in the <style> section. In
> this document, we can see that Writer completely ignores the fact that there
> is a frame there. The text is simply placed above the first paragraph.  We
> also note that the final paragraph is still interpreted, correctly, as bold
> through the <style> section.
>
> Any pointers or help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan
>
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