On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 03:48, Lo�c Lef�vre wrote: > Hi everybody, > First, thanks for your answers :) > > About the bug 7011, I've solved it, though it was quite > simple with a good IDE (IntelliJ IDEA, simply the best ;) ). > So to submit a patch for a file: no problem, but for numerous > files, how do I do? Write patch for file #1, new line, patch > for file #2, new line? >
I filed the bug and didn't fix it because I wanted to give that who caused it the opportunity to fix it. Its easy to do in Netbeans as well :-). Anyhow, post the patch into bugzilla if you would, you can attach it to the bug and change prefix the bug description with the word [PATCH]. I or Glen will apply it shortly. We're informally undergoing a few hours of code freeze so that Ken can post his logging changes to free us from being tied to particular versions of Log4J or requiring rebuilds. (very annoying problem) Put the files in your working copy of the CVS repository and use the cvs diff -u command - It even works on directories etc. (You can get better syntax then I could give you from the help as I always have to look it up :-) > About l10n/i18n, I've been responsible of this part for the > software I'm working on. It has taken about one month but the > Java API comes with numerous class/methods to help about this > subject. I'm french so I work with the french version of Excel. > Since some days, I had to look about a solution to export data > into Excel. After having developed a little API to write SYLK > document (readable by Excel), I've found the POI project :D > I whish to help you to enhance this project to support l10n/i18n > because I need it of course and because I think this would be great > for others too. I can first send you document and URLs about this > subject :) *How about of this?* (perhaps even code source of our software > but keep it secret ;) ). > Okay you're going to have to educate me on what l10n/i18n is... If that means internationalization/localization etc support then a big "+1" from me. Now Probably what you're going to need in order to do this is the Excel 97 Developer's Kit. Its $14(US) or about 18(EU) or so off of Amazon plus shipping. > For Unit testing, well I need some help since I'm really not aware > about it though I find the concept quite interesting. Have you URLs? > Is it in the src/testcases directory? > We use jUnit (www.junit.org) -- you can see that under src/testcases. If you just crack one of those classes open (the structure matches POI's package structure) I've no doubt you'll understand it. Its very simple. Basically, I'm suggesting we can help catch internationalization/localization errors through unit testing. In general we strive to achive at least one TestClassName class per POI Class and one method for each public/protected method in the matching class. (private is impossible and quite possibly silly IMHO). Thanks, -Andy > Regards, > Lo�c Lef�vre > -- http://www.superlinksoftware.com http://jakarta.apache.org/poi - port of Excel/Word/OLE 2 Compound Document format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh
