We had a lot off contributors over time and you might be the next contributor to this awesome project. :)
The oldest code in OpenOffice is maybe older then Microsoft Office. What I want to say, it might be not as easy as you might think to improve what youz want to improve. We recommend to build OpenOffice from code for starters. It is quite a challenge since our build system is aged and we are in the middle of changes. Also we welcome everything that you seem fit to change. For Code changes we request a Test driven development approach. We use google test library. Welcome to OpenOffice. I hope to read from you and you hand in patches. All the best Peter On 29.05.19 02:28, Ynjiun Paul Wang wrote: > Dear, > > > > I have been using openoffice for more than 10 years now. My primary > interests is to edit/typeset Bible using openoffice (since version 2.0 now > 4.1.5) You may check out the oo converted pdf bible of my works at fojc.net. > For years, I have been struggling with the "centernotes" layout and > formatting issues (you may check out what it looks like from fojc.net bible > download). In shorts, the centernotes that anchored with paragraph might > overlap (or collided) each other from left column and right column > paragraphs. I have been trying to manually move the centernotes around for > years. But to a point, now, I think I better to contribute to source code of > openoffice writer to "automate" this centernotes formatting/typesetting > work. I am anxious to solve this problem fundamentally. I have been > programming in all kind languages for years. C++ was one of my first few > programming languages in college and in my early career. I believe I can > pick it up again very quickly. I have Computer Science in imaging processing > background with Ph.D degree and actively using Python and OpenCV and > occasionally in my hobby working on Elixir on Pheonix as well as ruby on > rails. I hope I can contribute to oo writer to a point that one day I don't > need to manually shuffling the "centernotes" any more ; )) > > > > Let me know how can I get started : perhaps in Text Document => Text Frame > formatting code review ? > > > > Thanks for pointing me the starting point. > > > > -Paul > > > > [email protected] > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >
