Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Andrew Pitonyak
On 2018-07-09 14:21, Mauricio Baeza Servin wrote: On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 18:01:37 + (UTC), Andrew Pitonyak wrote: On 2018-07-09 13:25, Mauricio Baeza Servin wrote: > You can make; macros, functions of Calc (full integrated in function > wizard), extensions and new UNO components. This

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Patrick, et al; On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 9:11 AM Patrick Gelin wrote: > I think there is a problem with python: nomadism ! If I want to use my > USB key with Base connecting to HSQLDB I need to install > LibreOffice/OpenOffice into the PC, then JAVA, Then HSQLDB ... then > Python ! It's a

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Drew Jensen
Let's try sending that reply to the list also. (sorry) On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 6:01 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy Patrick, et al; > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 9:11 AM Patrick Gelin > wrote: > >> I think there is a problem with python: nomadism ! If I want to use my >> USB key with Base connecting

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread gordon cooper
We were allowed the occasional GoTo, but only if it was a forward jump, never backwards. IF...THEN   and ELSE DO  were much to be preferred. I have tinkered with Python and would prefer it to Basic but have little need for any programming these days. Gordon. On 09/07/18 23:39, jonathon

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) @ Mauricio: Wow!!! That was very eloquent! :)) Thanks :) @ Gordon: Sorry! I had a go with Pascal but got distracted and didn't get very far. It looked a LOT more elegant but i was entrenched in using Basic at the time and couldn't handle the back to basics at that point in time. @

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Ben Oliver
On 18-07-09 11:20:49, Tom Davies wrote: @ all: Do you think Python is easy as a 1st language? - or is it better to start with something else first to ease into it all? Python is great. Quite easy to get into, but capable enough that you can really get stuff done. -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread toki
On 09/07/18 05:19 AM, gordon cooper wrote: > GoTo. One of the curses of Basic, the GoTo. There is a Python implementation that includes GoTo! > One of our Pascal lecturers was very  anti-Basic and forbade us to use it,  > or to even talk about it My Pascal instructor was of the mind that the

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Patrick Gelin
I think there is a problem with python: nomadism ! If I want to use my USB key with Base connecting to HSQLDB I need to install LibreOffice/OpenOffice into the PC, then JAVA, Then HSQLDB ... then Python ! It's a lot. I would like to use nn install system at work because admin installed

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-09 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 07/08/2018 05:12 PM, James Knott wrote: > On 07/08/2018 04:52 PM, toki wrote: >> * /home/ your-user-name /.config/libreoffice/4/user/template/ > Found 'em there.  However, that does nothing for the problem of removing > My Templates, so that my templates are not mixed in with a bunch of >

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-09 Thread Dan Lewis
On 07/09/2018 09:23 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 07/08/2018 05:12 PM, James Knott wrote: On 07/08/2018 04:52 PM, toki wrote: * /home/ your-user-name /.config/libreoffice/4/user/template/ Found 'em there.  However, that does nothing for the problem of removing My Templates, so that my

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Andrew Pitonyak
Disclaimer: I have only used Python once to to talk to LO. In fact, I work pretty hard to write all of my "macros" in Basic because support is very consistent across platforms. I cannot comment directly on Python, but, in Basic, I do not need to worry about which interface handles which

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Mauricio Baeza Servin
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:20:49 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > > @ all: Do you think Python is easy as a 1st language? - or is it better to > start with something else first to ease into it all? > All languages have pros and contra, but the advantages of Python are very big more than it

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Andrew Pitonyak
On 2018-07-09 13:25, Mauricio Baeza Servin wrote: You can make; macros, functions of Calc (full integrated in function wizard), extensions and new UNO components. This last part is very important for more serious programs. For certain serious integration, Basic fails, but it sounds like

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-09 Thread Mauricio Baeza Servin
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 18:01:37 + (UTC), Andrew Pitonyak wrote: > On 2018-07-09 13:25, Mauricio Baeza Servin wrote: > > > You can make; macros, functions of Calc (full integrated in function > > wizard), extensions and new UNO components. > > This last part is very important for more serious