[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Barbara,
'>'From: Barbara Duprey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
'>'>> The languages that I worked in were mainframe-based, as you
'>'>> can probably guess from the timeframe (S/360 Assembler, anyone?),
and
'>'
'>'>> didn't include Java or any of the C variants (though I have an in-house
'>'
'>'>> expert in C/C++ in my son). Those are the implementation languages
for
'>'
'>'>> OOo, right?
'>'>>
'>'>
'>'> C++ instead of C, then yes.
'>'>
'>'>
'>'> Setting up the environment to build OOo is the first pre-requisite.
'>'> Depending on your preference, this could be done on Linux or Windows
'>'> (well, of course also Solaris and FreeBSD and Mac and other supported
'>'> platforms - but the majority probably uses Linux or Windows). Linux
is
'>'> reported to be easier to get it to fly, Windows is more convenient
on
'>'> the long run, if you appreciate a development IDE / debugger with all
'>'> bells and whistles.
'>'>
'>'> There's a whole category in the Wiki collecting developer-related
'>'> things: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Development.
'>'> I'd say http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org
'>'> could be the first the entry point.
'>'>
'>'> Ciao
'>'> Frank
'>'Thanks, Frank. I'm on WinXP at this point, but probably not for too much
'>'
'>'longer.
'>'
Perhaps you can join to the Education Project, more about it here:
http://education.openoffice.org/
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
It's a very good effort to help developers to get a start point into OOo.
There's logs about old class rooms here:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_ClassRoom
--
Noelson
Thanks, Noelson. Looks as if there should be plenty of help if (well,
OK, guess it's when) I take the plunge.
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