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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Michael Acevedo <ve...@gmail.com> on 2012/05/18 02:42:38 UTC
[PROPOSAL] Suggesting 2 new features for AOO 4.0.
Hi,
I was wondering where I can propose the following two features for Apache
OpenOffice 4.0. These are the two features that I have in mind.
1. OpenGL 3D transitions in Impress - I think this is a long overdue
feature in OOo and it certainly helps AOO to better compete with
other proprietary office suites which already have them.
2. Integrated Grammar Checker for Writer - This too as well is a long
overdue feature in OOo. I read somewhere that LibreOffice now has a grammar
checker integrated to it.
I hope that someone can point me in the right direction when it comes to
this proposal.
Many thanks and congrats to the AOO team with their 1 millionth download in
the first week of release!
--
Best,
Michael
Re: [PROPOSAL] Suggesting 2 new features for AOO 4.0.
Posted by Michael Acevedo <ve...@gmail.com>.
Hi Shane,
Thanks for replying quickly. Right now this proposal is just two ideas that
I hope someone else can workout as I don't have any coding experience
(although if I had I would gladly contribute the code back to the project).
Now when you mean *"start sharing your details"*, do you want like how
these suggested features should work? Because when it comes to those I
don't know how to explain them better than their title.
Again, thanks for the reply!
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
> You just did! The ooo-dev@ list is exactly the place to suggest these.
> In particular, please do start sharing your details, if you have them
> ready. Also, are you volunteering to work on this code, or are these just
> good ideas you're hoping someone else will pick up?
>
> Here's a good place to look as well: it's sometimes easier if you have a
> chunk of work outlined to add it to an appropriate place in the wiki, and
> then post an email here with a link asking for feedback.
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/**
> AOO+4.0+Feature+Planning<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Feature+Planning>
>
> It might be useful to see if either of these intersect in the Symphony
> code that IBM is donating to the project for inclusion, as the committers
> here accept it and work to integrate it:
>
> http://wiki.services.**openoffice.org/wiki/Symphony_**contribution<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Symphony_contribution>
>
> - Shane
>
>
> On 2012-05-17 8:42 PM, Michael Acevedo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering where I can propose the following two features for Apache
>> OpenOffice 4.0. These are the two features that I have in mind.
>>
>> 1. OpenGL 3D transitions in Impress - I think this is a long overdue
>>
>> feature in OOo and it certainly helps AOO to better compete with
>> other proprietary office suites which already have them.
>> 2. Integrated Grammar Checker for Writer - This too as well is a long
>>
>> overdue feature in OOo. I read somewhere that LibreOffice now has a
>> grammar
>> checker integrated to it.
>>
>> I hope that someone can point me in the right direction when it comes to
>> this proposal.
>>
>> Many thanks and congrats to the AOO team with their 1 millionth download
>> in
>> the first week of release!
>>
>>
--
Best,
Michael
Re: [PROPOSAL] Suggesting 2 new features for AOO 4.0.
Posted by Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org>.
You just did! The ooo-dev@ list is exactly the place to suggest these.
In particular, please do start sharing your details, if you have them
ready. Also, are you volunteering to work on this code, or are these
just good ideas you're hoping someone else will pick up?
Here's a good place to look as well: it's sometimes easier if you have a
chunk of work outlined to add it to an appropriate place in the wiki,
and then post an email here with a link asking for feedback.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Feature+Planning
It might be useful to see if either of these intersect in the Symphony
code that IBM is donating to the project for inclusion, as the
committers here accept it and work to integrate it:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Symphony_contribution
- Shane
On 2012-05-17 8:42 PM, Michael Acevedo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering where I can propose the following two features for Apache
> OpenOffice 4.0. These are the two features that I have in mind.
>
> 1. OpenGL 3D transitions in Impress - I think this is a long overdue
> feature in OOo and it certainly helps AOO to better compete with
> other proprietary office suites which already have them.
> 2. Integrated Grammar Checker for Writer - This too as well is a long
> overdue feature in OOo. I read somewhere that LibreOffice now has a grammar
> checker integrated to it.
>
> I hope that someone can point me in the right direction when it comes to
> this proposal.
>
> Many thanks and congrats to the AOO team with their 1 millionth download in
> the first week of release!
>
Re: [PROPOSAL] Suggesting 2 new features for AOO 4.0.
Posted by Andre Fischer <af...@a-w-f.de>.
On 20.05.2012 00:09, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> On 18/05/2012 Michael Acevedo wrote:
>> 1. OpenGL 3D transitions in Impress - I think this is a long overdue
>> feature in OOo and it certainly helps AOO to better compete with
>> other proprietary office suites which already have them.
>
> Could you please have a look at
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=82460
OpenGL (on Linux) support for the 3D transitions. Source code can be
found in main/slideshow/source/engine/OGLTrans
The issue is closed (support for OpenGL has been implemented) but I
don't know about the current status (if it still works).
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=87529
The windows support (Direct3D) has never been done. Some years ago I
have made some (successful) experiments in this area but without proper
support on UI level this feature will remain experimental (and the code
died with my Oracle computer.)
> and see if those requests are the same as yours? If yes, you can insert
> a comment there.
>
>> 2. Integrated Grammar Checker for Writer - This too as well is a long
>> overdue feature in OOo. I read somewhere that LibreOffice now has a
>> grammar
>> checker integrated to it.
>
> Technically, this is not very hard: you just need to choose a grammar
> checker extension among the ones listed on
> http://extensions.openoffice.org/ (search "Grammar")
> and bundle it with OpenOffice the same way Presentation Minimizer is
> bundled now. It might be painful because of license compatibility, but
> it does not pose significant technical challenges.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
Re: [PROPOSAL] Suggesting 2 new features for AOO 4.0.
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 18/05/2012 Michael Acevedo wrote:
> 1. OpenGL 3D transitions in Impress - I think this is a long overdue
> feature in OOo and it certainly helps AOO to better compete with
> other proprietary office suites which already have them.
Could you please have a look at
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=82460
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=87529
and see if those requests are the same as yours? If yes, you can insert
a comment there.
> 2. Integrated Grammar Checker for Writer - This too as well is a long
> overdue feature in OOo. I read somewhere that LibreOffice now has a grammar
> checker integrated to it.
Technically, this is not very hard: you just need to choose a grammar
checker extension among the ones listed on
http://extensions.openoffice.org/ (search "Grammar")
and bundle it with OpenOffice the same way Presentation Minimizer is
bundled now. It might be painful because of license compatibility, but
it does not pose significant technical challenges.
Regards,
Andrea.