Ever wondered how to create a LibreOffice extension? Here I discuss how to do that via Python programming language. It is possible to run and debug the resulting Python code in an IDE, and then package the content as an extension. (more…)
Month: November 2023
String literals: C/C++ string data types part 2
In the first part of the series on string types in LibreOffice, I discussed some of the string data types that are in use in various places of the LibreOffice code. I discussed various character and string data types briefly: OString, OUString, char/char*, sal_Unicode, sal_Unicode*, rtl_String, rtl_uString and also std::string. Now I want to explain string literals. (more…)
Integer data types improvement – EasyHack
Many different data types are used in LibreOffice code. During the long history of the LibreOffice, and before that in OpenOffice, there were integer data types that are no longer in use today. The task I discuss here is to choose appropriate data types to use instead of sal_uLong and similar deprecated integer data types. (more…)