Author Archive

4 Jul 2023

Parallel build: tuning the performance

Do you want to build LibreOffice alongside other applications that are open on your computer like the IDEs, and

23 Mar 2023

Internal includes instead of global ones – EasyHack

In every C/C++ source code file, we use header files to put declarations of functions, data types,

3 Mar 2023

VCL application in its minimal form

LibreOffice uses an internal GUI toolkit, named VCL (Visual Class Library). It creates the GUI widgets for LibreOffice, but

21 Feb 2023

Telemetry required? Ask users first!

In this article, I will discuss the recent problems with compiling LibreOffice using Microsoft Visual Studio, things that I did

5 Feb 2023

QR code improvement – LibreOffice EasyHack

A QR code is a type of 2D barcode that is useful for encoding data, such as a

28 Jan 2023

VCL example applications and tools

You may already know that LibreOffice uses its internal GUI toolkit, named VCL (Visual Class Library). This library is responsible

13 Jan 2023

String types in LibreOffice C/C++ code – part 1

Strings are very important types of data that are using in LibreOffice. Firstly, they are useful

3 Jan 2023

Happy new year 2023!

Happy new year 2023! I wish a great year for you, and the global LibreOffice community.

Here I briefly discuss the year

21 Dec 2022

UNO Data types in code and API

alsVarious data types are used in LibreOffice code and also in LibreOffice API. Here we discuss some of

3 Dec 2022

gbuild introduction – LibreOffice build system part 1

LibreOffice uses a build system called gbuild which uses GNU Make. Migrating from the old