LibreOffice uses an internal GUI toolkit, named VCL (Visual Class Library). It creates the GUI widgets for LibreOffice, but
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28 Jan 2023
VCL example applications and tools
By Hossein Nourikhah On 28 January 2023 In Tutorial
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
By Hossein Nourikhah On 13 January 2023 In Tutorial
Strings are very important types of data that are using in LibreOffice. Firstly, they are useful
21 Dec 2022
UNO Data types in code and API
By Hossein Nourikhah On 21 December 2022 In Tutorial
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
By Hossein Nourikhah On 3 December 2022 In Tutorial
17 Nov 2022
Formatting the code in your patch for LibreOffice
By Hossein Nourikhah On 17 November 2022 In Tutorial
Do you want to submit a patch to LibreOffice Gerrit, and you’re wondering if your code will
3 Nov 2022
Crash fixes, part 2: abort
By Hossein Nourikhah On 3 November 2022 In Tutorial
One category of the bugs that we see in computer programs including LibreOffice is the unexpected crashes. You’re working with
6 Sep 2022
Crash fixes, part 1: segfault
By Hossein Nourikhah On 6 September 2022 In Tutorial
One of the bugs that we see in computer programs including LibreOffice is the crash. You’re working with the application,
19 May 2022
Interacting with the Review Bot on Gerrit
By Hossein Nourikhah On 19 May 2022 In Tutorial
Have you received “A polite ping, still working on this bug?” message on one of your Gerrit submissions?
26 Apr 2022
Supporting metafile formats: WMF/EMF/EMF+
By Hossein Nourikhah On 26 April 2022 In Tutorial
LibreOffice supports many file formats, and among them are some raster and vector image formats from Microsoft. Metafile formats WMF,