Thanks Jan, yeah, I think since it is user of the ODF Toolkit it is probably more suitable there. I hang around there but it is very quiet. Not sure how to progress it but will wait and see.
On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 4:23 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi. > > I have had the chance of testing your tool earlier, and I see it as a handy > tool. > > With my AOO hat on, I do not think it fits in the project. I do think it is > a nice add-on for odf toolkit (which I am not involved in) > and Corinthia. > > I will respond further on the corinthia dev list. > rgds > jan i. > > > On 24 May 2015 at 06:53, Ian C <i...@amham.net> wrote: > > > Hi All (cross posting to AOO and ODF Toolkit) > > > > I have, as part of a research project, created a tool named the ODF > > Explorer which is available for initial feedback. The thing is aimed at > > projects like Corinthia or any other ODF consumer/producer. > > > > It allows a user to see what is in an ODF document in terms of its > > structure. And it looks at a form of coverage analysis called production > > coverage. In short it ticks of which elements and attributes of the ODF > > schema have been used. It also shows the changes between documents as > > things are added. > > > > An example graph is attached. It is a filtered view of the headers.odt > > that Gabriela created. > > > > It processes text, spreadsheet, and presentation documents. > > > > It should be available via my dropbox account here > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5407897/odfe.zip > > > > I intend to make the thing available as an open source once I get some > > feedback to confirm it at least does not go hugely wrong. Not quite sure > > how to go about that though. > > > > It is built around the Java Apache ODF Toolkit, and will require a 64 bit > > Java. I've not tried on 32 I'm just assuming it won't work ?? > > > > It is a Java program wrapped in Javascript to provide a user interface > and > > so runs on both Linux (where it was developed) and Windows. If anyone > picks > > it up and tries it on a Mac let me know. > > > > Before you can run it however, you need a couple of external things. > > > > Graphiz available via http://www.graphviz.org/Download.php this is used > > to draw graphs. > > It needs to be available on your command line. > > Confirm it is via dot -V (note the capital) > > > > And Node.JS available via https://nodejs.org/download/ > > It too needs to be available on your command line. > > npm -v to confirm. > > > > I have seen on Windows installs that you may need to create an "npm" > > directory in your AppData/Roaming directory before node.js works. And on > > other machines it installs just fine. > > I have a Linux system here. > > > > Once you have the two externals then unzip the odfe.zip to a directory of > > your choice. > > Open a command line and change to your selected odfe install directory > > (should see a package.json and an odfe.jar file there) > > And type npm start - it should say an http server has started on port > 3000. > > > > Then open Firefox or Chrome - I tend to use Chrome. Not IE, it doesn't > > handle things well. And the url "http://localhost:3000/app/index.html"; > > should do the business for you. > > > > Each page has a green box in the top left hand corner to open a help > page. > > Open the one on the first page and it should explain the beast. If it > does > > not I have failed. > > > > And since I have been working on this beast for so long now there are > > probably so many things I am taking for granted. > > > > This initial release is pretty much to check it can be run outside of my > > little world and to get whatever comments I can. > > > > Let me know how it goes and hopefully you can see the use/relevance of > > such a tool. > > > > I will try to figure out how make it (and the source) more generally > > available to a wider audience once I am happy users can get it up and > > running. And if there is any interest in it. > > > > If you can think of others who would be able to comment then feel free to > > forward it to them. > > > > Many thanks for any and all feedback, which is gratefully accepted. > > -- > > Cheers, > > > > Ian C > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > -- Cheers, Ian C
