Hi Arrigo, Am 25.04.23 um 12:26 schrieb Arrigo Marchiori: > Hello All, > > replying mid-thread. > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 04:41:37PM +0200, Corentin Verbrèghe wrote: > >> Hello, >> I think that making my proposal an extension of AOO is a bad idea, I rather >> thought that it should be part of the software because the problem of an >> extension is that it does not install automatically. Moreover, this could >> improve the gallery to make it much more interesting and complete, with an >> almost infinite choice of images, illustrations, icons and even audio files >> available for everyone. The fact that it is not an extension will make AOO >> more interesting and useful compared to before and other software such as >> LibreOffice. > Let's not forget that extensions could be embedded within the official > installer. > > Choosing between an extension and "something else" (a module?) is IMHO > a choice about how to _develop_ this. > > By keeping a separate code base from the AOO main trunk, we could have > more focused development. > > By using an extension, we would have the possibility to update that > ``part of AOO'' without recompiling the full AOO distribution, during > the development. > > I also expect that developing an extension will be easier than > learning how the AOO code is organized, what classes do what etc. And > maybe we may not even need C++, but rather Basic, Python or other more > accessible programming languages.
I second this! The idea is not new, but unfortunately these extensions are not maintained atm: https://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/openclipart-gallery https://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/wikimedia-commons-gallery Regards, Matthias > > I hope this makes sense, and I encourage anyone interested to start > reading this: > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development > > Best regards,
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