On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 00:17, Sean Wolfe <ether....@gmail.com> wrote: > hmm I didn't know this, nice to know. Yes, C++ is still enough > overhead that I wouldn't want to try extending it ... I bet the code > is a whole lot to try and grok. >
When Apache got the LibreOffice project they heavily refactored the code. As a result, LO is considered less of a monstrosity to hack on than Open Office. That said, if your goal is to "try to extend" an application, then being written in Java as opposed to C++ would be an advantage, not a disadvantage. Especially in an application the size of OOo. That said, only a few dialogues and wizards (none critical) are written in Java. Most is C++. > It would be nice to have an office suite in a newer language that is > easier to tinker with. Take a look at Calligra, C++ with Qt. It is supposed to be very easy to extend and port, in fact that was a design goal. http://calligra-suite.org/ -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/python.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
