Re: GSOC 2025: Getting Started as a contributor

On 28.2.2025 16.04, Shubham Achary wrote: To The LibreOffice Project Mentor Greetings, I am M Shubham Achary , a diploma passout of branch Electronics and Telecommunication engg From KiiT university . Age 22 , Male. So, I have some strong background in Embedded system, Java , c++ and Python(i

GSOC 2025: Getting Started as a contributor

To The LibreOffice Project Mentor Greetings, I am M Shubham Achary , a diploma passout of branch Electronics and Telecommunication engg From KiiT university . Age 22 , Male. So, I have some strong background in Embedded system, Java , c++ and Python(including MicroPython), Currently using Linu

Re: Getting started

> On 17 Aug 2023, at 12:38 AM, Chris Tapp wrote: > > I am definitely interested in any ideas you have to handle this. I wrote my current findings on the bugzilla issue (https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105298).

Re: Getting started

On 16.08.23 23:38, Chris Tapp wrote: I had tried looking to see if there were open bugs for these, but I hadn’t managed to find them. There are many, for example https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35538 OpenPGP_signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Getting started

I’m supporting an organisation that is using LO to create pdfs that are used as inputs to a print-on-demand service, and we have identified a couple of issues that I would like to have a go at resolving: 1) The handling of font names differs between the Windows and MacOS builds, resulting in t

Re: Getting started

> On 16 Aug 2023, at 16:23, Khaled Hosny wrote: > > > >> On 16 Aug 2023, at 5:44 PM, Chris Tapp wrote: >> >> Hi Guys, >> >> I’m supporting an organisation that is using LO to create pdfs that are used >> as inputs to a print-on-demand service, and we have identified a couple of >> issues t

Re: Getting started

> On 16 Aug 2023, at 5:44 PM, Chris Tapp wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I’m supporting an organisation that is using LO to create pdfs that are used > as inputs to a print-on-demand service, and we have identified a couple of > issues that I would like to have a go at resolving: > > 1) The handlin

Getting started

Hi Guys, I’m supporting an organisation that is using LO to create pdfs that are used as inputs to a print-on-demand service, and we have identified a couple of issues that I would like to have a go at resolving: 1) The handling of font names differs between the Windows and MacOS builds, resul

Re: Getting started

Hello, Did you take a look at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GetInvolved ? Most of LO code (95%?) is C++. About Java, the goal is to try to reduce dependency on Java. For QA tests, we try to migrate Java tests towards Python or even better towards C++. Julien -- Sent from: h

Re: Getting started

On 13.1.2021 23.47, Alan Frank wrote: I'm new here and, following the guidelines, would like to start with an "Easy Hack," preferably in Javascript, Python, or SQL, but I could probably remember Java if necessary.  Alas, I'm having trouble finding an appropriate "Easy Hack."  I don't mind if it

Getting started

hat there are extensive instructions online, if someone wants to volunteer to help guide me through getting started, that would be awesome. --Alan ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice

RE: getting started with libreoffice online

to 7.0, but this may take some time. > >> >> >> Dan, can you help with this? >> >> -Original Message----- >> >> To: libreoffice >> Subject: RE: getting started with libreoffice online >> >> >> >> Can anyone

Re: getting started with libreoffice online

Subject: RE: getting started with libreoffice online Can anyone point me to a manual where I can just run the libreoffice online and edit some files on a tablet for instance? Are these strange questions wanting to know what the rest api documentation is

RE: getting started with libreoffice online

Dan, can you help with this? -Original Message- To: libreoffice Subject: RE: getting started with libreoffice online Can anyone point me to a manual where I can just run the libreoffice online and edit some files on a tablet for instance? Are these strange questions wanting

RE: getting started with libreoffice online

Can anyone point me to a manual where I can just run the libreoffice online I edit some files on a tablet for instance? Are these strange questions wanting to know what the rest api documentation is? ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.

getting started with libreoffice online

I tried in October to get the docker image running, but cannot find anything usefull in the documentation to get started with libreoffice online, there is more written there about other products. Eg docs on api calls I can not find. How to create a new empty file? How to view this empty file

Re: getting started with contributions in libreoffice online android app

Thank you so much sir. I will proceed as directed. On Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 10:08 AM Miguel Teixeira wrote: > Hi! > > First, to get started, you should be familiar with building LibreOffice > for Android. > > For this, you can use: > *https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingForAndro

Re: getting started with contributions in libreoffice online android app

Hi! First, to get started, you should be familiar with building LibreOffice for Android. For this, you can use: *https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingForAndroid * After fix all of your possible "first times pr

Re: getting started with contributions in libreoffice online android app

Can anyone please reply, it will be very helpful to me. > ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice

getting started with contributions in libreoffice online android app

Hello Everyone, I want to contribute to the libreoffice android online app but I don’t see any specific easy hacks listed in it. How do I get started? Do I need to find bugs on my own and start fixing them? Thank you. ___ LibreOffice mailing list

Re: Getting started with LibreOffice

Hi Rohit, welcome to the LibreOffice development mailing list. Am 20. Januar 2019 06:47:57 MEZ schrieb Rohit Ramaprasad : >Hello my name is Rohit. I am new to open source development and wish to >contribute to LibreOffice. >I have downloaded the source code and >required >dependencies and have s

Getting started with LibreOffice

Hello my name is Rohit. I am new to open source development and wish to contribute to LibreOffice. I have downloaded the source code and required dependencies and have successfully built it. Can you please guide me as to where I should start looking and how to get started. Thank You _

Re: [GSoC] Getting started with Implementing Table Styles in Calc

Hi Abhishek, On Wednesday, 2018-03-07 16:03:08 +0100, Eike Rathke wrote: > [...] > I hope this clarifies. > [...] > The focus of this GSoC project is to > [...] I wonder that we never heard back from you, no questions, remarks, anything. Please note that the deadline for submitting proposals thr

Re: GSoC'18 Getting Started with Listbox separate Read Values from Input Values

Hi, Your description is correct. Forms are a component that is not per se strictly part of Base, it is shared with also at least Writer and Calc. They are just used much more intensively by Base than by other parts of LibreOffice :) In first approximation, the work you describe would happen entir

Re: GSoC'18 Getting Started with Listbox separate Read Values from Input Values

Currently, I am trying to understand the problem and sending patches to some easyhacks, but it would be nice if some guidance and resources are provided on the project topic in order to get a better understanding. Thanks, Hrishabh On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Hrishabh Rajput wrote: > Hello C

Re: [GSoC] Getting started with Implementing Table Styles in Calc

Hi Abhishek, On Saturday, 2018-03-03 23:49:28 +0530, Abhishek Shrivastava wrote: > Thanks for your mails. I'd like to get involved in this project idea. Great I didn't scare you away ;-) > > First, alternating formatting for even and odd rows creates alternating > > patterns, which can be a was

GSoC'18 Introduction and Getting Started with Listbox separate Read Values from Input Values

Hello Community, I am Hrishabh Rajput, 2nd year undergraduate student from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT KGP). I performed my first build successfully in September'17. Also, I am very well familiar with the C++ language. (IRC Nick: hrishabh) I am interested in and would like to w

Re: [GSoC] Getting started with Implementing Table Styles in Calc

Hi Heiko, Eike, Thanks for your mails. I'd like to get involved in this project idea. > First, alternating formatting for even and odd rows creates alternating > patterns, which can be a waste of memory for large table ranges and > slows down lookup of pattern ranges. How does setting the style

Re: [GSoC] Getting started with Implementing Table Styles in Calc

Hi Abhishek, On Tuesday, 2018-02-27 14:30:32 +0100, Eike Rathke wrote: > One data table style would be quite similar to a conditional format in > the sense of how it could be handled at the document, keeping a list of > data table styles, each having one SfxItemSet for the various properties > ea

Re: [GSoC] Getting started with Implementing Table Styles in Calc

Hi Abhishek, On Sunday, 2018-02-25 03:46:16 +0530, Abhishek Shrivastava wrote: > I would like to get involved in the calc related GSoC project > "Implement table styles", it would be great if anyone could point me > to the areas in code I should be looking at to better understand this > problem a

Re: [GSoC] Getting started with Implementing Table Styles in Calc

Hi Abhishek, for the table styles we need to solve the serialization issue from tdf#49437 and tdf#101757 first. Meaning the current binary autoformat file type should become an XML type. Next step would be to create the UI as requested in tdf#105933 and the referenced blog post. META tickets ar

[GSoC] Getting started with Implementing Table Styles in Calc

Hey everyone, I am Abhishek Shrivastava, a graduate student in International Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India. (IIIT H) , I hangout in IRC channel as abstatic :) I have been involved with Libreoffice since January and have successfully solved a couple of easyhacks too. I would like to g

Re: GSOC 17 Getting started

Welcome. you might want to take a look at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GSoC/2016#How_to_apply In order to apply successfully you need to have solved at least one non-trivial easyhack. We have made a ste

GSOC 17 Getting started

Greetings, I am Karan Shah, a CSE second year undergraduate from Mumbai, India. I am really really excited about the prospect of working under your organization as a part of the upcoming GSOC 2017. I am an Android enthusiast and would like to work on developing and contributing towards the LibreOf

Re: Help on getting started contributing to Libreoffice

Jan Iversen wrote: > I hope one of the our fellow developers have an idea of what can > cause this Boost problem. > Looks like you're using msvc 2012 (http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2015/07/224122.php). LibreOffice master requires at least msvc 2013 - if that's not written clearly enough on

Re: Help on getting started contributing to Libreoffice

Hi In order to get general help for problems like this, it is better to write to our mailing list (CC). The experts listen on that list and are better to help than I am. I hope one of the our fellow developers have an idea of what can cause this Boost problem. have a nice weekend. rgds jan i.

getting started with devolpment

hii, i am pursuing under graduation at Gndec ludhiana india. i want to contribute to the LibreOffice project. can you please guide me through the process? regards, jashan kamboj ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists

Re: Getting Started with LO Dev

> > Hope this helps others who ever face a similar problem. > > Another solution is to use lode which highly simplifies setting up the environment. Let me know if I can help you getting more familiar with libreoffice, and start submitting patc

Re: Getting Started with LO Dev

Running make clean and recompiling the build seems to have solved the problem. Hope this helps others who ever face a similar problem. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Getting-Started-with-LO-Dev-tp4165802p4165804.html Sent from the Dev mailing list

Getting Started with LO Dev

mpiling on my linux machine gave me this error: http://pastebin.com/1j06DDWe Did I go wrong somewhere? Regards, Alex -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Getting-Started-with-LO-Dev-tp4165802.html Sent from the Dev mailing list ar

Re: Help for getting started with open source

please help me for getting started with open source. I want to > contribute to the Libre. Contributors to the project are generally around during the work week, so that's usually the best time to correspond with people on IRC. (Mailing lists are, of course, more flexible :-) Is there anything

Re: Help for getting started with open source

A great link to start: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Help-for-getting-started-with-open-source-tp4136441p4136447.html Sent from the Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Help for getting started with open source

Hello, I am an undergraduate student and I have relevant skills of C, C++ and Java. I have developed various projects on Windows Platform. But now I want to contribute to the open source world. Can anyone please help me for getting started with open source. I want to contribute to the Libre

Re: getting started from scratch w/ C++

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 09:29:45AM -0700, Tom Meinen wrote: > If you have used either or both of these books and have insight on them, I'm > all ears. See https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Recommended_Reading#C.2B.2B_Programming That applies to LibreOffice as well. signature.asc Description: D

getting started from scratch w/ C++

I'm not qualified to program anything in LibreOffice yet because I don't know C++.  I'm looking to change that.  I have programmed before in other languages.  I used to write non-GNU freeware in MS Visual BASIC 6.  However, that language is now obsolete, and LibreOffice isn't written in it anywa

Re: Getting started, need to learn

Yes, you're correct.  Last night I found this terrific link: Compilers, IDEs, Debuggers and the Jazz - C++ Forum I didn't realize it, but KDevelop was already installed on my PC.  It may have already been there because I use a KDE-based distro or I may have installed it at some point and for

Re: Getting started, need to learn

Hi Em 24-04-2014 08:45, Tom Meinen escreveu: > good Linux-based C++ IDE. Give a try on KDevelop, as Bjoern did smart things to put KDevelop to work with LibreOffice. Follow this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shdfi_RKb8s&hd=1 -- Olivier Hallot Comunidade LibreOffice http://ask.libreoffic

Re: Getting started, need to learn

There are lots of free open source ide's that one can use for c++ and many other languages. Two such examples are eclipse and netbeans. On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Tom Meinen wrote: > Thanks for the heads up. It looks like I'll be learning C++ then. I > actually originally intended to le

Re: Getting started, need to learn

Thanks for the heads up.  It looks like I'll be learning C++ then.  I actually originally intended to learn C++ along with VB for those times when VB was not enough to accomplish what I wanted, but that never happened.  I'm off to search for a good Linux-based C++ IDE.  In Windows I had the Micr

Re: Getting started, need to learn

Hi Tom, On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:47:58AM -0700, Tom Meinen wrote: > What programming language do I need to learn to accomplish this? Most of LibreOffice is in C++. Miklos signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ LibreOffice mailing list Li

Getting started, need to learn

Hello, this is my first post.  I've never modified any LibreOffice code, and the programming knowledge I have is obsolete.  Maybe someone could point me in the right direction of what I need to learn.  I want to modify LibreOffice Writer's macro feature.  Specifically, I want to add the ability

Re: getting started with libreoffice development or a mentor

Hi there, On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 13:13 +0530, vikash kumar wrote: > I am vikash, a recent cse graduate and a old linux and libreoffice > user. I am looking to contribute to the project, Welcome ! :-) good to have you around. One thing to do is to hang out on IRC and ask questions: irc.free

Re: getting started with bug 45904

Hey, > > I am a 2012 cse graduate with an interest in c++ development. I was thinking > about fixing the bug number as mentioned above. But i am new to bugzilla and > each time i open a new bug, there ain;t any description of it only some > comments by the users. What should i do to get started w

getting started with libreoffice development or a mentor

Hello everyone, I am vikash, a recent cse graduate and a old linux and libreoffice user. I am looking to contribute to the project, but last 1 week of attempts on the source code and the bugs haven't taught me anything. I feel like a camel lost in the desert. I am new to open source software devel

Fwd: getting started with bug 45904

Hiii all, I am a 2012 cse graduate with an interest in c++ development. I was thinking about fixing the bug number as mentioned above. But i am new to bugzilla and each time i open a new bug, there ain;t any description of it only some comments by the users. What should i do to get started with th

Re: getting started

On 25/09/12 14:54, Jorge Luis Roque Alvarez wrote: > Hello iam having some troubles to get started, iam currently using ubuntu > 12.04.1 and i install libreoffice-dev package to start development when i try > to run an example of java i get lots of errors like this > > i think the problems is th

getting started

Hello iam having some troubles to get started, iam currently using ubuntu 12.04.1 and i install libreoffice-dev package to start development when i try to run an example of java i get lots of errors like this i think the problems is that it could not find the proper libraries could anybody help

Re: getting started

On 09/20/2012 07:31 PM, Jorge Luis Roque Alvarez wrote: Hi iam just learning how to develop; my first step is to understand the examples i already install the sdk from the repository aim currently using ubuntu 12.04.1 but when i run make to the bookmarkInsertation(example in java) it do not f

getting started

Hi iam just learning how to develop; my first step is to understand the examples i already install the sdk from the repository aim currently using ubuntu 12.04.1 but when i run make to the bookmarkInsertation(example in java) it do not find any library i'm i missing something could anybody help

Re: getting started

On Wednesday 19 of September 2012, Jorge Luis Roque Alvarez wrote: > Hi my name is Jorge Luis Roque and iam trying to get involved > in libreoffice development iam looking for some help on how to start > development (documentation, technologies, and so on). http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Deve

getting started

Hi my name is Jorge Luis Roque and iam trying to get involved in libreoffice development iam looking for some help on how to start development (documentation, technologies, and so on). thanks in advanced 10mo. ANIVERSARIO DE LA CREACION DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS CIENCIAS INFORMATICAS... CONECTA

Re: No output from ./autogen.sh --help and other getting started issues (Ubuntu)

On 08/24/2012 11:47 AM, B.J. Herbison wrote: Issue 3: The Libux dependency page says "Get upstream Junit at ...". OK, I got the file, what do I do now? I presume it needs to go somewhere other than my downloads directory. Call autogen.sh with --with-junit= (the default --with-junit=yes look

Re: No output from ./autogen.sh --help and other getting started issues (Ubuntu)

e > configure script for you ? > Thank you. I updated the wiki to say that you need to use autogen.sh before autogen.sh --help will work. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/No-output-from-autogen-sh-help-and-other-getting-started-issues-Ubuntu-tp4

Re: No output from ./autogen.sh --help and other getting started issues (Ubuntu)

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:47 AM, B.J. Herbison wrote: > $ ./autogen.sh --help Im not sure, but arent you supposed to run './autogen.sh' without that help flag, like you did there with '--help' ? So that it creates the configure script for you ? Just my 2$ Regards, John Smith. _

No output from ./autogen.sh --help and other getting started issues (Ubuntu)

te the wiki with information I receive, then get on figuring out why 3.6 crashes when I try to add a row to my spreadsheet. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/No-output-from-autogen-sh-help-and-other-getting-started-issues-Ubuntu-tp4003331.html Sent from t

Re: [Libreoffice] Getting started with Java development for LO

Hi Thorsten, I share your assumption that a Java API should feel native to Java developers, but I still think any enhancement should at some point map to the UNO API. I like the approach the odftoolkit took: they are creating a fine grained low level API that's very close to the domain model. And

Re: [Libreoffice] Getting started with Java development for LO

Hi MIchael, Am 27.01.2011 15:50, schrieb Michael Meeks: 1) I understood on this mailing-lists archive that it is intended to have any Java portions replaced with something else to get rid of JRE dependencies. I guess that an optional Java-API for writing extensions to LO is not effected by thi

Re: [Libreoffice] Getting started with Java development for LO

Hi Thorsten, On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 14:38 +0100, Thorsten Guenther wrote: > I tried to make myself familiar with the java portions of LO but got > stuck and confused. Can someone give me pointers on some topics? Sure ! :-) > 1) I understood on this mailing-lists archive that it is intend

[Libreoffice] Getting started with Java development for LO

Hi all, I tried to make myself familiar with the java portions of LO but got stuck and confused. Can someone give me pointers on some topics? 1) I understood on this mailing-lists archive that it is intended to have any Java portions replaced with something else to get rid of JRE dependencie