Difference between revisions of "Chart2"

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This page gathers information about the new chart implementation of OpenOffice.org.

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Compiling the new chart module

The first step anyone need to achieve before starting to develop on the chart module is compiling OpenOffice.org with the needed modifications for the new chart module. OpenOffice.org provides two main ways to compile it : the "Vanilla" way and the "OOoBuild" way. Let's explain what they are and the differences between those two ways.

Compiling OpenOffice.org : the theory

Vanilla

Vanilla is the "standard" way to compile OOo. So to compile OOo the "Vanilla" way, you only need to download the sources, unzip them, and follow the instructions given on the page [Add a link to the build steps from]. We will give chart specific details about this the followin sections.

OOoBuild

To make it simple, OOoBuild is a "wrapper" around the OpenOffice.org build process to make compiling OOo more straight-forward. Some of the enhancements added are :

• patches for known compiling problems
• integration with "ccache" and "icecream" to speed-up the process
• linux distribution specific compiling steps (specific splash screen for Fedora...)

So, to compile OOo with OOoBuild, just just need to download OOoBuild and put the OOo standard sources in a specific directory.

Compiling OpenOffice.org : the practice

That's for the next day :-)

Documentation

Some useful information

• Web page : http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html
• specs : http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/index.html
• Current CWS Name : [chart2mst3]