RE: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-11-08 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 15:09 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer > > Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> From: Pa

RE: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-11-07 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
age- > From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] > Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 03:11 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer > > On 11/2/2015 2:33 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-11-07 Thread Patricia Shanahan
on this one. - Dennis (aka orc...@apache.org) -Original Message- From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 03:11 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer On 11/2/2015 2:33 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: On Fri

RE: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-11-07 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] > Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2015 18:40 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer > > I have finished my non-software project, so building AOO is n

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-11-02 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 03:10:40 -0800 Patricia Shanahan wrote: > On 11/2/2015 2:33 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > ... > >> "Install cygwin, 32bit version" > >> > >> Do I really have to go to 32-bit Cygwin? I

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-11-02 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > On 10/29/2015 10:56 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: >> > ... > >> What is the best guide to building AOO on Windows 8? >>> >>> I started with >>>

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-11-02 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 11/2/2015 2:33 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: ... "Install cygwin, 32bit version" Do I really have to go to 32-bit Cygwin? I have a fine 64-bit Cygwin already running on my 16 GB memory system. I am not sure what

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-11-02 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > On 11/2/2015 2:33 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: >> > ... > >> "Install cygwin, 32bit version" >>> >>> Do I really have to go to 32-bit Cygwin? I

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 10/29/2015 8:06 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hello; First of all, a warm welcome to Patricia. Java developers are particularly welcome at this stage! Just IMHO, the C++ side of AOO is either under-control or too-ugly-to care-about, so we would do good focus more on the Java parts, which are

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hello; First of all, a warm welcome to Patricia. Java developers are particularly welcome at this stage! Just IMHO, the C++ side of AOO is either under-control or too-ugly-to care-about, so we would do good focus more on the Java parts, which are also somewhat ugly but still promising. Once you

RE: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Thanks, Patricia, > -Original Message- > From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:32 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer > [ ... ] > What is the best guide to buil

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > On 10/29/2015 9:12 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > >> On 10/29/2015 8:06 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >> >>> Hello; >>> >>> First of all, a warm welcome to Patricia. Java developers are >>> particularly welcome at this stage!

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 10/29/2015 9:12 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: On 10/29/2015 8:06 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hello; First of all, a warm welcome to Patricia. Java developers are particularly welcome at this stage! Just IMHO, the C++ side of AOO is either under-control or too-ugly-to care-about, so we would do

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: From: Patricia Shanahan I started with https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_o n_Windows, but hit some issues and want to make sure I'm using the right guide. The first line of that page says "This page is archived for historical

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 10/29/2015 3:08 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: From: Patricia Shanahan I started with https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_o n_Windows, but hit some issues and want to make sure I'm using the right guide. The first line of that page

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 10/29/2015 10:56 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: ... What is the best guide to building AOO on Windows 8? I started with https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Windows, but hit some

RE: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
anahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 20:38 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer > > > > On 10/28/2015 8:18 PM, F C. Costero wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-28 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 10/28/2015 8:18 PM, F C. Costero wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: I am a very experienced programmer and computer architect, now retired. My current strongest

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-28 Thread Kay Schenk
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > I am a very experienced programmer and computer architect, now retired. My > current strongest language is Java, but I have programmed in many languages > and can learn them as needed. My last professional C++ work was in

Re: Thinking of joining OpenOffice as a developer

2015-10-28 Thread F C. Costero
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > > > I am a very experienced programmer and computer architect, now retired. > My > > current strongest language is Java, but I have programmed in