just released v0.5
https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WorksheetPlugin
<https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WorksheetPlugin>
> Am 29.03.2016 um 09:05 schrieb cfr2015 <cfr2...@gmx.net>:
>
>
>
> Hi Dave
> I will remove this subdirectory from the .zip file.
> Thanks for the feedbackChristian
>
> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------
> Von: Dave Koelmeyer <dave.koelme...@davekoelmeyer.co.nz>
> Datum: 29.03.2016 06:20 (GMT+01:00)
> An: dev@jspwiki.apache.org
> Betreff: Re: WorksheetPlugin
>
> Hi Christian,
>
> Just about to give this a whirl, when the
> "WorksheetPlugin-jar-dependencies.zip" file is extracted it seems to
> also create a subdirectory containing what looks like OS X resource
> forks ("__MACOSX") – is this needed at all?
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
> On 26/03/16 02:57, Christian Froehler wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> so I spent some work on the Plugin...
>>
>> - Apache POI offers a class "ToHtml" in its "poi-examples.jar" which does an
>> excellent job, including .css formatting.
>> Therefore I removed the dependency to the "Table" plugin
>>
>> - Had a hard time understanding why the Plugin would break my existing
>> JSPWiki installation at work....
>> We are still on JSPWiki 2.8.2, and the Java import statements are different
>> with the old version of JSPWiki.
>> Therefore I have two dev branches of the WorksheetPlugin now, one for
>> JSPWiki 2.8+, the other one for JSPWiki 2.10. Haven't tried with 2.9
>> (We'll update to 2.10 soon.)
>>
>> - License is now Apache License 2.0
>>
>> - Created the page
>> https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WorksheetPlugin
>> <https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WorksheetPlugin>, but it
>> seems to be visible only when logged in.
>> Could someone please review the page and make it accessible (if everything
>> is fine with it).
>>
>> - I added the following "warning" text on the wiki page:
>> While the WorksheetPlugin seems to work quite well, it is still new
>> software.
>> Please report any errors/problems with the plugin in the Github issue
>> tracker <https://github.com/generatorr/WorksheetPlugin/issues> or on one of
>> the mailing lists <http://jspwiki.apache.org/community/mailing_lists.html>
>>
>> - Source code of the Plugin is actually only 141 lines of code, including
>> comments.
>> With JSPWiki and POI it feels literally like standing on the shoulders of
>> giants.
>>
>> - Feedback is very welcome
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> Christian
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Am 21.03.2016 um 01:21 schrieb David Vittor <dvit...@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi Christian,
>>>
>>> Glad to hear you liked my "How To Write A Plugin" page :)
>>>
>>> Yes the log4j part I added in there for debugging and ensuring the code in
>>> the plugin used the log4j framework, but I think Juan is right that it
>>> probably does not need to be bundled into the plugin. This page will have
>>> to be updated.
>>>
>>> I'm very excited by your plugin, as I'm currently working on something
>>> similar. I'm building an Javascript/AJAX plugin for storing, adding and
>>> editing data information (Excel for the cloud).
>>>
>>> I'll check out your plugin when I return from my holidays in a few weeks.
>>> But good on you for writing and sharing it with the community!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> David V
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 7:48 AM, cfr Mails 2016 <cfr2...@gmx.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Harry, I could create my account now.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Juan Pablo, for your feedback; I will do as suggested.
>>>> Just one remark:
>>>> I added the "log4j.properties" file because it was written here:
>>>> https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=HowToWriteAPlugin <
>>>> https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=HowToWriteAPlugin>
>>>> The page was an excellent help to implement the Plugin, but in that point
>>>> it might have to be updated.
>>>>
>>>> I will use and test the plugin in this week, then update repository and
>>>> wiki.
>>>>
>>>> best regards
>>>> Christian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Am 20.03.2016 um 21:26 schrieb Harry Metske <harry.met...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> I re-enabled user registration on the wiki, you should be able to
>>>> register
>>>>> now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Harry
>>>>> Op 20 mrt. 2016 9:21 p.m. schreef "Juan Pablo Santos Rodríguez" <
>>>>> juanpablo.san...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Christian,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks for sharing your plugin!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - re. packaging additional files, as you're shipping a maven project,
>>>> the
>>>>>> easiest way to distribute your plugin is to declare the additional jars
>>>> as
>>>>>> dependecies (as you've done). That way, anyone retrieving your plugin is
>>>>>> going to get the additional jars as part of their build
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - re. adding Table plugin, IMO is ok (Dirk can correct me, as he's the
>>>>>> author), but I think at least you should explicitly note it, either in
>>>> the
>>>>>> code or in the readme.md file..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - re. licenses, AL is fine, but if you are unsure, you can check
>>>>>> http://choosealicense.com/ to see which license fits you more
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - re. jspwiki-wiki.a.o issues, we recently got a huge wave of spam, so
>>>> the
>>>>>> wiki's policies have been changed in order to not allow indiscriminated
>>>>>> edits, or users or groups creation. In the meantime, I'll add a link to
>>>>>> https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=ContributedPlugins
>>>> pointing
>>>>>> to https://github.com/generatorr/WorksheetPlugin with proper credits.
>>>> As
>>>>>> for the upload section, it looks like a permissions issue + a bug (you
>>>>>> shouldn't see an error page). I'll try to take a look at it this week..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Finally, re. the code itself, overall it looks ok to me, only 3 small
>>>>>> things:
>>>>>> * I'd delete the log4j.properties file
>>>>>> * add some more tests
>>>>>> * on the pom.xml file, remove the use of the copy-dependencies plugin,
>>>> the
>>>>>> poi dependencies are going to be pushed with your plugin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> br,
>>>>>> juan pablo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 7:29 PM, cfr Mails 2016 <cfr2...@gmx.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi JSPWiki developers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am working with JSPWiki since a few years now (as a user) and it is
>>>>>>> really useful for distributing up-to-date information to the team.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are working a lot with Microsoft Office products, and people like
>>>>>>> having their data stored in Excel tables.
>>>>>>> In order to get this data into JSPWiki, I have been working with the
>>>>>>> "Table" plugin.
>>>>>>> It works, and looks good, but formatting is a bit time consuming.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now I have played around with Apache POI, which is a library to
>>>> directly
>>>>>>> access Excel Workbooks from Java Code:
>>>>>>> The "Worksheet Plugin" extracts the data from from an Excel Workbook,
>>>> and
>>>>>>> generates a string which then will be parsed by the Table plugin.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Through this, JSPWiki can have a Excel workbook as Attachment on a
>>>> page,
>>>>>>> and present its content in an ordinary wiki table.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Usage:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [{WorksheetPlugin src='NameOfAttachedExcel.xlsx' sheetName='MyData' }]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For sure this is just a basic version, which just prints the content of
>>>>>>> the cells.
>>>>>>> Improvements could be:
>>>>>>> - take care of cell formatting,
>>>>>>> - support merged cells,
>>>>>>> - Caching of the content, so that the excel doesn't need to be parsed
>>>>>>> again and again;
>>>>>>> - directly create html from the cells instead of using the "Table"
>>>>>> plugin,
>>>>>>> - support images and diagrams
>>>>>>> - etc.
>>>>>>> But this first version works.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are a few questions:
>>>>>>> - the plugin requires a number of additional .jar files (poi.xml and
>>>>>>> others).
>>>>>>> Can I package these additional jar files together with "my" plugin, so
>>>>>>> that the user needs to copy only one .jar file into the WEB-INF/lib
>>>>>>> directory?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - As I didn't want that the user must install the "Table" Plugin
>>>>>>> additionally, I have included it's unchanged source code into the new
>>>>>>> plugin.
>>>>>>> Is it ok to do so? Is there a better approach?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - under which license should I publish the plugin?
>>>>>>> Everybody should be able to use and improve free of charge. JSPWiki is
>>>>>>> under Apache Software License 2.0; is this what I want for
>>>>>> WorksheetPlugin?
>>>>>>> - I don't have access to the attachments at
>>>>>>> https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/ <https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/>.
>>>> The
>>>>>>> wiki won't let me create an Account.
>>>>>>> How can I get an account here? If the plugin proves useful, should I
>>>>>>> create a page in that wiki?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sources are here. Please review. This is my first JSPWiki plugin.
>>>> Looking
>>>>>>> forward to feedback
>>>>>>> https://github.com/generatorr/WorksheetPlugin <
>>>>>>> https://github.com/generatorr/WorksheetPlugin>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Download v0.1-alpha:
>>>>>>> https://github.com/generatorr/WorksheetPlugin/releases <
>>>>>>> https://github.com/generatorr/WorksheetPlugin/releases>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Christian
>>>>
>>
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