Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: macro to add annotation to selected text range
Andrew, Thank you for the navigation help. Your book was the first place I looked, but I was too many layers away to really understand how to get the help I needed. Hopefully next time I will be able to do it on my own! Many thanks also for all your work over the last decade!! Matt On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak < and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: > Matt, > > It occurs to me that I might come off a bit arrogant in my response, but, > my intention is to point you at a couple of places that contain the answer > to one of your questions. So, please grant me some grace while reading and > assume that I have the best of intentions. I have been having some > stressful days lately and I have very little time. > > On 11/19/2014 12:59 PM, Matt Price wrote: > >> Jim, >> >> That was it! Or, almost. I changed the line to: >> >> oText.insertTextContent(oVC, oAnno, True) >> And the annotation now gets attached to the whole range. >> >> I wish I knew how to find the documentation for these functions! I don't >> know what the various parameters actually d -- what is the final Boolean >> doing there? How do you know? >> > > The answer is well hidden, but I know where to look :-) > > If you download this document (which has a bunch of macros so you will be > warned that it has macros, you may tell it "no, do not enable macros" and > it will still work fine, you just won't be able to click on all the buttons > that run the macros from the document). > > http://www.pitonyak.org/OOME_3_0.odt > > Table 123 says the following: > > insertTextContent(XTextRange, XTextContent, boolean) > > Insert text content such as a text table, text frame, or text field. In > general, the text content should be created by the text object. If the > Boolean value is True, the text in the text range is overwritten; > otherwise, the text content is inserted after the text range. > > How did I now to put that into the document? I probably looked here: > > > AOO documentation here: > http://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/ > text/XText.html#insertTextContent > > or here: > > LO documentation here: > http://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/interfacecom_1_ > 1sun_1_1star_1_1text_1_1XText.html > > On the web site, it reads as follows: > > void insertTextContent ( [in] com::sun::star::text::XTextRange > xRange, > [in] com::sun::star::text::XTextContent xContent, > [in] boolean bAbsorb > ) > > inserts a content, such as a text table, text frame or text field. > > Which contents are accepted is implementation-specific. Some > implementations may only accept contents which were created by the factory > that supplied the same text or the document which contains the text. > > Parameters > xRangespecifies the position of insertion. > xContentthe text content to be inserted. > bAbsorbspecifies whether the text spanned by xRange will be > replaced. If TRUE then the content of xRange will be replaced by xContent, > otherwise xContent will be inserted at the end of xRange. > > No, if you are still reading, let me say that it was easy for me to find > because I have spent literally thousands of hours working on this stuff and > I knew exactly where to look and what to look for (especially since you had > a snippet). I do not expect that you would have found it as fast as I and, > it is also not clear that without more exposure that it would have been > clear that it was what you needed to see. > > I found the LO link by searching for > > libreoffice API insertTextContent > > on Google. While playing with macros, it is common for me inspect the > objects in question (I wrote my own object inspector, many people use > XRay). I then identify method names that look promising and then use a > Google search to figure out how to use that method. > > >> But in any case, many thanks for solving htis problem, it's actually >> pretty >> awesome to be able to do this with a single keystroke! >> > > Glad you figured it out. > > > >> m >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Jim Byrnes >> wrote: >> >> On 11/19/2014 10:55 AM, Matt Price wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Tom, >>>> >>>> I've just spent some time looking htrough Andrew Pitonyak's macro guide. >>>> It helps a little but there doesn't seem to be any direct documentation >>>> of >>>> hte functions. What I'm looking at is the second line reproduced below: >>>> >>>>
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: macro to add annotation to selected text range
Thank you Andreas. Unfortunately I don't seem to be able to install either
version of the MRI tool -- the unreleased 1.1.4 appears not to be a valid
zipfile, whiel 1.1.2 throws this error:
(com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException) { { Message = ":
invalid syntax (MRI.py, line 21), traceback follows\X000a
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/pythonloader.py:102 in function
getModuleFromUrl() [codeobject = compile( src, encfile(filename), \"exec\"
)]\X000a /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/pythonloader.py:149 in function
writeRegistryInfo() [mod = self.getModuleFromUrl( locationUrl
)]\X000a\X000a", Context = (com.sun.star.uno.XInterface) @0 } }
I suppose this could be a problem with python version? I'm not certain. In
any case, I'd really appreciate it if you could point me to a differnt
version or to some other tools. Much appreciated!
Matt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 19.11.2014 um 18:59 schrieb Matt Price:
> > Jim,
> >
> > That was it! Or, almost. I changed the line to:
> >
> > oText.insertTextContent(oVC, oAnno, True)
> >>
> >
> > And the annotation now gets attached to the whole range.
> >
> > I wish I knew how to find the documentation for these functions! I don't
> > know what the various parameters actually d -- what is the final Boolean
> > doing there? How do you know?
> >
> > But in any case, many thanks for solving htis problem, it's actually
> pretty
> > awesome to be able to do this with a single keystroke!
> >
> > m
> >
> >
> >
>
> It is self documenting. Every object tells everything about itself. All
> you need is a tool to browse the object hierarchy starting from a given
> object:
>
> >
> http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/mri-uno-object-inspection-tool
>
> OpenOffice tutorial on object inspection with MRI:
>
> > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=49294
>
>
>
>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: macro to add annotation to selected text range
So, I gues there is an API reference: http://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/index.html But unfortunately it doesn't give direct documentation for Basic functions. I found this document instead, which tells me where in the API the actual function calls come from: http://bernard.marcelly.perso.sfr.fr/index2.html The useful macros are embedded in the "XRay Tool". It would sure be nice to have something like this in the BASIC editor itself - -I am used to having access to functions & documentation when I'm trying to program! On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > On a linux command-line you can type whatever command and then add a > "--help" or "-h" tag to get a really neat quick-cheat-sheet, 2 examples; > > ls --help > dir -h > > Also can often type a command after "man" (short for manual) to get a much > more verbose, but still quite geeky, detail about what the command can do. > So; > > man ls > man dir > > Also just typing > > help > info > > often gives quite a bit of general help. > > Is there anything like that for macros? > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 19 November 2014 17:59, Matt Price wrote: > >> Jim, >> >> That was it! Or, almost. I changed the line to: >> >> oText.insertTextContent(oVC, oAnno, True) >> > >> >> And the annotation now gets attached to the whole range. >> >> I wish I knew how to find the documentation for these functions! I don't >> know what the various parameters actually d -- what is the final Boolean >> doing there? How do you know? >> >> But in any case, many thanks for solving htis problem, it's actually >> pretty >> awesome to be able to do this with a single keystroke! >> >> m >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Jim Byrnes >> wrote: >> >> > On 11/19/2014 10:55 AM, Matt Price wrote: >> > >> >> Thanks Tom, >> >> >> >> I've just spent some time looking htrough Andrew Pitonyak's macro >> guide. >> >> It helps a little but there doesn't seem to be any direct >> documentation of >> >> hte functions. What I'm looking at is the second line reproduced >> below: >> >> >> >> oVC = ThisComponent.CurrentController.ViewCursor >> >> oText.insertTextContent(oVC.Start, oAnno, False) >> >> >> > >> > Matt, >> > I don't use Writer much and honestly I'm not sure what you expect to >> see. >> > Try this. In the above two lines change Start to End and False to True >> and >> > put those two lines right under your "rem I don't know what to put in >> here" >> > line. Then select some text and run the macro. >> > >> > Regards, Jim >> > >> > >> > I think oVC.Start needs to be replaced with something else, but I can't >> >> figure out what. All of Andrew's examples with insertTextContent >> insert >> >> the content at a single location, not at a text range, so maybe I need >> a >> >> different function. If someone knows another method I'd appreciate the >> >> advice. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Tom Davies >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi :) >> >>> The best documentation is at; >> >>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications >> >>> and the most recent full books are also on the official LibreOffice >> >>> website. >> >>> >> >>> For macros i think the best book by far is Andrew Pitonyak's guide on >> >>> >> >>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_ >> >>> Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers >> >>> >> >>> I'm not sure they will help for this specific use-case but they might >> >>> help >> >>> generally. >> >>> Regards from >> >>> Tom :) >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 19 November 2014 16:05, Matt Price wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi, >> >>>> >> >>>> I am trying to add a really simple macro that I can bind to a key. I >> >>>> just >> >>>> want ot be able ot add checkmarks to student papers veyr quickly, so &g
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: macro to add annotation to selected text range
Jim,
That was it! Or, almost. I changed the line to:
oText.insertTextContent(oVC, oAnno, True)
>
And the annotation now gets attached to the whole range.
I wish I knew how to find the documentation for these functions! I don't
know what the various parameters actually d -- what is the final Boolean
doing there? How do you know?
But in any case, many thanks for solving htis problem, it's actually pretty
awesome to be able to do this with a single keystroke!
m
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 11/19/2014 10:55 AM, Matt Price wrote:
>
>> Thanks Tom,
>>
>> I've just spent some time looking htrough Andrew Pitonyak's macro guide.
>> It helps a little but there doesn't seem to be any direct documentation of
>> hte functions. What I'm looking at is the second line reproduced below:
>>
>> oVC = ThisComponent.CurrentController.ViewCursor
>> oText.insertTextContent(oVC.Start, oAnno, False)
>>
>
> Matt,
> I don't use Writer much and honestly I'm not sure what you expect to see.
> Try this. In the above two lines change Start to End and False to True and
> put those two lines right under your "rem I don't know what to put in here"
> line. Then select some text and run the macro.
>
> Regards, Jim
>
>
> I think oVC.Start needs to be replaced with something else, but I can't
>> figure out what. All of Andrew's examples with insertTextContent insert
>> the content at a single location, not at a text range, so maybe I need a
>> different function. If someone knows another method I'd appreciate the
>> advice.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
>>
>> Hi :)
>>> The best documentation is at;
>>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
>>> and the most recent full books are also on the official LibreOffice
>>> website.
>>>
>>> For macros i think the best book by far is Andrew Pitonyak's guide on
>>>
>>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_
>>> Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers
>>>
>>> I'm not sure they will help for this specific use-case but they might
>>> help
>>> generally.
>>> Regards from
>>> Tom :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19 November 2014 16:05, Matt Price wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to add a really simple macro that I can bind to a key. I
>>>> just
>>>> want ot be able ot add checkmarks to student papers veyr quickly, so I
>>>> would like to select a sentence or other text range, then press a key,
>>>> and
>>>> have the ckeckmark appear in a new comment.
>>>>
>>>> I can almost do htis, using code stolen from the web:
>>>>
>>>> rem---
>>>> rem -- misleadingly named macro adds a simple hceckmark at point, or in
>>>> response to highlighted text.
>>>> sub createComment
>>>> rem create the annotation object
>>>> oAnno =
>>>> ThisComponent.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.textfield.Annotation")
>>>> rem Chr 10004 is the decimal for hex code 2714, "heavy checkmark"
>>>> oAnno.Content = Chr(10004)
>>>> oAnno.Author = "Matt Price"
>>>> oText = ThisComponent.Text
>>>> rem check to see if anything is selected
>>>> oSels = ThisComponent.getCurrentSelection()
>>>> If Not IsNull(oSels) Then
>>>> rem I don't know what to put in here
>>>> Else
>>>> oVC = ThisComponent.CurrentController.ViewCursor
>>>> oText.insertTextContent(oVC.Start, oAnno, False)
>>>> End If
>>>> end sub
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> You can see that, if there's no selection, I already know how to insert
>>>> the
>>>> annotation. But I don't know how to attach the annotation to the
>>>> selected
>>>> range instead of just the start of the cursor.
>>>>
>>>> In general, I don't know where to find the funciton references or even
>>>> the
>>>> source code for the relevant functions. I'm finding it quite difficult
>>>> to
>>>> figure out how to learn to program -- is there compreh
Re: [libreoffice-users] macro to add annotation to selected text range
Thanks Tom,
I've just spent some time looking htrough Andrew Pitonyak's macro guide.
It helps a little but there doesn't seem to be any direct documentation of
hte functions. What I'm looking at is the second line reproduced below:
oVC = ThisComponent.CurrentController.ViewCursor
oText.insertTextContent(oVC.Start, oAnno, False)
I think oVC.Start needs to be replaced with something else, but I can't
figure out what. All of Andrew's examples with insertTextContent insert
the content at a single location, not at a text range, so maybe I need a
different function. If someone knows another method I'd appreciate the
advice.
Thanks,
Matt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> The best documentation is at;
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
> and the most recent full books are also on the official LibreOffice
> website.
>
> For macros i think the best book by far is Andrew Pitonyak's guide on
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers
>
> I'm not sure they will help for this specific use-case but they might help
> generally.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> On 19 November 2014 16:05, Matt Price wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to add a really simple macro that I can bind to a key. I just
>> want ot be able ot add checkmarks to student papers veyr quickly, so I
>> would like to select a sentence or other text range, then press a key, and
>> have the ckeckmark appear in a new comment.
>>
>> I can almost do htis, using code stolen from the web:
>>
>> rem---
>> rem -- misleadingly named macro adds a simple hceckmark at point, or in
>> response to highlighted text.
>> sub createComment
>> rem create the annotation object
>> oAnno =
>> ThisComponent.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.textfield.Annotation")
>> rem Chr 10004 is the decimal for hex code 2714, "heavy checkmark"
>> oAnno.Content = Chr(10004)
>> oAnno.Author = "Matt Price"
>> oText = ThisComponent.Text
>> rem check to see if anything is selected
>> oSels = ThisComponent.getCurrentSelection()
>> If Not IsNull(oSels) Then
>> rem I don't know what to put in here
>> Else
>> oVC = ThisComponent.CurrentController.ViewCursor
>> oText.insertTextContent(oVC.Start, oAnno, False)
>> End If
>> end sub
>>
>> ---
>>
>> You can see that, if there's no selection, I already know how to insert
>> the
>> annotation. But I don't know how to attach the annotation to the selected
>> range instead of just the start of the cursor.
>>
>> In general, I don't know where to find the funciton references or even the
>> source code for the relevant functions. I'm finding it quite difficult to
>> figure out how to learn to program -- is there comprehensive documentation
>> somewhere?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matt
>>
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[libreoffice-users] macro to add annotation to selected text range
Hi,
I am trying to add a really simple macro that I can bind to a key. I just
want ot be able ot add checkmarks to student papers veyr quickly, so I
would like to select a sentence or other text range, then press a key, and
have the ckeckmark appear in a new comment.
I can almost do htis, using code stolen from the web:
rem---
rem -- misleadingly named macro adds a simple hceckmark at point, or in
response to highlighted text.
sub createComment
rem create the annotation object
oAnno =
ThisComponent.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.textfield.Annotation")
rem Chr 10004 is the decimal for hex code 2714, "heavy checkmark"
oAnno.Content = Chr(10004)
oAnno.Author = "Matt Price"
oText = ThisComponent.Text
rem check to see if anything is selected
oSels = ThisComponent.getCurrentSelection()
If Not IsNull(oSels) Then
rem I don't know what to put in here
Else
oVC = ThisComponent.CurrentController.ViewCursor
oText.insertTextContent(oVC.Start, oAnno, False)
End If
end sub
---
You can see that, if there's no selection, I already know how to insert the
annotation. But I don't know how to attach the annotation to the selected
range instead of just the start of the cursor.
In general, I don't know where to find the funciton references or even the
source code for the relevant functions. I'm finding it quite difficult to
figure out how to learn to program -- is there comprehensive documentation
somewhere?
Thanks,
Matt
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[libreoffice-users] Filtered or Conditionally Defined Data Ranges in Charts?
Hello,
I'm having a lot of trouble doing something that I figure is actually
pretty simple to do -- I hope folks can help me out!
I have a simple dataset (this is from my duaghter's homework
assignment actually!) which I've uploaded to a google doc just so you
can see what it looks like:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqhzp2yOOf0zdGc1MHozTm1XblZTdWVLN2JkcE4ySUE
I want to be able to make one simple scatter plot of one column ("Time
of Day") against another column ("Response Time in Minutes"). But I
want to use the value of a third column ("Company") to FILTER the
results, and graph the filtered results against each other.
So, in this case, we have two companies, "Metro" and "Arrow". I want
my graph to display the Arrow Datapoints in (say) Blue, and the Metro
datapoints in (say) red. I feel like this ought to be easy to do, by
defining a filter condition in the data range. This doesn't seem
possible though. And if I try to do it through the graphical
interface, using filters, say, then I can only ever graph one filter
condition at a time.
The only workaround I've found is to sort the data by company name,
then define the data ranges of 2 data series based on that. But if I
happen to resort my data, or add new rows, then the chart won't update
dynamically in an appropriate way.
Is there a good way to do what I'm trying to do?
Thank you for your help!
Matt
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