Hi all, For OpenOffice.org 2.4 the CWS langstatusbar wants to improve the handling of languages in Writer documents. Currently OpenOffice.org doesn't provide an easy way to change the language of a word, paragraph or text selection. The user has to use the menu and a multi-tab dialog to choose the appropriate language. A new status bar control should provide this function and enhance usability for people who have to work with multiple language documents. To get feedback as soon as possible from the community we decided to provide a test version of the new feature. Please keep in mind that this version is not yet feature complete but supports the most important part (the status bar control), and it is currently implemented for text documents only. Especially have a look at the implementation when using multiple script types. You should also be aware that the OpenOffice.org version is a snapshot from a developers build. Therefore don't use this version for your daily work but only as a test version for the status bar control.
You can find a OpenOffice.org version (based on SRC680m217) for Windows and Linux here: http://ooo.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/cws/upload/langstatusbar/ A blog and the specification can be found here: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/language_selection_statusbar_control For discussion or technical questions please use only the mailing-lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] (see http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList) or [EMAIL PROTECTED] (see http://framework.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList) Regards, Thomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
