libreoffice/extras

Extra Modules

Contains templates, clipart galleries, palettes, symbol font, autocorrections, autotexts etc.

• How-to add a new gallery:

  • create a directory extras/source/gallery/foo/
  • create a .str file extras/source/gallery/foo/foo.str
  • add a foo section to extras/source/gallery/share/gallery_names.ulf
  • add a Gallery_foo.mk at the top-level (and mention in Module_extra.mk)
  • add a new GALLERY_FILELIST statement in scp2/

• How-to add a new autotext category

  • create a directory extras/source/autotext/lang/xx/foo/ where xx is your lang code. xx must exactly fit with an UI lang code.
  • unzip your foo.bau autotext file in this directory (excluding an empty mimetype file)
  • add xx/foo.bau in extras/AllLangPackage_autotextshare.mk
  • in extras/CustomTarget_autotextshare.mk:
    • add all files contained in foo.bau (except mimetype) in extras_AUTOTEXTSHARE_XMLFILES

• How-to add a new autotext to an existing category

  • create a directory extras/source/autotext/lang/xx/standard/FOO/ to add it in category standard of lang xx
  • add files of the autotext (at least FOO.xml for an unformatted autotext)
  • add autotext name in extras/source/autotext/lang/xx/standard/BlockList.xml
  • add all files of autotext in extras/source/autotext/lang/xx/standard/META-INF/manifest.xml
  • in extras/CustomTarget_autotextshare.mk:
    • add all files of autotext in extras_AUTOTEXTSHARE_XMLFILES

• How-to add a new template category

  • add long category name in TEMPLATE_LONG_NAMES_ARY in sfx2/inc/doctempl.hrc
  • add short category name in TEMPLATE_SHORT_NAMES_ARY in sfx2/source/doc/doctemplates.cxx

• How-to add a new template to an existing category

  • clean-up template file as indicated on wiki https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/HowTo/Impress/Make_template_language_independent
  • recommendation for settings.xml are given on wiki https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/CompatibilityFlags#Settings_to_include_in_a_new_template
  • add <dc:title>Foo</dc:title> in meta.xml to make presentation name translatable
  • choose a template category <Category>
  • unzip Foo.ot? (? = p, t, s or g) in extras/source/templates/<Category>/Foo (no space allowed in any file names)
  • add <Category>/Foo.ot? / in Package_templates.mk (or Package_tplpresnt.mk if it's a presentation)
  • in template_files.mk:
    • add e.g. <Category>/Foo/settings.xml (and all other files which are not automatically added) to extra_files_COMMON (or extra_files_PRESENTATIONS in case of a presentation template)
  • for translation of template name
    • define a new STR_TEMPLATE_NAMExx in include/sfx2/strings.hrc
    • define a new STR_TEMPLATE_NAMExx_DEF in sfx2/inc/strings.hxx
    • in sfx2/source/doc/doctempl.cxx
      • add STR_TEMPLATE_NAMExx_DEF to aTemplateNames
      • add STR_TEMPLATE_NAMExx to STR_TEMPLATE_NAME