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 (including an empty mimetype file)
  • add xx/foo.bau in extras/AllLangPackage_autotextshare.mk
  • in extras/CustomTarget_autotextshare.mk:
    • add xx/foo in extras_AUTOTEXTSHARE_AUTOTEXTS
    • add all files contained in foo.bau (except mimetype) in extras_AUTOTEXTSHARE_XMLFILES
    • if foo.bau contains files with other extension than .xml, .rdf, .svm and .png
      • add a CPY call at the end of the file

• 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
    • if some files have different extension from .xml, .rdf, .svm and .png
      • add a CPY call at the end of the file

• How-to add a new Impress template

  • clean-up template file as indicated on wiki https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/HowTo/Impress/Make_template_language_independent
  • add <dc:title>Foo</dc:title> in meta.xml to make presentation name translatable
  • unzip Foo.otp file in extras/source/templates/presnt/Foo (no space allowed in any file names)
  • add Foo.otp in Package_tplpresnt.mk
  • in CustomTarget_tplpresnt.mk:
    • add Foo / in extras_TEMPLATES_PRESENTATIONS
    • add files names contained in Foo.otp (except mimetype) in extras_PRESENTATIONS_XMLFILES
    • if Foo.otp contains files with other extension than .xml, .svm, .svg, .png and .jpg
      • add a CPY call at the end of file

• How-to add a new Writer template

  • clean-up template file as much as possible, and choose a template category <Category>
  • unzip Foo.ott in extras/source/templates/<Category>/Foo (no space allowed in any file names)
  • add Foo.ott in Package_<tplCategory>.mk
  • in CustomTarget_<tplCategory>.mk:
    • add Foo / in extras_TEMPLATES_<CATEGORY>
    • add files names contained in Foo.otp (except mimetype) in extras_<CATEGORY>_XMLFILES
    • if Foo.ott contains files with other extension than .xml, .rdf, .svm, .svg, .png and .jpg
      • add a CPY call at the end of file

• How-to add a new template category

  • create a directory extras/source/templates/foo/
  • unzip your foo0.ott template files in extras/source/templates/foo/foo0
  • add Package_tplfoo and CustomTarget_tplfoo in Module_extras.mk
  • use other category Package_tplcategory.mk to create Package_tplfoo.mk
  • use other category CustomTarget_tplcategory.mk to create CustomTarget_tplfoo.mk
    • replace all category by foo and CATEGORY by FOO
    • add all files contained in foo0.ott (except mimetype) in extras_FOO_XMLFILES
    • if foo0.ott contains files with other extension than .xml, .rdf, .svm, .svg, .png and .jpg
      • add a CPY call at the end of the file
    • optionally, replace extension ott (4 places)