Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting source code snippets in LibreOffice Writer

On 11/28/2011 09:03 AM, drew wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 13:50 +0000, e-letter wrote:
> > Perhaps try to create a style (e.g. call it 'source code text', then
> > format that style in terms of size, font, colour, indentation etc. and
> > apply the style accordingly.
> There is an extension for this already - it's available (sometimes) from
> the old OO.o extension site. Andrew Pitonyak is the author - I'll drop
> him a line and maybe he can be nudged into adding to the LibO extension
> site.
>
> //drew
I am currently waiting on approval to upload the extension.

The extension uses styles to colorize source code for easy/pretty viewing.

If you need / desire a copy before it is approved for the LO site, drop 
me a line and I will e-mail it to you.

I am currently seeing it here:

http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/code-colorizer-formatter/

I cannot upload a copy there until they approve it. I am hesitant to 
load it on my web site since it should live on the original site.

The text that I created (in case it is not currently visible) is:

Colorize Basic, C++, Java, Perl, Python, R, XML, and C#.

A simple parser is used to identify elements in the supported languages; 
for example, keywords, literals, comments, and operators. Each element 
type is set to use a specific character style. The style sets the color 
used for that portion. In BASIC, the colors resemble those used by the 
Basic IDE. This allows for "pretty" code fragments in a Writer document.

Menu options exist to "colorize" selected text in the specified language.

I format my code snippets using paragraph styles. I place the cursor in 
the code snippet and then use Tools > Addons > MacroFormatterADP > 
Colorize Basic to colorize the current paragraph and all adjacent 
paragraphs that use a paragraph style that identifies the paragraph as 
code. The currently supported paragraph styles are "_OOoComputerCode", 
"_OOoComputerCodeInTable", "_OOoComputerCodeLastLine", "_code", 
"_code_first_line", "_code_last_line", and "_code_one_line".

It is up to the user to make sure code is formatted using a paragraph 
style with one of the supported names. Note that my macro documents 
contain these styles, and, they can be created in the current document 
using Tools > Addons > MacroFormatterADP > Create Paragraph Styles. When 
a paragraph style is created, it must have a next paragraph style. Some 
of the styles assume that the next paragraph style is a code type; for 
example, _OOoComputerCode style assumes that the next paragraph style is 
_OOoComputerCode. OOoComputerCodeLastLine, however, assumes that the 
next paragraph style is OOoTextBody. This is used when the paragraph 
styles are created. Use Tools > Addons > MacroFormatterADP > Configure 
to set the Font name, the next paragraph style, text size, and where tab 
stops should be set.

I attempted to configure appropriate localizations for English, French, 
German, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese. I have no abilities in some of 
these languages, so, feel free to provide corrections.



--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info:  http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php


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