(resent) Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: video issue -- thinking out loud and could do with help please

On 09/11/17 17:34, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
> Le 09/11/2017 à 15:36, Mike Scott a écrit :
>
> > I think the code is badly structured - the grabFrame method has no way
> > of specifying an offset. It should have, and whatever runs the slide
> > displaying should pick the first or last as appropriate.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is it really so simple? And do the dev's lurk here at all, or do I need
> > to stick this on the dev list??
>
>
> Contributions gratefully received :-) It may be that no one ever really
> looked at the problem or found the time to go back to that part of the code.
>
> Best bet would be to introduce yourself on the dev list. They will ask

OK; I've subscribed; I'd better just lurk for a bit.

> you to contribute the code via gerrit, the code submission tool that the

gerrit?! something else to learn then :-{

> project uses and send in a mail about your contributions being released
> under the relevant licenses the project uses. It will undergo a review
> and if deemed acceptable and advantageous, which it seems to be from

I have a sudden picture in my mind of a single-character change to the 
source generating vast swathes of review, comment, regression testing, 
etc etc. Hmmm.

> what you relate, get accepted into the master source branch. If you're
> up for introducing extra functionality to let the user choose where they
> want to pick the frame from then even better :-)

I'd love to - but I'm so far out of date with code standards that I 
doubt it'd be practicable. The immediate problem is 
fixed^Wworked-around, and maybe the pointer to the trouble area will 
inspire someone more capable to do a proper job.


Oh, and thanks for the comments. A little encouragement goes a long way!

Mike.


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Mike Scott
Harlow, Essex, England

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