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rayjay Captain
Joined: Jun 15, 2007 Posts: 50 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 8:01 am Post subject: Access to Finder Services |
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I'm sure this isn't a new request but I couldn't find it in a previous thread. Would it be a big job to provide access to the "Services" under the NeoOffice menu? I realise that they are available only in Cocoa applications but does that exclude a hybrid such as Neo? (Sorry, I'm a total ignoramus in such matters - I was really quite proficient in the days of Fortran IV, Fortran 66 and punched cards!)
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sardisson Town Crier
Joined: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 4588
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Access to Finder Services |
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rayjay wrote: | I realise that they are available only in Cocoa applications |
That's not strictly true; Carbon apps can (and did, see Eudora and the Finder) work with Services, but indeed most Carbon apps never hooked them up.
rayjay wrote: | but does that exclude a hybrid such as Neo? |
I think Patrick looked into what it would take to get Services talking to Neo at one point, and the amount of work was going to be tremendous (modifying a bunch of core OOo code, IIRC).
rayjay wrote: | (Sorry, I'm a total ignoramus in such matters - I was really quite proficient in the days of Fortran IV, Fortran 66 and punched cards!) |
Punch cards! I learned my times tables on the backs of used punch cards
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pluby The Architect
Joined: Jun 16, 2003 Posts: 11949
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Access to Finder Services |
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sardisson wrote: | I think Patrick looked into what it would take to get Services talking to Neo at one point, and the amount of work was going to be tremendous (modifying a bunch of core OOo code, IIRC). |
Yes. This is true. Making the Services menu active is easy. What is hard is actually bending and twisting NeoOffice's underlying OpenOffice.org code to actually do something useful with those services.
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rayjay Captain
Joined: Jun 15, 2007 Posts: 50 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: |
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Thanks - and I should have responded more quickly to say so. |
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