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# LibreOfficeKit
LibreOfficeKit can be used for accessing LibreOffice functionality
through C/C++, without any need to use UNO.
For now it only offers document conversion (in addition to an experimental
tiled rendering API).
## Integrating LOK Into Other Software
LOK functionality can be accessed by including `LibreOfficeKit.h[xx]` in your
program.
LOK initialisation (`lok_init`) requires the inclusion of `LibreOfficeKitInit.h` in
your program. If you use the C++ `LibreOfficeKit.hxx` header, it already includes
`LibreOfficeKitInit.h` for you.
(`LibreOfficeKit.hxx` is a simple and fully inlined C++ wrapper for the same
functionality as in `LibreOfficeKit.h`.)
An example program can be seen on:
<https://gitlab.com/ojwb/lloconv>
## Tiled Rendering
To use LOK Tiled Rendering you will need the following before the LOK includes:
#define LOK_USE_UNSTABLE_API
(This must be define before ANY LOK header, i.e. including the Init header.)
Currently only bitmap-buffer rendering is supported, with a 32-bit BGRA
colorspace (further alternatives could feasibly be implemented as needed).
Scanlines are ordered top-down (whereas LibreOffice will internally default
to bottom-up).
## Tiled Editing
On top of the tiled rendering API, a set of new methods have been added to the
`lok::Document` class to allow basic editing, too. Communication between the LOK
client and LibreOffice is a two-way channel. The client can initiate an action
by calling the above mentioned methods. The most important methods for the
client -> LibreOffice communication are:
- `initializeForRendering()`, expected to be called right after
`lok::Office::documentLoad()` returned a `lok::Document*`.
- `postKeyEvent()`, expected to be called when the user provides input on the
(soft-)keyboard.
- `postMouseEvent()`, expected to be called when the user generated a touch or
mouse event.
In general, all coordinates are always in absolute twips (20th of a point, or:
1" = 1440 twips). See `lok::Document` in `LibreOfficeKit.hxx` for a full list of
methods and their documentation.
The other way around (LibreOffice -> LOK client) is implemented using a
callback. A LOK client can register a callback using the registerCallback()
method. Whenever editing requires some action on the client side, a callback
event is emitted. The callback types are described using the
`LibreOfficeKitCallbackType` enumeration in `LibreOfficeKitEnums.h`, the callback
function signature itself is provided by the LibreOfficeKitCallback typedef in
`LibreOfficeKitTypes.h`. The most important callback types:
- `LOK_CALLBACK_INVALIDATE_TILES`: drop all tiles cached on client-side that
intersect with the provided rectangle
- `LOK_CALLBACK_INVALIDATE_VISIBLE_CURSOR`: need to set the position and/or the
size of the cursor
- `LOK_CALLBACK_TEXT_SELECTION`: need to adjust the selection overlay provided
by the client as the set of rectangles describing the selection overlay
changed
There are currently two known LOK clients supporting tiled editing:
- `gtktiledviewer` (see below), which allows testing the LOK core implementation
on (desktop) Linux
- (LibreOffice on) Android
Core has next to no idea what is the LOK client, so for effective development,
it's recommended that the core part is developed against `gtktiledviewer`, and
once a feature works there, then implement the Android part, with its slower
development iteration (slow uploading to the device, the need to link all
object files into a single `.so`, etc).
* Debugging with gdb and `gtktiledviewer`
To run `gtktiledviewer`:
bin/run gtktiledviewer --lo-path=$PWD/instdir/program path/to/test.odt
To receive all incoming events from core use `G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all`
G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all bin/run gtktiledviewer --lo-path=$PWD/instdir/program ../test.odt
To debug with `gdb`:
export LO_TRACE='gdb --tui --args'
before `bin/run`, this will run gtktiledviewer in the debugger instead.
## LibreOfficeKitGtk
Currently consists of only a very basic GTK document viewer widget.
The widget uses `g_info()` instead of `SAL_INFO()`, use the `G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all`
environment variable to display those messages.
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