External editor in Libre-Office - 2017-11-26

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11:19 AM

Hello Toothrot!

hi Jim

So, chdir $HOME.

yeah

Then cd .config

ls

Should be a dir called "libreoffice"

yeah /4/user

11:24 AM

mkdir 4/user/Scripts

mkdir 4/user/Scripts/python

I'll have to make them. ok. does scripts have to have a capital s?

Yes.

ok

Then in that directory, vim edit_with_vim.py and paste the code from the answer.

ok, and now i suppose i paste the code into vim.py

ok

done

11:27 AM

Yes, the name can be whatever.

But .py

Then in LibreOffice, go to Tools -> Macros -> Run Macro.

Under My Macros, it should show the filename.

com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException: Error during invoking function edit_with_vim in module file:///home/daphnis/dot/config/libreoffice/4/user/Scripts/python/vim.py (<class 'AttributeError'>: getViewCursor
File "/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/pythonscript.py", line 875, in invoke
ret = self.func( *args )
File "/home/daphnis/dot/config/libreoffice/4/user/Scripts/python/vim.py", line 7, in edit_with_vim
oVC = doc.getCurrentController().getViewCursor()
)

What is the currently active window? Did you run it from a Writer document?

yes

if writer is the term for word-like

It should say "Writer" in the window title; and yes, it's like MS Word.

What flavor of Linux?

arch

it says LO draw

sorry that was a pdf

11:35 AM

Ah, that would explain the problem.

hm.

I could make it work for Draw, but the code was designed specifically for Writer.

vim opens with the selection, but after ':x' the altered buffer does not appear in LO

Oh, I thought we were just trying to go from LO to vim.

Let's see, would there be any way to go back? Maybe use a loop and wait for the subprocess. How good are you with python?

I know no python

11:39 AM

Okay, well I could probably do it but not tonight. That would be a bigger job.

that would be cool

I often use LO and vim together, but simply copy and paste.

yeah, but would this be much better?

I guess this would save a little time.

wouldn't

yeah, and be less annoying

11:41 AM

Yeah, I can see that.

Well, I'll look at this again on Monday.

well, thanks for all your help!

Okay, bye for now.

bye

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