From koffice-devel  Tue Mar 18 07:16:27 2008
From: Thorsten Zachmann <t.zachmann () zagge ! de>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:16:27 +0000
To: koffice-devel
Subject: Re: Tables in KWord? (was: MS filters)
Message-Id: <200803180816.27192.t.zachmann () zagge ! de>
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice-devel&m=120582471310900

On Monday 17 March 2008, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Monday 17. March 2008 22:08:47 Thomas Zander wrote:
> > > * Integrate the table shape as an embedded object
> > > in a text shape's QTextDocument by:
> > > * using a Unicode text object
> > > (QChar::ObjectReplacementCharacter)
> > > * a QTextObject derived class
> > > (QTextTable is a QTextObject already)
> >
> > Those two things are the same thing, really. In the QTextLayout (aka
> > plain Qt) the QTextObject stuff is implemented on top of the former as
> > an easier way for Qt customers to extend this.  I wrote my own version
> > which IMO is more powerful.  See the KoInlineObject class.
>
> I just noted that the KoInlineObjectRegistry has been removed (merged with
> the KoVariable one). This means that you can no longer have a plugin like
> a table as you suggested above. Instead you need a KoVariable inheriting
> object if you want to have a text plugin; which means those plugins are
> limited to having a purely textual content.

The code is still there. It is just not compiled at the moment. So it is very 
easy to bring it back. 

Thorsten


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