[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 87892] More shapes for LibreOffice draw are needed

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87892

--- Comment #18 from Regina Henschel <rb.henschel at t-online.de> ---
(In reply to andreas_k from comment #17)
> Hi Regina 
> 
> I think you know best how to make the gallery elements.
Not really. I have never made a gallery theme, that can be deployed.

 I think there are
> the following options
> 
> 1. have .png shapes for each gallery item (like it is now)
>    not good, cause you can't edit the shapes
> 
> 2. have .svg shapes for each gallery item
>    a bit better than 1 but it's no native solution

They cannot be adapted to the user needs. Neither .png nor .svg should be the
first choice.

> 
> 3. draw shapes with LibO Draw and store shape groups as gallery item
>    .sdg .sdv .thm files were generated
>    you can change everything (area line color, all points, line width, ...)
>    only problem you can't edit them in an text editor

Not being able to edit them in a text editor, is a large problem, see bug
125960.

> 
> 4. make new custom shapes
>   
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Create_a_New_Custom_Shape_in_Source_in_File
>    I don't know how it work (but I can learn)

The question 'custom shape' or 'group of path/line/etc shapes' is independent
from the question about the way to provide them. I would first make a document,
where you collect the shapes, which will build a set later on. Whether to put
the set into a classical gallery theme or have a deck in the sidebar, is a
second step. Such document has a value in itself as it can be provided via
Templates site. 

I can help you to write custom shapes in file format. The wiki article and my
FOSDEM talk are quite old. My knowledge about custom shapes has increased in
the meantime. The crux of the matter is what you expect the user to do with
these shapes. Some requirements can be better met with custom shapes, others
with a group of paths. Additional aspects are import/export to MS formats, and
language or font dependencies.

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