setting LibreOffice settings automatically

[Petr Mladek]

Hi Danishka,


Danishka Navin píše v Po 13. 08. 2012 v 12:46 +0530:
> To enable Sinhala spell checker I have to do few configurations in
> LibreOffice.
> 
> It won't work by default.
> 
> Is there a way to set some values for LibreOffice by editing a config
> file on GNU/Linux?
> 
> For example, how to enable 
> 
> tools-> options -> languages -> enable for  Asian and CTL

IMHO, the best way to modify user setting for more installations is to
create an extension.

You might take inspiration in the attached sample extension. It
modifies the application background color.

.oxt is actually a zip archive, so you could simply look inside. The
important part is setting.xcu. I created it the following way:

	1. format and safe current user registry modifications

            cd ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user
            xmllint -format registrymodifications.xcu
                  >registrymodifications.xcu.old

	2. start LO, modify configuration as needed and close LO

	3. format updated configuration

	    xmllint -format registrymodifications.xcu
                   >registrymodifications.xcu.new

	4. compare the configurations

	    diff -up registrymodifications.xcu.old
                     registrymodifications.xcu.new
                     >registrymodifications.xcu.diff


	5. take the new configuration and remove the parts
           that were not modified (as found in the .diff file).
           Note that you need to end with valid xml file, so you need to
           keep the header and the right context

             cp registrymodifications.xcu.new setting.xcu
             $EDITOR setting.xcu


Best Regards,
Petr
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