Fwd: Need help implementing a patch

[Ilmari Lauhakangas]

Heiko gave advice already.

Ilmari

On 23.11.2020 17.29, Xisco Fauli wrote:
> Adding dev list
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> On 23/11/20 16:22, Xisco Fauli wrote:
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>> forwarding this to the dev and ux lists for a wider audience.
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>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: 	Need help implementing a patch
>> Date: 	Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:30:20 -0300
>> From: 	Rafael Lima <rafael.palma.lima at gmail.com>
>> To: 	mentoring at documentfoundation.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I am developing a patch to LO Impress to update the "Table Design" 
>> styles. The ones currently available are reminiscent of the OpenOffice 
>> era and do not look modern (see image https://imgur.com/WibEM0K 
>> <https://imgur.com/WibEM0K>).
>>
>> The current styles are hard-coded in the file:
>> sd/source/core/drawdoc4.cxx
>>
>> What I did was update the colors with new RGB values and new style 
>> names. Previously there were 11 styles and now I implemented 14 new 
>> styles, deleting the old ones (see image https://imgur.com/deRdfRX 
>> <https://imgur.com/deRdfRX>). Everything is working well with my 
>> build... I can create files, add tables, apply the new styles, save 
>> the files and reopen them using my build.
>>
>> The problem is when I open the files with the official build of LO 
>> (that still uses the old styles). Even though the new styles are saved 
>> into the styles.xml file (inside the zipped odp file), the official LO 
>> build overrides these styles and default all cell colors to blue.
>>
>> Is there anyone available to be my mentor in this patch?
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> Rafael Lima
>>
>>
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