Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.04; 'api.': 0.05; 'wrapper': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229.12': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'received:lo.gmane.org': 0.09; 'runtime': 0.09; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'sure,': 0.09; 'api': 0.09; 'c++': 0.12; 'from:addr:behnel.de': 0.16; 'from:addr:stefan_ml': 0.16; 'from:name:stefan behnel': 0.16; 'pythonic': 0.16; 'received:188.174': 0.16; 'received:m-online.net': 0.16; 'rewrite': 0.18; '(which': 0.19; 'seems': 0.20; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.22; 'stefan': 0.24; 'writes:': 0.25; "i'm": 0.26; 'paul': 0.27; "wasn't": 0.28; 'mapping': 0.29; 'effectively.': 0.30; 'usable': 0.30; 'subject:?': 0.31; "didn't": 0.31; 'pretty': 0.32; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'actually': 0.33; 'rather': 0.33; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.33; 'object': 0.33; 'match': 0.34; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'mostly': 0.34; 'anything': 0.34; 'uno': 0.34; 'issue': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; '(to': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'using': 0.38; 'received:org': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'easier': 0.38; "it's": 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'quick': 0.61; 'your': 0.61; 'free': 0.64; 'past.': 0.67; 'received:188': 0.68; 'designed': 0.69 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Stefan Behnel Subject: Re: open office in another language? Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:06:24 +0100 References: <87hb02y259.fsf@no-fixed-abode.cable.virginmedia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-188-174-201-183.customer.m-online.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111220 Thunderbird/9.0 In-Reply-To: <87hb02y259.fsf@no-fixed-abode.cable.virginmedia.net> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1326287200 news.xs4all.nl 6912 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38109 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:18825 Paul Rudin, 11.01.2012 11:17: > Stefan Behnel writes: >> OOo has been fully scriptable in Python for ages. It even comes with an >> embedded Python runtime for that purpose [...] > > I have dabbled with PyUNO in the past. One issue is that the api seems > rather unpythonic (to me, at least). Sure, UNO wasn't designed for Python. It's mostly a 1:1 mapping of the C++ API. I didn't find anything in a quick web search, but I'm pretty sure the wrapper is auto-generated in some way. But still: it's there, it's usable and it's even object oriented. And I estimate that it's much easier to use from Python than from C++ (which I never tried). If you want something better, feel free to write a pythonic Cython wrapper of the C++ UNO API. May take a while, though, and you'll also have to rewrite the entire UNO documentation to match your new wrapper, so that people can actually start using it effectively. Stefan