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obasync - Office Basic Macro Source Synchronizer

DESCRIPTION

obasync is an OpenOffice/LibreOffice Basic macro source synchronizer. It synchronizes your Basic macros with your local project files.

Given the following source files:

  • Directory: MyApp
  • Files: MyMacros.vb Utils.vb Registry.vb Data.vb

Running obasync will synchronize them with the following Basic macros:

  • Library: MyApp
  • Modules: MyMacros Utils Registry Data

If the Basic library MyApp does not exist, it will be created. Missing modules will be added, and excess modules will be removed.

On the other hand, given the following Basic macros:

  • Library: MyApp
  • Modules: MyMacros Utils Registry Data

Running obasync --get will synchronize them with the following source files:

  • Directory: MyApp
  • Files: MyMacros.vb Utils.vb Registry.vb Data.vb

Missing source files will be added, and excess source files will be deleted.

INSTALL

You can either:

  1. Install obasync with pip (recommended), or
  2. Download the obasync script manually, and run it with the Python that come with your OpenOffice/LibreOffice installation.

We will explain them in detail.

OpenOffice/LibreOffice That Comes with Your Linux

Download and Install Manually

Download obasync from either PyPI or GitHub. Then, run obasync as:

python obasync

Or, you can edit the script and change the first line (shebang) to:

#! /usr/bin/python

and save this script somewhere in your path, say, /usr/local/bin. Then you can run obasync.

OpenOffice 4 on Linux

Download and Install Manually

Download obasync from either PyPI or GitHub. Then, run obasync as:

/opt/openoffice4/program/python obasync

Or, you can edit the script and change the first line (shebang) to:

#! /opt/openoffice4/program/python

and save this script somewhere in your path, say, /usr/local/bin. Then you can run obasync.

LibreOffice on Linux

Python from LibreOffice on Linux does not install pip properly. However, you can still download and install obasync manually.

OpenOffice on MS-Windows

You can install obasync with pip, but the result is messy. The recommended way is to download and install obasync manually.

Download and Install Manually

Download obasync from either PyPI or GitHub. Then, run obasync as:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice 4\program\python.exe" obasync

LibreOffice on MS-Windows

You can install obasync with pip, but the result is messy. The recommended way is to download and install obasync manually.

Download and Install Manually

Download obasync from either PyPI or GitHub. Then, run obasync as:

"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 5\program\python.exe" obasync

OpenOffice on Mac OS X

Download and Install Manually

Download obasync from either PyPI or GitHub. Then, run obasync as:

python obasync

Or, you can edit the script and change the first line (shebang) to:

#! /usr/bin/python

and save this script somewhere in your path, say, /usr/local/bin. Then you can run obasync.

LibreOffice on Mac OS X

Python from LibreOffice on Mac OS X does not install pip properly. However, you can still download and install obasync manually.

Download and Install Manually

Download obasync from either PyPI or GitHub. Then, run obasync as:

/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/Resources/python obasync

Or, you can edit the script and change the first line (shebang) to:

#! /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/Resources/python

and save this script somewhere in your path, say, /usr/local/bin. Then you can run obasync.

OPTIONS

obasync [options] [DIRECTORY [LIBRARY]]
DIRECTORY The project source directory. Default to the current
working directory.
LIBRARY The name of the Basic library. Default to the same
name as the project source directory.
--get Download (check out) the macros from the OpenOffice/LibreOffice Basic storage to the source files, instead of upload (check in). By default it uploads the source files onto the OpenOffice/LibreOffice Basic storage.
-p, --port N The TCP port to communicate with OpenOffice/LibreOffice. The default is 2002. You can change it if port 2002 is already in use.
-x, --ext .EXT The file name extension of the source files. The
default is .vb. This may be used for your convenience of editor syntax highlighting.
-e, --encoding CS
 The encoding of the source files. The default is system-dependent. For example, on Traditional Chinese MS-Windows, this will be CP950 (Big5). You can change this to UTF-8 for convenience if you obtain/synchronize your source code from other sources.
-r, --run MODULE.MACRO
Run he specific macro after synchronization, for convenience.
--user Store the macros in the user macro storage. (default)
--doc Store the macros in the document macro storage.
--target TARGET The target storage document if there are more than one
opened documents. A partial path is OK.
-h, --help Show the help message and exit
-v, --version Show programs version number and exit

SUPPORT

Contact imacat <imacat@mail.imacat.idv.tw> if you have any question.
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