2010/1/28 Knut Olav Bøhmer bohmer@gmail.com:

Hi,

I want to make lisp the preferred way of developing openoffice.org extensions, but I have to much problems with the java part.

I have been able to make an extension for openoffice.org using an openoffice.org plugin for eclipse. Now, I have to figure out how to embed it with ABCL. I would be very happy if some one could help me by giving me some hints or even a step by step procedure to import abcl into the eclipse project.

Hi, I can give you some hints, but keep in mind that I don't know anything about openoffice.org extensions.

To import abcl in your eclipse project, you just have to add abcl to the project's "build path". What I usually do is to create a directory inside the project (at the same level of the src directory), say "lib", and copy there the libraries I need (in your case, just the abcl.jar file). Then, you can right-click on the .jars in Eclipse and choose Build Path -> Add to Build Path from the menu. If you want to explore other options, you can right-click on the project and choose "Build Path" -> configure build path.

The first thing I want to do is to be able to load lisp files from the openoffice.org basic interface. Then I'll extend it to be able to start swank and run expressions from strings.

For some pointers on how to call ABCL from Java, you can have a look at the project wiki (specifically here: http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/wiki/JavaScriptingAPI) and at the examples on SVN (http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/browser/trunk/abcl/examples).

hth, Alessio