Most open-source software is libraries or frameworks

Re:Most open-source software is libraries or frameworks by pletnes on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:43AM (#14836809)

Automated file conversion, e.g odf to pdf, comes to mind.

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Re:Most open-source software is libraries or frameworks by jcelerier on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:07AM (#14838082)

> Automated file conversion, e.g odf to pdf, comes to mind.

but why would it have to be related to libreoffice at all? couldn't the ODF format be implemented as a library, which then both libreoffice and "odf2pdf" command could be implemented upon ?

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Re:Most open-source software is libraries or frameworks by hanbura on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:34AM (#14838294)

Once you have a library for reading ODF, reasoning about its structure, manipulating it and rendering it in various formats, that's just libreoffice without the GUI. When starting fresh it might be a decent idea to make it a library, but I don't think it's worth transitioning to if you started with a more traditional design

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Re:Most open-source software is libraries or frameworks by jsgo on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @10:50AM (#14848114)

you could get the feature from any number of areas, I'm just saying that in a lot of cases, the GUI can act as a "gateway" to understanding the functionality of the application and the CLI can then be used to implement/extend/whatever said functionality for personal use. Handbrake is one that I think implements this well.

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