Usage

• Start LibreOffice from the command line

  soffice "--accept=socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext" --norestore

  /opt/libreofficedev5.4/program/soffice "--accept=socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext" --norestore

• Start Dash-like offline documentation browser

• Open your macro file in editor

  Create your macro file, eg, copy template simple_macro.py to LIBREOFFICE_PATH/4/user/Scripts/python directory.

  Name your context variable ctx:

   try:
       ctx = remote_ctx                   # use in development
   except:
       ctx = uno.getComponentContext()    # use in production
  

• Set breakpoints in the source code

  Left click in the very small column just after the line number's column.

  

• Run source code in the editor

  Menu Run -> Run file as script

• Debugging

  Double clik on property or method to drill down or move to next line.

  Use the toolbar buttons to move to the next line. Please note, in order to show property or method in workspace or shell use the debug toolbar buttons to move to the next line.

  

  More information about debugging with Pyzo you can find here

• Examine property or method

  In PyUNO_Workspace double clik on property or method to drill down

  

  or find more information with right clik on property or method.

• Examine variable value in shell

  

• Set arguments

  Write argument ("Standard") and double click on method (getByName)

  

  More examples: 0 = object.getByIndex(0), [space] = object.getMethod( )

• Insert code in editor

  Pres icon to insert code at cursor position

  

  Inserted code in the script

  initial_target = document.BasicLibraries
  item = initial_target.getByName("Standard")