Sermon File Addin

As mentioned here: Sermon File Add in Schema for L4?  and here: Will OpenOffice to Libronix filter work in Japanese?. I've been working on an export filter for OpenOffice.org (OOo) which will save your sermon's into the Ready-to-Compile Sermon File format.

I'm glad to report that I have finally released a beta filter.  Right now it does the following:

• Generates Sermon Files, does not tag illustrations as such.
• Defaults to NOT publishing the sermon file online.  (you can change this in the code quite simply if you want).
• Uses the "title" from the properties dialog in OOo to create the internal title for the Libronix Sermon File (LBXSFL)
• Uses a comma delimited string of keywords  from the OOo properties dialog to fill in the topics for the LBXSFL
• It uses the Create Date of the document to generate the first date for where you preached it. 
• It will copy over file comments from the OOo properties dialog into the notes section.
• Properly imports headings, bold, italics, tables, ordered and unordered lists, including nested lists!
• Imports hyperlinks!
• Appears to work across languages (including Greekⁱ and Hebrewⁱ)

It does not:

Just a few concerns and considerations as I work on the export filter for OOo=>lbxsfl

• Title will need to be created from the sermon title
• Passages will not be filled in, you will have to do this manually. The easiest way is by copying the open file to the clipboard and then filling the verse list from the clipboard.
• The Publish To Logos Database will be turned off by default (both to ensure quality is all that get's uploaded and because I want to choose which of my sermons get uploaded
• the default type will be sermon, if it is an illustration you will have to change the radio button manually.
• The author information I may not be able to auto fill either. I have to think about how to do this.
• Topics and tags will most likely need to be added manually.
• I will attempt to input the file creation date (or last save date) as the preaching date, the location will be left blank
• the notes will be filled in by the comments section of OOo I hope.

Please include your concerns in comments below.

Formatting

The documented formatting for lbxsfl is very limited as it stands. It is based upon basic wiki syntax and provides for the following:

• Paragraphs
  • <crlf>
  • line breaks \\
• Headings (1-6)
  1. !
  2. !!
  3. !!!
  4. !!!!
  5. !!!!!
  6. !!!!!!
• Emphasis
  • Italic /
  • Bold *
• Lists
  • UL <crlf> *
  • OL <crlf> #.
  • nested lists of both types are accomplished by equalized spacing before the tag
• tables | | |
• Horizontal lines ----<crlf>
• hyperlinks
  • (this is misleading and appears to work only internally with Libronixⁱ- a big limitation)
  • [[datatypereference|displayedtext]]
  • Refer to the documentation regarding the differences between parsed and unparsed references
• Segment
  • {{ }}
  • Language Uses the two or three letter language code after a colon the word follows.
  • {{:el γινωσκω}}