+ unify DLL export defines to namespace names

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src/Mod/Start/App/AppStart.cpp

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+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2010 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <Python.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <Base/Console.h>
+#include <Base/Interpreter.h>
+
+#include "StartConfiguration.h"
+
+extern struct PyMethodDef Start_methods[];
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(module_Start_doc,
+"This module is the Start module.");
+
+
+/* Python entry */
+extern "C" {
+void AppStartExport initStart()
+{
+    Py_InitModule3("Start", Start_methods, module_Start_doc);   /* mod name, table ptr */
+    Base::Console().Log("Loading Start module... done\n");
+}
+
+} // extern "C"

src/Mod/Start/App/AppStartPy.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2010 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <Python.h>
+#endif
+
+
+/* registration table  */
+struct PyMethodDef Start_methods[] = {
+    {NULL, NULL}        /* end of table marker */
+};

src/Mod/Start/App/CMakeLists.txt

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+include_directories(
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${OCC_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH}
+    ${XERCESC_INCLUDE_DIR}
+)
+
+set(Start_LIBS
+    FreeCADApp
+)
+
+SET(Start_SRCS
+    AppStart.cpp
+    AppStartPy.cpp
+    PreCompiled.cpp
+    PreCompiled.h
+    StartConfiguration.h
+)
+
+
+
+add_library(Start SHARED ${Start_SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(Start ${Start_LIBS})
+fc_copy_script("Mod/Start" "Start" Init.py)
+
+if(MSVC)
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".pyd")
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES DEBUG_OUTPUT_NAME "Start_d")
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Start)
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES PREFIX "../")
+elseif(MINGW)
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".pyd")
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES DEBUG_OUTPUT_NAME "Start_d")
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Start)
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
+else(MSVC)
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Start)
+    set_target_properties(Start PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
+endif(MSVC)
+
+install(TARGETS Start DESTINATION lib)

src/Mod/Start/App/Makefile.am

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+lib_LTLIBRARIES=libStart.la Start.la
+
+libStart_la_SOURCES=\
+		AppStartPy.cpp \
+		StartConfiguration.h \
+		PreCompiled.cpp \
+		PreCompiled.h
+
+
+# the library search path.
+libStart_la_LDFLAGS = -L../../../Base -L../../../App $(all_libraries) -version-info \
+		@LIB_CURRENT@:@LIB_REVISION@:@LIB_AGE@
+libStart_la_CPPFLAGS = -DStartAppExport=
+
+libStart_la_LIBADD   = \
+		@BOOST_REGEX_LIB@ @BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB@ \
+		-l@PYTHON_LIB@ \
+		-lxerces-c \
+		-lFreeCADBase \
+		-lFreeCADApp
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Loader of libStart
+
+Start_la_SOURCES=\
+		AppStart.cpp
+
+# the library search path.
+Start_la_LDFLAGS = $(libStart_la_LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version
+Start_la_CPPFLAGS = $(libStart_la_CPPFLAGS)
+
+Start_la_LIBADD   = \
+		$(libStart_la_LIBADD) \
+		-lStart
+
+Start_la_DEPENDENCIES = libStart.la
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# set the include path found by configure
+AM_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_builddir)/src $(all_includes)
+
+libdir = $(prefix)/Mod/Start
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+		CMakeLists.txt

src/Mod/Start/App/PreCompiled.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2010 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h" 

src/Mod/Start/App/PreCompiled.h

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2008 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#ifndef START_PRECOMPILED_H
+#define START_PRECOMPILED_H
+
+#include <FCConfig.h>
+
+// Exporting of App classes
+#ifdef FC_OS_WIN32
+# define AppStartExport __declspec(dllexport)
+# define PartExport  __declspec(dllimport)
+# define MeshExport     __declspec(dllimport)
+#else // for Linux
+# define AppStartExport
+# define PartExport 
+# define MeshExport   
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _PreComp_
+
+// standard
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+#include <set>
+#include <bitset>
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+
+#endif // _PreComp_
+#endif
+

src/Mod/Start/App/StartConfiguration.h

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2008 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#ifndef START_CONFIGURATION_H
+#define START_CONFIGURATION_H
+
+#include <FCConfig.h>
+
+// Exporting of App classes
+#ifdef FC_OS_WIN32
+#    define START_SHOW_SKETCHER
+#    define START_USE_DRAFTING
+#else // for Linux
+#    define START_USE_DRAFTING
+#endif
+
+
+
+
+#endif
+

src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt

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+
+add_subdirectory(App)
+if(FREECAD_BUILD_GUI)
+    add_subdirectory(Gui)
+endif(FREECAD_BUILD_GUI)
+
+install(
+    FILES
+        Init.py
+        InitGui.py
+    DESTINATION
+        Mod/Start
+)

src/Mod/Start/Gui/AppStartGui.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2008 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <Python.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <Base/Console.h>
+#include <Base/Interpreter.h>
+#include <Gui/Application.h>
+#include <Gui/WorkbenchManager.h>
+#include <Gui/Language/Translator.h>
+#include "Workbench.h"
+
+#include <Mod/Start/App/StartConfiguration.h>
+
+
+// use a different name to CreateCommand()
+void CreateStartCommands(void);
+
+void loadStartResource()
+{
+    // add resources and reloads the translators
+    Q_INIT_RESOURCE(Start);
+    Gui::Translator::instance()->refresh();
+}
+
+/* registration table  */
+extern struct PyMethodDef StartGui_Import_methods[];
+
+
+/* Python entry */
+extern "C" {
+void StartGuiExport initStartGui()
+{
+    if (!Gui::Application::Instance) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, "Cannot load Gui module in console application.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // load dependent module
+    try {
+        Base::Interpreter().runString("import WebGui");
+    }
+    catch(const Base::Exception& e) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, e.what());
+        return;
+    }
+    catch (Py::Exception& e) {
+        Py::Object o = Py::type(e);
+        if (o.isString()) {
+            Py::String s(o);
+            Base::Console().Error("%s\n", s.as_std_string().c_str());
+        }
+        else {
+            Py::String s(o.repr());
+            Base::Console().Error("%s\n", s.as_std_string().c_str());
+        }
+        // Prints message to console window if we are in interactive mode
+        PyErr_Print();
+    }
+
+    (void) Py_InitModule("StartGui", StartGui_Import_methods);   /* mod name, table ptr */
+    Base::Console().Log("Loading GUI of Start module... done\n");
+
+    // instantiating the commands
+    CreateStartCommands();
+    StartGui::Workbench::init();
+
+     // add resources and reloads the translators
+    loadStartResource();
+}
+
+} // extern "C" {

src/Mod/Start/Gui/AppStartGuiPy.cpp

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+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2008 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <Python.h>
+#endif
+
+
+/* registration table  */
+struct PyMethodDef StartGui_Import_methods[] = {
+    {NULL, NULL}                   /* end of table marker */
+};

src/Mod/Start/Gui/CMakeLists.txt

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+include_directories(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${COIN3D_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${QT_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${SOQT_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH}
+    ${XERCESC_INCLUDE_DIR}
+)
+
+set(StartGui_LIBS
+    Start
+    FreeCADGui
+)
+
+qt4_add_resources(Start_QRC_SRCS Resources/Start.qrc)
+
+SET(StartGui_SRCS
+    ${Start_QRC_SRCS}
+    AppStartGui.cpp
+    AppStartGuiPy.cpp
+    Command.cpp
+    PreCompiled.cpp
+    PreCompiled.h
+    Workbench.cpp
+    Workbench.h
+)
+
+SET(StartPage_Resources
+    StartPage/StartPage.py
+    StartPage/PartDesign.py
+    StartPage/ArchDesign.py
+    StartPage/DefaultWorkbench.py
+    StartPage/Mesh.py
+    StartPage/LoadSchenkel.py
+    StartPage/LoadPartDesignExample.py
+    StartPage/LoadDrawingExample.py
+    StartPage/LoadRobotExample.py
+    StartPage/Background.jpg
+    StartPage/__init__.py
+    StartPage/FreeCAD.png
+    StartPage/ArchDesign.png
+    StartPage/PartDesign.png
+    StartPage/Mesh.png
+    StartPage/Complete.png
+    StartPage/LoadMRU0.py
+    StartPage/LoadMRU1.py
+    StartPage/LoadMRU2.py
+    StartPage/PartDesignExample.png
+    StartPage/ArchExample.png
+    StartPage/web.png
+)
+
+add_library(StartGui SHARED ${StartGui_SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(StartGui ${StartGui_LIBS})
+fc_copy_script("Mod/Start" "StartGui" InitGui.py)
+fc_copy_script("Mod/Start" "StartGui" ${StartPage_Resources})
+
+if(MSVC)
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".pyd")
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES DEBUG_OUTPUT_NAME "StartGui_d")
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Start)
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES PREFIX "../")
+elseif(MINGW)
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".pyd")
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES DEBUG_OUTPUT_NAME "StartGui_d")
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Start)
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
+else(MSVC)
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Start)
+    set_target_properties(StartGui PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
+endif(MSVC)
+
+install(TARGETS StartGui DESTINATION lib)

src/Mod/Start/Gui/Command.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2010 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+#endif
+
+#include <Gui/Application.h>
+#include <Gui/Command.h>
+#include <Gui/MainWindow.h>
+#include <Gui/FileDialog.h>
+
+
+using namespace std;
+
+DEF_STD_CMD(CmdStartConstraintAxle);
+
+CmdStartConstraintAxle::CmdStartConstraintAxle()
+	:Command("Start_ConstraintAxle")
+{
+    sAppModule      = "Start";
+    sGroup          = QT_TR_NOOP("Start");
+    sMenuText       = QT_TR_NOOP("Constraint Axle...");
+    sToolTipText    = QT_TR_NOOP("set a axle constraint between two objects");
+    sWhatsThis      = sToolTipText;
+    sStatusTip      = sToolTipText;
+    sPixmap         = "actions/document-new";
+}
+
+
+void CmdStartConstraintAxle::activated(int iMsg)
+{
+    // load the file with the module
+    //Command::doCommand(Command::Gui, "import Start, StartGui");
+      
+}
+
+
+
+void CreateStartCommands(void)
+{
+    Gui::CommandManager &rcCmdMgr = Gui::Application::Instance->commandManager();
+
+    rcCmdMgr.addCommand(new CmdStartConstraintAxle());
+ }

src/Mod/Start/Gui/Makefile.am

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+SUBDIRS=Resources
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES=libStartGui.la StartGui.la
+
+libStartGui_la_SOURCES=\
+		AppStartGuiPy.cpp \
+		Command.cpp \
+		PreCompiled.cpp \
+		PreCompiled.h \
+		Workbench.cpp \
+		Workbench.h
+
+# the library search path.
+libStartGui_la_LDFLAGS = -L../../../Base -L../../../App -L../../../Gui -L../App $(QT_LIBS) $(GL_LIBS) \
+		$(all_libraries) -version-info @LIB_CURRENT@:@LIB_REVISION@:@LIB_AGE@
+libStartGui_la_CPPFLAGS = -DStartAppExport= -DStartGuiExport=
+
+libStartGui_la_LIBADD   = \
+		@BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB@ \
+		-l@PYTHON_LIB@ \
+		-lxerces-c \
+		-lFreeCADBase \
+		-lFreeCADApp \
+		-lFreeCADGui \
+		-lStart
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Loader of libStartGui
+
+StartGui_la_SOURCES=\
+		AppStartGui.cpp
+
+# the library search path.
+StartGui_la_LDFLAGS = $(libStartGui_la_LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version
+StartGui_la_CPPFLAGS = $(libStartGui_la_CPPFLAGS)
+
+StartGui_la_LIBADD   = \
+		$(libStartGui_la_LIBADD) \
+		Resources/libResources.la \
+		-lStartGui
+
+StartGui_la_DEPENDENCIES = libStartGui.la
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# rule for Qt MetaObject Compiler:
+moc_%.cpp: %.h
+	$(QT_MOC) $< -o $(@F)
+
+# rule for Qt MetaObject Compiler:
+%.moc: %.h
+	$(QT_MOC) $< -o $(@F)
+
+# rules for Qt User Interface Compiler:
+ui_%.h: %.ui
+	$(QT_UIC) $< -o $(@F)
+
+# rules for Qt Resource Compiler:
+qrc_%.cpp: %.qrc
+	$(QT_RCC) -name $(*F) $< -o $(@F)
+
+# set the include path found by configure
+AM_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_builddir)/src $(QT_CXXFLAGS) $(all_includes)
+
+libdir = $(prefix)/Mod/Start
+
+CLEANFILES = $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+		CMakeLists.txt
+

src/Mod/Start/Gui/PreCompiled.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2008 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h" 

src/Mod/Start/Gui/PreCompiled.h

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2008 Jürgen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de)              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#ifndef STARTGUI_PRECOMPILED_H
+#define STARTGUI_PRECOMPILED_H
+
+#include <FCConfig.h>
+
+// Importing of App classes
+#ifdef FC_OS_WIN32
+# define StartAppExport __declspec(dllimport)
+# define StartGuiExport __declspec(dllexport)
+#else // for Linux
+# define StartAppExport
+# define StartGuiExport
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef _PreComp_
+
+// Python
+#include <Python.h>
+
+// standard
+#include <iostream>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+// STL
+#include <vector>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+#include <set>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <stack>
+#include <queue>
+#include <bitset>
+
+#ifdef FC_OS_WIN32
+# include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+
+// Qt Toolkit
+#ifndef __Qt4All__
+# include <Gui/Qt4All.h>
+#endif
+
+#endif //_PreComp_
+
+#endif // STARTGUI_PRECOMPILED_H

src/Mod/Start/Gui/Resources/Makefile.am

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES=libResources.la
+
+BUILT_SOURCES=\
+		qrc_Start.cpp 
+
+nodist_libResources_la_SOURCES=\
+		qrc_Start.cpp 
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+		Start.qrc \
+		UpdateResources.bat
+
+
+# rule for Qt MetaObject Compiler:
+moc_%.cpp: %.h
+	$(QT_MOC) $< -o $(@F)
+
+# rule for Qt MetaObject Compiler:
+%.moc: %.h
+	$(QT_MOC) $< -o $(@F)
+
+# rules for Qt Resource Compiler:
+qrc_%.cpp: %.qrc
+	$(QT_RCC) -name $(*F) $< -o $(@F)
+
+
+# set the include path found by configure
+AM_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_builddir)/src -I$(srcdir)/.. $(QT_CXXFLAGS) $(all_includes)
+
+CLEANFILES = $(BUILT_SOURCES)

src/Mod/Start/Gui/Resources/Start.qrc

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+    <qresource> 
+    </qresource>
+</RCC> 

src/Mod/Start/Gui/Resources/UpdateResources.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+python ..\..\..\..\Tools\dir2qrc.py -v -o Start.qrc
+@pause

src/Mod/Start/Gui/Resources/translations/StartPage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE TS><TS version="1.1">
+<context>
+    <name>StartPage</name>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="6"/>
+        <source>FreeCAD Start Center</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="7"/>
+        <source>Start a new project</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="8"/>
+        <source>Recent Files</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="9"/>
+        <source>Demos</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="10"/>
+        <source>Tutorials</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="11"/>
+        <source>Homepage</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="12"/>
+        <source>This is the FreeCAD Homepage. Here you will be able to find a lot of information about FreeCAD, tutorials, examples and user documentation.</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="13"/>
+        <source>FreeCAD Homepage</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="14"/>
+        <source>Example projects</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="15"/>
+        <source>Schenkel STEP file</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="16"/>
+        <source>Load a PartDesign example</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="17"/>
+        <source>Load a Drawing extraction</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="18"/>
+        <source>Load a Robot simulation example</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="19"/>
+        <source>Projects from the Web</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="20"/>
+        <source>Schenkel STEP</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="21"/>
+        <source>Complex Part</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="22"/>
+        <source>Close this window after opening or creating a file</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="23"/>
+        <source>Don&apos;t show me this window again next time</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="24"/>
+        <source>Designing parts</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="25"/>
+        <source>The &lt;b&gt;Part Design&lt;/b&gt; workbench is designed to create complex pieces based on constrained 2D sketches. Use it to draw 2D shapes, constrain some of their elements and extrude them to form 3D pieces.</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="26"/>
+        <source>Example workflow</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="27"/>
+        <source>Part Design</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="28"/>
+        <source>Designing architectural elements</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="29"/>
+        <source>The &lt;b&gt;Architectural Design&lt;/b&gt; workbench is specially designed for working with architectural elements such as walls or windows. Start by drawing 2D shapes, and use them as guides to build architecutral objects.</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="30"/>
+        <source>Architectual Design</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="31"/>
+        <source>Working with Meshes</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="32"/>
+        <source>The &lt;b&gt;Mesh Workbench&lt;/b&gt; is used to work with Mesh objects. Meshes are simpler 3D objects than Part objects, but they are often easier to import and export to/from other applications.</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="33"/>
+        <source>FreeCAD offers you several tools to convert between Mesh and Part objects.</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="34"/>
+        <source>Work with Meshes</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="35"/>
+        <source>The complete workbench</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="36"/>
+        <source>FreeCAD default workbench</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="38"/>
+        <source>file size:</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="39"/>
+        <source>creation time:</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="40"/>
+        <source>last modified:</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+    <message>
+        <location filename="StartPage.py" line="37"/>
+        <source>populated with some of the most commonly used tools.</source>
+        <translation type="unfinished"></translation>
+    </message>
+</context>
+</TS>

src/Mod/Start/Gui/Workbench.cpp

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+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2008 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <qobject.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "Workbench.h"
+#include <Gui/ToolBarManager.h>
+#include <Gui/MenuManager.h>
+#include <Gui/ToolBarManager.h>
+#include <Gui/DockWindowManager.h>
+#include <Gui/Application.h>
+#include <Gui/Action.h>
+#include <Gui/Command.h>
+#include <Gui/Selection.h>
+#include <Gui/ToolBoxManager.h>
+#include <App/Document.h>
+#include <App/DocumentObject.h>
+#include <Base/Console.h>
+#include <Base/Exception.h>
+
+#include <Mod/Start/App/StartConfiguration.h>
+
+using namespace StartGui;
+
+TYPESYSTEM_SOURCE(StartGui::Workbench, Gui::StdWorkbench)
+
+StartGui::Workbench::Workbench()
+{
+}
+
+StartGui::Workbench::~Workbench()
+{
+}
+
+void StartGui::Workbench::activated()
+{
+    try {
+        Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"import WebGui");
+        Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"from StartPage import StartPage");
+#if defined(FC_OS_WIN32)
+        Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"WebGui.openBrowserHTML"
+        "(StartPage.handle(),App.getResourceDir() + 'Mod/Start/StartPage/','Start page')");
+#else
+        Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"WebGui.openBrowserHTML"
+        "(StartPage.handle(),'file://' + App.getResourceDir() + 'Mod/Start/StartPage/','Start page')");
+#endif
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
+        Base::Console().Error("%s\n", e.what());
+    }
+}
+
+void StartGui::Workbench::setupContextMenu(const char* recipient,Gui::MenuItem* item) const
+{
+
+}
+
+Gui::MenuItem* StartGui::Workbench::setupMenuBar() const
+{
+    return Gui::StdWorkbench::setupMenuBar();
+}
+
+Gui::ToolBarItem* StartGui::Workbench::setupToolBars() const
+{
+    Gui::ToolBarItem* root = StdWorkbench::setupToolBars();
+
+    // web navigation toolbar
+    Gui::ToolBarItem* navigation = new Gui::ToolBarItem(root);
+    navigation->setCommand("Navigation");
+    *navigation << "Web_OpenWebsite" 
+                << "Separator" 
+                << "Web_BrowserBack" 
+                << "Web_BrowserNext" 
+                << "Web_BrowserRefresh"
+                << "Web_BrowserStop"
+                << "Separator"
+                << "Web_BrowserZoomIn"
+                << "Web_BrowserZoomOut";
+
+    return root;
+
+}
+
+Gui::ToolBarItem* StartGui::Workbench::setupCommandBars() const
+{
+    Gui::ToolBarItem* root = new Gui::ToolBarItem;
+    return root;
+}
+
+Gui::DockWindowItems* StartGui::Workbench::setupDockWindows() const
+{
+    Gui::DockWindowItems* root = Gui::StdWorkbench::setupDockWindows();
+    root->setVisibility(false); // hide all dock windows by default
+    root->setVisibility("Std_CombiView",true); // except of the combi view
+    return root;
+}

src/Mod/Start/Gui/Workbench.h

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2008 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#ifndef STARTGUI_WORKBENCH_H
+#define STARTGUI_WORKBENCH_H
+
+#include <Gui/Workbench.h>
+
+namespace StartGui {
+
+/**
+ * @author Werner Mayer
+ */
+class StartGuiExport Workbench : public Gui::StdWorkbench
+{
+    TYPESYSTEM_HEADER();
+
+public:
+  Workbench();
+  virtual ~Workbench();
+
+    /** Defines the standard context menu. */
+    virtual void setupContextMenu(const char* recipient,Gui::MenuItem*) const;
+    /** Run some actions when the workbench gets activated. */
+    virtual void activated();
+
+protected:
+    /** Defines the standard menus. */
+    virtual Gui::MenuItem* setupMenuBar() const;
+    /** Defines the standard toolbars. */
+    virtual Gui::ToolBarItem* setupToolBars() const;
+    /** Defines the standard command bars. */
+    virtual Gui::ToolBarItem* setupCommandBars() const;
+    /** Returns a DockWindowItems structure of dock windows this workbench. */
+    virtual Gui::DockWindowItems* setupDockWindows() const;
+
+}; // namespace StartGui
+
+}
+#endif // START_WORKBENCH_H 

src/Mod/Start/Init.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# FreeCAD init script of the Start module  
+# (c) 2001 Juergen Riegel
+
+#***************************************************************************
+#*   (c) Juergen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de) 2002                       *   
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+#*   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+#*   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+#*   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+#*   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   FreeCAD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,            *
+#*   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        * 
+#*   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+#*   GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.                   *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+#*   License along with FreeCAD; if not, write to the Free Software        * 
+#*   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+#*   USA                                                                   *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   Juergen Riegel 2002                                                   *
+#***************************************************************************/
+
+
+class StartDocument:
+	"Start document"
+	def Info(self):
+		return "Start document"
+		
+            
+# Get the Parameter Group of this module
+ParGrp = App.ParamGet("System parameter:Modules").GetGroup("Start")
+
+# Set the needed information
+ParGrp.SetString("HelpIndex",        "Start/Help/index.html")
+ParGrp.SetString("DocTemplateName",  "Start")
+ParGrp.SetString("DocTemplateScript","TemplStart.py")
+ParGrp.SetString("WorkBenchName",    "Start Design")
+ParGrp.SetString("WorkBenchModule",  "StartWorkbench.py")
+
+
+#FreeCAD.EndingAdd("CAD formats (*.igs *.iges *.step *.stp *.brep *.brp)","Start")
+

src/Mod/Start/InitGui.py

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# Start gui init module  
+# (c) 2003 Juergen Riegel
+#
+# Gathering all the information to start FreeCAD
+# This is the second one of three init scripts, the third one
+# runs when the gui is up
+
+#***************************************************************************
+#*   (c) Juergen Riegel (juergen.riegel@web.de) 2002                       *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+#*   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)            *
+#*   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+#*   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+#*   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   FreeCAD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,            *
+#*   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+#*   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+#*   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+#*   License along with FreeCAD; if not, write to the Free Software        *
+#*   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+#*   USA                                                                   *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   Juergen Riegel 2002                                                   *
+#***************************************************************************/
+
+
+
+class StartWorkbench ( Workbench ):
+	"Start workbench object"
+	Icon = """
+                /* XPM */
+                static char * start_xpm[] = {
+                "16 16 9 1",
+                " 	c None",
+                ".	c #000200",
+                "+	c #081938",
+                "@	c #113155",
+                "#	c #1133A0",
+                "$	c #1D56DC",
+                "%	c #2161A8",
+                "&	c #2670EB",
+                "*	c #2C86F2",
+                "                ",
+                "        .       ",
+                "        #+      ",
+                "       .#$+     ",
+                "       .#$&+    ",
+                "  ####$$$&&&+   ",
+                " .#$$$$$&&&&*@  ",
+                " .#$$$$&&&&***@ ",
+                " .#$$$&&&&***%  ",
+                " .#$$&&&&***%   ",
+                " .++++++%**%    ",
+                "       .%*@     ",
+                "       .%@      ",
+                "       ..       ",
+                "                ",
+                "                "};
+		"""
+	MenuText = "Start"
+	ToolTip = "Start workbench"
+
+	def Initialize(self):
+		# load the module
+		import StartGui
+		import Start
+	def GetClassName(self):
+		return "StartGui::Workbench"
+
+Gui.addWorkbench(StartWorkbench())

src/Mod/Start/Makefile.am

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+SUBDIRS=App Gui StartPage
+
+# Change data dir from default ($(prefix)/share) to $(prefix)
+datadir = $(prefix)/Mod/Start
+
+data_DATA = Init.py InitGui.py 
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+		$(data_DATA) \
+		CMakeLists.txt \
+		start.dox

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/ArchDesign.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import FreeCADGui
+FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench("ArchWorkbench")
+App.newDocument()

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/DefaultWorkbench.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import FreeCAD, FreeCADGui
+workbench = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("DefaultWorkbench")
+if not workbench: workbench = "CompleteWorkbench"
+FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench(workbench)
+App.newDocument()

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadDrawingExample.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui
+FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench("DrawingWorkbench")
+FreeCAD.open(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"data/examples/DrawingExample.FCStd")
+FreeCADGui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().activeView().viewAxometric()

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU0.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,sys
+rf=FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/RecentFiles")
+FreeCAD.loadFile(rf.GetString("MRU0"))

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU1.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,sys
+rf=FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/RecentFiles")
+FreeCAD.loadFile(rf.GetString("MRU1"))

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU2.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,sys
+rf=FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/RecentFiles")
+FreeCAD.loadFile(rf.GetString("MRU2"))
+

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadPartDesignExample.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui
+FreeCAD.open(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"data/examples/PartDesignExample.FCStd")
+FreeCADGui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().activeView().viewAxometric()

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadRobotExample.py

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+import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui
+FreeCAD.open(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"data/examples/RobotExample.FCStd")
+FreeCADGui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
+FreeCADGui.activeDocument().activeView().viewAxometric()

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadSchenkel.py

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+import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,Part
+Part.open(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"data/examples/Schenkel.stp")
+FreeCADGui.SendMsgToActiveView("ViewFit")
+Gui.activeDocument().activeView().viewAxometric()

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/Makefile.am

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+
+# Change data dir from default ($(prefix)/share) to $(prefix)
+pythondir = $(prefix)/Mod/Start/StartPage
+datadir = @datadir@/Mod/Start/StartPage
+
+# Only these two scripts must be here!
+python_DATA = \
+		StartPage.py \
+		__init__.py
+
+data_DATA = \
+		ArchDesign.py \
+		DefaultWorkbench.py \
+		LoadDrawingExample.py \
+		LoadPartDesignExample.py \
+		LoadRobotExample.py \
+		LoadSchenkel.py \
+		LoadMRU0.py \
+		LoadMRU1.py \
+		LoadMRU2.py \
+		Mesh.py \
+		PartDesign.py \
+		Background.jpg \
+		FreeCAD.png \
+		PartDesign.png \
+		ArchDesign.png \
+		Mesh.png \
+		Complete.png \
+		PartDesignExample.png \
+		ArchExample.png \
+		web.png
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+		$(data_DATA) $(python_DATA)
+

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/Mesh.py

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+import FreeCADGui
+FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench("MeshWorkbench")
+App.newDocument()

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/PartDesign.py

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+import FreeCADGui
+FreeCADGui.activateWorkbench("PartDesignWorkbench")
+App.newDocument()

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.html

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+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>FreeCAD - Start page</title>
+    <script language="javascript">
+      function show(theText) {
+        ddiv = document.getElementById("description");
+        if (theText == "") theText = "&nbsp;";
+        ddiv.innerHTML = theText;
+      }
+    </script>
+    <style type="text/css">
+      body {
+        background: #171A2B url(Background.jpg);
+        color: white;
+        font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans;
+      }
+      a {
+        color: #0092E8;
+        font-weight: bold;
+        text-decoration: none;
+        padding: 2px;
+      }
+      a:hover {
+        color: white;
+        background: #0092E8;
+        border-radius: 5px;
+      }
+      p {
+        text-align: justify;
+      }
+      h1 {
+        font-size: 3em;
+        letter-spacing: 2px;
+        padding: 20px 0 0 80px;
+      }
+      h2 {
+        padding-left: 40px;
+        font-size: 1.2em;
+      }
+      ul {
+        list-style-type: none;
+      }
+      .column {
+        width: 340px;
+        float: left;
+        margin-left: 10px;
+      }
+      .block {
+        background: rgba(30,31,33,0.6);;
+        border-radius: 5px;
+        padding: 8px;
+        margin-bottom: 10px;
+      }
+      .options {
+        clear: both;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+
+    <h1>FreeCAD Start Center</h1>
+
+    <div class="column">
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>Start a new project</h2>
+        <ul>    
+          <li><a onMouseover="show('<p>The <b>Part Design</b> workbench is designed \
+                              to create complex pieces based on constrained 2D sketches. \
+                              Use it to draw 2D shapes, constrain some of their elements \
+                              and extrude them to form 3D pieces.</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')" 
+                 href="PartDesign.py">Part Design</a></li>
+          <li><a onMouseover="show('<p>The <b>Architectural Design</b> workbench \
+                              is specially designed for working with architectural \
+                              elements such as walls or windows. Start by drawing \
+                              2D shapes, and use them as guides to build architecutral \
+                              objects.</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')"
+                 href="ArchDesign.py">Architectual Design</a></li>
+          <li><a onMouseover="show('<p>The <b>Mesh Workbench</b> is used to work with \
+                              Mesh objects. Meshes are simpler 3D objects than Part objects, \
+                              but they are often easier to import and export to/from other \
+                              applications.</p><p>FreeCAD offers you several tools to convert \
+                              between Mesh and Part objects.</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')" 
+                 href="Mesh.py">Work with Meshes</a></li>
+          <li><a onMouseover="show('<p>This is the <b>FreeCAD default workbench</b>, \
+                              populated with some of the most commonly used tools.</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')" 
+                 href="Complete.py">The Default Workbench</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>Recent Files</h2>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>Demos</h2>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>Tutorials</h2>
+      </div>
+
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="column">
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>Homepage</h2>
+        <ul>
+          <li><a onMouseover="show('<p>This is the FreeCAD Homepage. Here you will be \
+                              able to find a lot of information about FreeCAD, tutorials, \
+                              examples and user documentation.</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')"
+                 href="http://free-cad.sf.net/">FreeCAD Homepage</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>Example projects</h2>
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="LoadSchenkel.py">Schenkel STEP file</a></li>
+          <li><a href="LoadPartDesignExample.py">Load a PartDesign example</a></li>
+          <li><a href="LoadDrawingExample.py">Load a Drawing extraction</a></li>
+          <li><a href="LoadRobotExample.py">Load a Robot simulation example</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>Projects from the Web</h2>
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="http://freecad-project.de/svn/ExampleData/FileFormates/Schenkel.stp">Schenkel STEP</a></li>
+          <li><a href="http://freecad-project.de/svn/ExampleData/Examples/CAD/Complex.FCStd">Complex Part</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="column" id="description">
+      &nbsp;
+    </div>
+
+    <form class="options">
+      <input type="checkbox" name="closeThisDialog">
+      Close this window after opening or creating a file<br/>
+      <input type="checkbox" name="dontShowAgain">
+      Don't show me this window again next time
+    </form>
+
+  </body>
+</html>
+

src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py

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+import os,FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,tempfile,time,zipfile,urllib,re
+from PyQt4 import QtGui
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse
+
+def translate(context,text):
+        "convenience function for the Qt translator"
+        return str(QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8).toUtf8())
+
+# texts to be translated
+
+text01 = translate("StartPage","FreeCAD Start Center")
+text02 = translate("StartPage","Start a new project")
+text03 = translate("StartPage","Recent Files")
+text04 = translate("StartPage","Latest videos")
+text05 = translate("StartPage","Latest news")
+text06 = translate("StartPage","On the web")
+text07 = translate("StartPage","This is the FreeCAD Homepage. Here you will be able to find a lot of information about FreeCAD, including tutorials, examples and user documentation.")
+text08 = translate("StartPage","FreeCAD Homepage")
+text09 = translate("StartPage","Example projects")
+text10 = translate("StartPage","Schenkel STEP file")
+text11 = translate("StartPage","Load a PartDesign example")
+text12 = translate("StartPage","Load a Drawing extraction")
+text13 = translate("StartPage","Load a Robot simulation example")
+text14 = translate("StartPage","Projects from the Web")
+text15 = translate("StartPage","Schenkel STEP")
+text16 = translate("StartPage","Complex Part")
+text17 = translate("StartPage","Close this window after opening or creating a file")
+text18 = translate("StartPage","Don't show me this window again next time")
+text19 = translate("StartPage","Designing parts")
+text20 = translate("StartPage","The <b>Part Design</b> workbench is designed to create complex pieces based on constrained 2D sketches. Use it to draw 2D shapes, constrain some of their elements and extrude them to form 3D pieces.")
+text21 = translate("StartPage","Example workflow")
+text22 = translate("StartPage","Part Design")
+text23 = translate("StartPage","Designing architectural elements")
+text24 = translate("StartPage","The <b>Architectural Design</b> workbench is specially designed for working with architectural elements such as walls or windows. Start by drawing 2D shapes, and use them as guides to build architecutral objects.")
+text25 = translate("StartPage","Architectual Design")
+text26 = translate("StartPage","Working with Meshes")
+text27 = translate("StartPage","The <b>Mesh Workbench</b> is used to work with Mesh objects. Meshes are simpler 3D objects than Part objects, but they are often easier to import and export to/from other applications.")
+text28 = translate("StartPage","FreeCAD offers you several tools to convert between Mesh and Part objects.")
+text29 = translate("StartPage","Work with Meshes")
+text30 = translate("StartPage","The complete workbench")
+text31 = translate("StartPage","FreeCAD default workbench")
+text32 = translate("StartPage","populated with some of the most commonly used tools.")
+text33 = translate("StartPage","file size:")
+text34 = translate("StartPage","creation time:")
+text35 = translate("StartPage","last modified:")
+text36 = translate("StartPage","location:")
+text37 = translate("StartPage","User manual")
+text38 = translate("StartPage","http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Online_Help_Toc")
+text39 = translate("StartPage","Tutorials")
+text40 = translate("StartPage","Python resources")
+text41 = translate("StartPage","File not found")
+text42 = translate("StartPage","from <a href=http://twitter.com/FreeCADNews>@FreeCADNews</a>")
+text43 = translate("StartPage","The FreeCAD-tutorial blog")
+text44 = translate("StartPage","from <a href=http://www.youtube.com/user/FreeCADNews?feature=mhee>FreeCADNews channel</a>")
+text45 = translate("StartPage","This is the official user manual of FreeCAD, built, maintained and translated by the FreeCAD community.")
+text46 = translate("StartPage","The tutorials section on the FreeCAD website")
+text47 = translate("StartPage","The section of the FreeCAd website dedicate dto python scripting, with examples, explanations, and API commands.")
+text48 = translate("StartPage","A blog dedicated to teaching FreeCAD, maintained by members of the FreeCAD community")
+
+# here is the html page skeleton
+
+page = """
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>FreeCAD - Start page</title>
+    <script language="javascript">
+      function JSONscriptRequest(fullUrl) {
+        // REST request path
+        this.fullUrl = fullUrl; 
+        // Get the DOM location to put the script tag
+        this.headLoc = document.getElementsByTagName("head").item(0);
+        // Generate a unique script tag id
+        this.scriptId = 'JscriptId' + JSONscriptRequest.scriptCounter++;
+      }
+
+      // Static script ID counter
+      JSONscriptRequest.scriptCounter = 1;
+
+      JSONscriptRequest.prototype.buildScriptTag = function () {
+        // Create the script tag
+        this.scriptObj = document.createElement("script");
+        // Add script object attributes
+        this.scriptObj.setAttribute("type", "text/javascript");
+        this.scriptObj.setAttribute("charset", "utf-8");
+        this.scriptObj.setAttribute("src", this.fullUrl);
+        this.scriptObj.setAttribute("id", this.scriptId);
+      }
+ 
+      JSONscriptRequest.prototype.removeScriptTag = function () {
+        // Destroy the script tag
+        this.headLoc.removeChild(this.scriptObj);  
+      }
+
+      JSONscriptRequest.prototype.addScriptTag = function () {
+        // Create the script tag
+        this.headLoc.appendChild(this.scriptObj);
+      }
+
+      function show(theText) {
+        ddiv = document.getElementById("description");
+        if (theText == "") theText = "&nbsp;";
+        ddiv.innerHTML = theText;
+      }
+
+      function loadFeeds() {
+        ddiv = document.getElementById("youtube");
+        ddiv.innerHTML = "Fetching data from the web...";
+        var obj=new JSONscriptRequest('http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/FreeCADNews/favorites?alt=json-in-script&v=2&orderby=published&callback=showLinks');
+        obj.buildScriptTag(); // Build the script tag
+        obj.addScriptTag(); // Execute (add) the script tag
+        ddiv.innerHTML = "Done fetching";
+        ddiv = document.getElementById("news");
+        ddiv.innerHTML = "Fetching data from the web...";
+        var tobj=new JSONscriptRequest('http://twitter.com/status/user_timeline/FreeCADNews.json?count=10&callback=showTweets');
+        tobj.buildScriptTag(); // Build the script tag
+        tobj.addScriptTag(); // Execute (add) the script tag
+        ddiv.innerHTML = "Done fetching";
+      }
+
+      function showLinks(data) {
+        ddiv = document.getElementById('youtube');
+        ddiv.innerHTML = "Received";
+        var feed = data.feed;
+        var entries = feed.entry || [];
+        var html = ['<ul>'];
+        for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+          html.push('<li><a href="',entries[i].link[0].href,'">', entries[i].title.$t, '</a></li>');
+        }
+        html.push('</ul>');
+        ddiv.innerHTML = html.join('');
+      }
+      function showTweets(data) {
+        ddiv = document.getElementById('news');
+        ddiv.innerHTML = "Received";
+        var html = ['<ul>'];
+        for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(5,data.length); i++) {
+          tf = placeLinks(data[i].text);
+          html.push('<li>',tf,'</li>');
+        }
+        html.push('</ul>');
+        ddiv.innerHTML = html.join('');
+      }
+      function placeLinks(text) {
+        result=text.replace(/(https?:\/\/([-\w\.]+)+(:\d+)?(\/([\w\/_\.]*(\?\S+)?)?)?)/g,'<a href="$1">$1</a>');
+        return result;
+      }
+    </script>
+    <style type="text/css">
+      body {
+        background: #171A2B url(Background.jpg);
+        color: white;
+        font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans;
+        font-size: 11px;
+      }
+      a {
+        color: #0092E8;
+        font-weight: bold;
+        text-decoration: none;
+        padding: 2px;
+      }
+      a:hover {
+        color: white;
+        background: #0092E8;
+        border-radius: 5px;
+      }
+      p {
+        text-align: justify;
+      }
+      .left {
+        text-align: left;
+      }
+      h1 {
+        font-size: 3em;
+        letter-spacing: 2px;
+        padding: 20px 0 0 80px;
+        align: bottom;
+      }
+      h2 {
+        font-size: 1.2em;
+      }
+      ul {
+        list-style-type: none;
+        padding: 0;
+      }
+      .column {
+        width: 300px;
+        float: left;
+        margin-left: 10px;
+      }
+      .block {
+        background: rgba(30,31,33,0.6);;
+        border-radius: 5px;
+        padding: 8px;
+        margin-bottom: 10px;
+      }
+      .options {
+        clear: both;
+      }
+      .from {
+        font-size: 0.7em;
+        font-weight: normal;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+
+  <body onload="loadFeeds()">
+
+    <h1><img src="FreeCAD.png">&nbsp;""" + text01 + """</h1>
+
+    <div class="column">
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>""" + text02 + """</h2>
+          defaultworkbenches
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>""" + text03 + """</h2>
+          recentfiles
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>""" + text04 + """ <span class="from">""" + text44 + """</span></h2>
+        <div id="youtube">youtube videos</div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>""" + text05 + """ <span class="from">""" + text42 + """</span></h2>
+        <div id="news">news feed</div>
+      </div>
+
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="column">
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>""" + text06 + """</h2>
+            defaultlinks
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>""" + text09 + """</h2>
+            defaultexamples
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="block">
+        <h2>""" + text14 + """</h2>
+            webexamples
+      </div>
+
+      customblocks
+
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="column" id="description">
+      &nbsp;
+    </div>
+
+    <!--
+    <form class="options">
+      <input type="checkbox" name="closeThisDialog">
+      """ + text17 + """<br/>
+      <input type="checkbox" name="dontShowAgain">
+      """ + text18 + """
+    </form>
+    -->
+
+  </body>
+</html>
+"""
+
+def getWebExamples():
+        return """
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="http://freecad-project.de/svn/ExampleData/FileFormates/Schenkel.stp">""" + text15 + """</a></li>
+          <li><a href="http://freecad-project.de/svn/ExampleData/Examples/CAD/Complex.FCStd">""" + text16 + """</a></li>
+        </ul>"""
+      
+def getExamples():
+        return """
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="LoadSchenkel.py">""" + text10 + """</a></li>
+          <li><a href="LoadPartDesignExample.py">""" + text11 + """</a></li>
+          <li><a href="LoadDrawingExample.py">""" + text12 + """</a></li>
+          <li><a href="LoadRobotExample.py">""" + text13 + """</a></li>
+        </ul>"""
+      
+def getLinks():
+        return """
+        <ul>
+          <li><img src="web.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<p>""" + text07 + """</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')"
+                 href="http://free-cad.sf.net/">""" + text08 + """</a></li>
+          <li><img src="web.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<p>""" + text45 + """</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')"
+                 href=""" + text38 + """>""" + text37 + """</a></li>
+          <li><img src="web.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<p>""" + text46 + """</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')"
+                 href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Tutorials">""" + text39 + """</a></li>
+          <li><img src="web.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<p>""" + text47 + """</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')"
+                 href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Power_users_hub">""" + text40 + """</a></li>
+          <li><img src="web.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<p>""" + text48 + """</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')"
+                 href="http://freecad-tutorial.blogspot.com/">""" + text43 + """</a></li>
+        </ul>"""
+
+def getWorkbenches():
+        return """
+        <ul>    
+          <li><img src="PartDesign.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<h3>""" + text19 + """</h3> \
+                              <p>""" + text20 + """</p><p><small>""" + text21 + """ \
+                 :</small></p><img src=PartDesignExample.png>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')" 
+                 href="PartDesign.py">""" + text22 + """</a></li>
+          <li><img src="ArchDesign.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<h3>""" + text23 + """</h3> \
+                              <p>""" + text24 + """</p><p><small>""" + text21 + """ \
+                 :</small></p><img src=ArchExample.png>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')"
+                 href="ArchDesign.py">""" + text25 + """</a></li>
+          <li><img src="Mesh.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<h3>""" + text26 + """</h3> \
+                              <p>""" + text27 + """</p><p>""" + text28 + """</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')" 
+                 href="Mesh.py">""" + text29 + """</a></li>
+          <li><img src="Complete.png">&nbsp;
+              <a onMouseover="show('<h3>""" + text30 +"""</h3> \
+                              <p>This is the <b>""" + text31 + """</b>, \
+                              """ + text32 + """</p>')" 
+                 onMouseout="show('')" 
+                 href="DefaultWorkbench.py">""" + text31 + """</a></li>
+        </ul>
+"""
+
+def getInfo(filename):
+        "returns available file information"
+
+        def getLocalTime(timestamp):
+                "returns a local time from a timestamp"
+                
+                return time.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S",time.localtime(timestamp))
+
+        def getSize(size):
+                "returns a human-readable size"
+                
+                if size > 1024*1024:
+                        hsize = str(size/(1024*1024)) + "Mb"
+                elif size > 1024:
+                        hsize = str(size/1024) + "Kb"
+                else:
+                        hsize = str(size) + "b"
+                return hsize
+        
+        html = '<h3>'+os.path.basename(filename)+'</h3>'
+        
+        if os.path.exists(filename):
+                # get normal file info
+                s = os.stat(filename)
+                html += "<p>" + text33 + " " + getSize(s.st_size) + "<br/>"
+                html += text34 + " " + getLocalTime(s.st_ctime) + "<br/>"
+                html += text35 + " " + getLocalTime(s.st_mtime) + "<br/>"
+                html += "<span>" + text36 + " " + filename + "</span></p>"
+                # get additional info from fcstd files
+                if os.path.splitext(filename)[1] in [".fcstd",".FcStd"]:
+                        zfile=zipfile.ZipFile(filename)
+                        files=zfile.namelist()
+                        # check for meta-file if it's really a FreeCAD document
+                        if files[0] == "Document.xml":
+                                html += "<p>FreeCAD Standard File</p>"
+                                image="thumbnails/Thumbnail.png"
+                                if image in files:
+                                        image=zfile.read(image)
+                                        thumbfile = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.png')[1]
+                                        thumb = open(thumbfile,"wb")
+                                        thumb.write(image)
+                                        thumb.close()
+                                        html += '<img src=file://'
+
+                                        html += thumbfile + '><br/>'
+        else:
+                html += "<p>" + text41 + "</p>"
+                
+        return html
+
+def getRecentFiles():
+        "returns a list of 3 latest recent files"
+        
+        rf=FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/RecentFiles")
+        ct=rf.GetInt("RecentFiles")
+        html = '<ul>'
+        for i in range(3):
+                if i < ct:
+                        mr = rf.GetString("MRU%d" % (i))
+                        fn = os.path.basename(mr)
+                        html += '<li><a '
+                        html += 'onMouseover="show(\''+getInfo(mr)+'\')" '
+                        html += 'onMouseout="show(\'\')" '
+                        html += 'href="LoadMRU'+str(i)+'.py">'
+                        html += fn
+                        html += '</a></li>'
+        html += '</ul>'
+        return html
+
+def getFeed(url,numitems=3):
+        "returns a html list with links from the given RSS feed url"
+	xml = parse(urllib.urlopen(url)).getroot()
+	items = []
+        channel = xml.find('channel')
+	for element in channel.findall('item'):
+		items.append({
+                                'title': element.find('title').text,
+                                'description': element.find('description').text,
+                                'link': element.find('link').text,
+                                })
+        if len(items) > numitems:
+                items = items[:numitems]
+        resp = '<ul>'
+        for item in items:
+                descr = re.compile("style=\".*?\"").sub('',item['description'])
+                descr = re.compile("alt=\".*?\"").sub('',descr)
+                descr = re.compile("\"").sub('',descr)
+                d1 = re.findall("<img.*?>",descr)[0]
+                d2 = re.findall("<span>.*?</span>",descr)[0]
+                descr = "<h3>" + item['title'] + "</h3>"
+                descr += d1 + "<br/>"
+                descr += d2
+                resp += '<li><a onMouseover="show(\''
+                resp += descr
+                resp += '\')" onMouseout="show(\'\')" href="'
+                resp += item['link']
+                resp += '">'
+                resp += item['title']
+                resp += '</a></li>'
+        resp += '</ul>'
+        print resp
+        return resp
+
+def getCustomBlocks():
+        "fetches custom html files in FreeCAD user dir"
+        output = ""
+        return output
+
+def handle():
+        "returns the complete html startpage"
+        
+        # add recent files
+        recentfiles = getRecentFiles()
+        html = page.replace("recentfiles",recentfiles)
+
+        # add default workbenches
+        html = html.replace("defaultworkbenches",getWorkbenches())
+
+        # add default web links
+        html = html.replace("defaultlinks",getLinks())
+
+        # add default examples
+        html = html.replace("defaultexamples",getExamples())
+
+        # add web examples
+        html = html.replace("webexamples",getWebExamples())
+
+        # add custom blocks
+        html = html.replace("customblocks",getCustomBlocks())
+        
+        return html
+	

src/Mod/Start/start.dox

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+/** \defgroup START Start
+ *  \ingroup WORKBENCHES */
+