Python Macros's Not the Power in OOo they should be ?

[flebber]

On Sep 23, 10:41 am, flebber <flebber.c... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have recently been looking at openoffice because I saw it had
> support to use python Macro's. I thought this would provide OOo with a
> great advantage a fully powerful high level language as compared to
> VBA in Excel.
>
> I have found few docs on the subject.http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Python_as_a_macro_languagehttp://development.openoffice.org/http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Scrip...
>
> Doesn't appear at the moment Python doesn't have the power in OOo it
> should. Has anyone had much success with python macro's. Or developing
> powerful macro's in an language?

I sort of expected they might have had jpython or javascript version
of the excel VBA editor.