Re: [gentoo-user] [OT[ How do I unautomate an OOO slideshow?
On Saturday 31 October 2009 20:25:09 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: On Friday 30 October 2009, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: People send me slideshows, some of which are interesting enough to watch. With OOO-3.0, I had to click or use NextPage for each picture and I got no sound, and that was fine with me. Now OOO 3.1 automates these slideshows and they really aggravate me -- I use Linux because it's my computer and I want to set my own pace, not be bored by auto numbness. Is there some way to put a slideshow in manual mode, either on the command line right from the start or during it? I know ESC quts it, but that's not what I want. All the docco I find seems to think this automation is just dandy and teaches how to enable it, but nothing on how to turn it off. On my system, no slideshow advances automatically (at least none of the 7 I tried before writing this). OOo-bin 3.1.1 Go to Slide Show in the main menu and then click on Type: Default or Window, not auto. I'm not near a machine with OOo built from sources but assume it would be pretty much the same. HTH. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT[ How do I unautomate an OOO slideshow?
On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 10:34:27AM +, Mick wrote: OOo-bin 3.1.1 Go to Slide Show in the main menu and then click on Type: Default or Window, not auto. I'm not near a machine with OOo built from sources but assume it would be pretty much the same. No luck. I don't see any Slide Show in the main menu, but more to the point, just about every menu option other than quit is grayed out while the thing is running. I'll try downloading OOo-bin and see what happens. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman rocket surgeon / fe...@crowfix.com GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT[ How do I unautomate an OOO slideshow?
On Friday 30 October 2009, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: People send me slideshows, some of which are interesting enough to watch. With OOO-3.0, I had to click or use NextPage for each picture and I got no sound, and that was fine with me. Now OOO 3.1 automates these slideshows and they really aggravate me -- I use Linux because it's my computer and I want to set my own pace, not be bored by auto numbness. Is there some way to put a slideshow in manual mode, either on the command line right from the start or during it? I know ESC quts it, but that's not what I want. All the docco I find seems to think this automation is just dandy and teaches how to enable it, but nothing on how to turn it off. On my system, no slideshow advances automatically (at least none of the 7 I tried before writing this).
