Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread gordon cooper
GoTo. One of the curses of Basic, the GoTo. When used by newcomers (and a few some old hands too) a Basic program would  soon become an unstructured mess of GoTo's and a hassle to debug.  One of our Pascal lecturers was very  anti-Basic and forbade us to use it,  or to even talk about it in his

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread toki
On 08/07/18 09:04 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > I remember learning one form of basic in the 80s and that was pretty easy There is a book from the early/mid eighties, that is simply lists the vocabulary of the various dialects of BASIC in use then. IIRC, it was called _The BASIC Book_. It was written

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread Mauricio Baeza Servin
On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 15:30:18 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, Mauricio, Patrick > > I am curious as to why you think python is always the better choice? (ie. > error handling, or whatever; or is it just always so in Patrick's use case > and the example code you supplied there) > > Also, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-08 Thread James Knott
On 07/08/2018 04:52 PM, toki wrote: > * /home/ your-user-name /.config/libreoffice/4/user/template/ Found 'em there.  However, that does nothing for the problem of removing My Templates, so that my templates are not mixed in with a bunch of supplied templates that I don't use. I don't understand

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, yes. Here is often good for anything. Macros are definitely for this mailing list. I remember learning one form of basic in the 80s and that was pretty easy back then. I gather it's become over-complicated now so i'm starting again from Scratch and then Python - or kinda both at the

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-08 Thread toki
On 08/07/18 07:27 PM, James Knott wrote: >> You probably want to change the path at >> ">Tools >Options >Paths >Templates" >> to point to the location where you keep you templates. > I'll give that a try, once I find out where they went. If the email headers displayed here are correct, your are

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Tom, Well, I was specifically asking Mauricio, after looking over the example basic code particularly, I am interested in his thoughts. As for this being the user mailing list, macros are user level question I would think, Basic is assumed usually, but Python is just as valid and about as

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the Devs Mailing list or IPA, IIRC or whatever is prolly better at giving a good answer to that. They may be annoyed as it's prolly not what they usually post to there. Maybe it's best to try the QA Team? There used to be a "mentoring" program to help people start to code for

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Mauricio, Patrick I am curious as to why you think python is always the better choice? (ie. error handling, or whatever; or is it just always so in Patrick's use case and the example code you supplied there) Also, I you don't mind me asking. I'm new python scripting in LibreOffice. Do

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-08 Thread James Knott
On 07/08/2018 03:17 PM, toki wrote: > On 08/07/18 04:41 PM, James Knott wrote: > >> Didn't there used to be an item "My Templates? in LO?  > You probably want to change the path at > ">Tools >Options >Paths >Templates" > to point to the location where you keep you templates. > > I'll give that a

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-08 Thread James Knott
On 07/08/2018 03:12 PM, Philip Jackson wrote: > Then you need to navigate to where you have the templates stored, > highlight them, and click import. The problem is finding where they're stored.  I have no idea.  I just had them in My Templates > Then they'll get registered and appear in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-08 Thread toki
On 08/07/18 04:41 PM, James Knott wrote: > Didn't there used to be an item "My Templates? in LO?  You probably want to change the path at ">Tools >Options >Paths >Templates" to point to the location where you keep you templates. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-08 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I am using Version: 6.0.4.2, Build ID: 00m0(Build:2) on OpenSuse leap. In my File>Templates>Manage Templates I have a single panel instead of split, but a dropdown list selector in the top right (image for James) My templates are separated in My Templates. Steve On 09/07/18 04:41, James

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-08 Thread Philip Jackson
On 08/07/18 18:41, James Knott wrote: > Didn't there used to be an item "My Templates? in LO?  I had a few > templates in there, but now I can only find one mixed in with all the > supplied templates.  What happened to mine?  Where are they?  I'm using > LO 6.0.42 on OpenSUSE Leap 15.0.  Please

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread Mauricio Baeza Servin
On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 21:03:02 +0200, Patrick Gelin wrote: > Ok, with a factory for self variable into pseudo objects. I was thinking > of this solution already, but I was hoping a better solution in next > version ... > - Do you need this pseudo object code could be better object model >

Re: [libreoffice-users] About pseudo objects with Basic code ...

2018-07-08 Thread Patrick Gelin
Ok, with a factory for self variable into pseudo objects. I was thinking of this solution already, but I was hoping a better solution in next version ... - Do you need this pseudo object code could be better object model complient next day ? - Or do you think python will be a better way for

[libreoffice-users] What happened to my scan icon

2018-07-08 Thread James Knott
A while ago, I created a "Scan" icon on my tool bar, to make it quicker to scan a page.  However, that icon seems to have disappeared.  Why is it now gone?  Who was the genius who decided it was OK to interfere with using LO?  That's 2 issues I've found in the past few minutes.  First, most of my

[libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-08 Thread James Knott
Didn't there used to be an item "My Templates? in LO?  I had a few templates in there, but now I can only find one mixed in with all the supplied templates.  What happened to mine?  Where are they?  I'm using LO 6.0.42 on OpenSUSE Leap 15.0.  Please bring back "My Templates".  I do not want to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: Sorting in a Table

2018-07-08 Thread Ted Zimmer
Thank you. I had not realized that I could set the numeric format to date in the form MM/DD/. When I do that and then sort using the regular numeric sort function (not the extension), it seems to work fine. Thanks to you and everyone for the help. From: