[users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-15 Thread Andreas Saeger
Tanstaafl wrote: Cool... I'm looking forward to the day KDE is ready to run on Windows (laughing as James spills his $beverage all over his keyboard)... ;) http://kde.org/developerplatform/ The entire KDE Development Platform is built upon the Qt toolkit from Qt Development Frameworks, a

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-15 6:40 AM, Andreas Saeger wrote: Tanstaafl wrote: Cool... I'm looking forward to the day KDE is ready to run on Windows (laughing as James spills his $beverage all over his keyboard)... ;) http://kde.org/developerplatform/ The entire KDE Development Platform is built upon the Qt

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Daniel Lewis
Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/13/10 15:04, Daniel Lewis wrote: snip Update: The lady who asked for the help has been helped by those of us who were willing to CC her because she is not a member of this mailing list. So the problem has apparently been solved. snip OK, so

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread James Knott
Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 09:38:19PM -0500, James Knott wrote: ..snip The only problem with that is Windows will often hide the extension. So, where you need it most, you don't see it. My windows days are long behind me but

Re: [users] Filing and Issue ( was: Re: [users] Re: Help needed)

2010-03-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/14/2010 12:11 AM, Drew Jensen wrote: Because filing an OOo issue is extraordinarily, ridiculously overly complicated - unless things have changed drastically since the last time I tried... May I ask which public access issue tracking systems you use, or are familiar with, that you

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/14/2010 12:51 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: The only problem with that is Windows will often hide the extension. So, where you need it most, you don't see it. My windows days are long behind me but I remember an option to always show extensions. It's a pre-configured option (to not 'hide

[users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/03/14 8:32 AM Tanstaafl wrote: On 3/14/2010 10:12 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/14/10 09:05, Tanstaafl wrote: On 3/14/2010 12:09 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: I have an idea about that: Maybe you can type the file suffix yourself and then

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Programmer In Training
On 03/14/10 13:08, Larry Gusaas wrote: snip He is complaining to the right person. You clipped the attributions in the message you replied to, which contained the attribution for the part you replied to. Here is the message you replied to. Compare it to your reply. snip Thank you, Larry, but

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-14 2:08 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/03/14 8:32 AM Tanstaafl wrote: On 3/14/2010 10:12 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/14/10 09:05, Tanstaafl wrote: On 3/14/2010 12:09 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: I have an idea about that: Maybe you can type the file suffix

[users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Joe(theWordy)Philbrook
It would appear that on Mar 13, Richard Detwiler did say: Tanstaafl wrote: Which begs the question - why is that checkbox even there? All it does is cause this problem (our users have been bit by it a lot too)... Good question -- not sure why anyone would ever have the need or

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Daniel Lewis
Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: IMHO any user who does have such a special need should be capable of using a shell command to rename the file after OO.o is done writing it. That said, some new users might feel secure seeing visual evidence that the appropriate file extension will automatically be

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread James Knott
Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: It would appear that on Mar 13, Richard Detwiler did say: Tanstaafl wrote: Which begs the question - why is that checkbox even there? All it does is cause this problem (our users have been bit by it a lot too)... Good question -- not sure why

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/13/2010 4:04 PM, Daniel Lewis wrote: For those who used this thread to question the need for the Automatic file name extension: why don't one of you file an issue and make your suggestions there? That is how things like this can be changed. Because filing an OOo issue is extraordinarily,

[users] Filing and Issue ( was: Re: [users] Re: Help needed)

2010-03-13 Thread Drew Jensen
Because filing an OOo issue is extraordinarily, ridiculously overly complicated - unless things have changed drastically since the last time I tried... Hi, May I ask which public access issue tracking systems you use, or are familiar with, that you would say are easy to use? Thanks Drew

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Programmer In Training
On 03/13/10 15:04, Daniel Lewis wrote: snip Update: The lady who asked for the help has been helped by those of us who were willing to CC her because she is not a member of this mailing list. So the problem has apparently been solved. snip OK, so what was the problem and how did it get

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 09:38:19PM -0500, James Knott wrote: ..snip The only problem with that is Windows will often hide the extension. So, where you need it most, you don't see it. My windows days are long behind me but I remember an option to always show

[users] Re: Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Russell Butler
Harold Fuchs wrote: On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:22 PM [GMT+1=CET], Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No CC anywhere, and all say Send by OOo maybe the difference is 2x the same answer to address? I can *always* CC to the OP, but that gets tiring in the end. Any suggestions? We

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:54 PM [GMT+1=CET], Russell Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:22 PM [GMT+1=CET], Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No CC anywhere, and all say Send by OOo maybe the difference is 2x the same answer to