On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:58:38 +0100 Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> wrote:
> Hi Rory, > > Am 18.02.19 um 16:53 schrieb Rory O'Farrell: > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:08:09 +0000 > > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:00:20 +0100 > >> Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Rory, > >>> > >>> Am 15.02.19 um 11:22 schrieb Rory O'Farrell: > >>>> On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:55:32 +0200 > >>>> Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Bug 125129 looks like a wild goose chase and requires considerable > >>>>> understanding of the framework layer, but I'll try continue when I have > >>>>> time. > >>>> A quick experiment with Writer in 4.2.0 shows me that one cannot insert > >>>> a background fill (Area tab) when making a frame, but one can > >>>> subsequently select the frame and then insert the background. > >>>> > >>>> Also, the Frame toolbar does not show onscreen for me, so I am unable to > >>>> attempt Linking frames, whether empty or with background fill. Using > >>>> /View /Toolbars : Frame turns off the Formatting toolbar, but does not > >>>> display the Frame toolbar. I am reasonably sure the Frame toolbar is > >>>> not anywhere on my desktop (several monitors in use - checked it is not > >>>> hidden behind anything). > >>> I have seen this "hidden" toolbar on Linux (with a fresh profile) but > >>> never could reproduce it on Windows. > >>> > >>> However, Revision 1853741 should fix it. > > OK, on > > AOO420m1(Build:9820) - Rev. 1853744 > > 2019-02-17_20:20:13 - Rev. 1853770 > > > > just now installed (old profile used): The Frame toolbar shows on Linux deb > > 64 when a frame is selected. I can link frames OK. However, I cannot > > insert a background (Area) fill when defining a frame. The system hangs, > > then crashes. The old linux trick of starting openoffice4 in a terminal > > does not give any diagnostic information after such a crash. > > You mix up two separate issues here... > > I only fixed the hidden toolbar. The crash is well known and documented: > https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125129 > > Regards, > > Matthias Thanks - I understand that; however, it is probably useful to note the continued existence of other problems concerned with a limited area of functionality - in this case, frames. Rory > > > > > I can, once a frame is made, select it and change the background (Area) > > colour. If a frame has had a background inserted after making the frame, > > its linking to another frame is uncertain - the background colour is > > sometimes treated as frame content and linking is not permitted; however, > > the logic of "content" in a frame probably ought be inserted content such > > as text or illustration, not structural content such as a background colour > > generated at frame make time; but until a frame can have such content > > generated at frame make time, one cannot experiment in any detail. > > > > Rory > >> > >> OK, downloading now - will try this over next few days, but little time > >> until later in the week. > >> > >> Rory > >> > >>>> (I am using AOO420m1(Build:9800) - Rev. 1851640 > >>>> 2019-01-19 15:48:21 (Sat, 19 Jan 2019) - Linux x86_64 [Apache OpenOffice > >>>> Test Development Build] running on Xubuntu 18.04.02 64 bit) > >>>> > >>>> I don't currently use Frames in any of my works in progress, so this is > >>>> not a matter of any urgency for me. > >>>> > >>>> I am of course ready to try any interim version (whether public or > >>>> private) to examine any change in this or other problems. > >>> You can try a build from our buildbot: > >>> https://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/install/41x/ > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Matthias > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >> > >> > > > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
