Hi all, I have installed Eric's 1.9.93 build of OpenOffice (his one is easiest to download). As far as I can see the only special things that the installer does is check that X11 is installed, check that the version of the OS is 1.3 or greater, and finally open the installed file.
Considering this, I reckon that OpenOffice for Mac OS X does not require an installer. All that needs to be done is to OpenOffice on to a disk image with something similar to Gimp.app. I don't know if there is a command line option for creating a disk image. The utility Disk Utility does allow for the creation of disk Images. A search for "disk image command line mac os x" (without quotes) finds a few useful things for creating disk images through the command line. As I was expecting Tiger at the end of last week, I done a backup onto DVD, one of the things was the OpenOffice 1.9.93 folder. I did manage to run OpenOffice direct from the DVD, though it was slow! This supports what I said above. It may be possible that the binary generated in 10.3.9 will work in 10.4, just there are some compiler issues. The OOoStart application, whether in the current form or in the form used by Gimp and proposed by someone else a few days back on the list; will need something like NeoLight or http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=48356 to have Tiger compatibility. Unfortunately we in the UK have a bank holiday today so it increases the time that it will be till I will be able to get my hands on Tiger. Why do the Start_OOorg apps bundled with many of the build have the name "Writer" in the Menu bar (application menu) It is starting to become rather annoying? As I am developing my Spotlight plugin with java initially I hope to get a cross platform OpenOffice to plain text app. It is a little crude but never mind efficency is more important. Sorry Ed I have a problem accessing CVS due to port numbers and the fact that I am not online at home yet, so would it be possible to get a compressed archive of the source of NeoLight please. Thanks Shaun McDonald, Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
