Shaun/James/Jim: I will fire up my PowerBook this evening and see if I can reproduce this problem. I'm suspecting that this is a PPC X11/OpenOffice.org problem and not strictly an OpenOffice.org problem.
James McKenzie -----Original Message----- >From: Shaun McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Apr 2, 2007 3:35 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [mac] 2.2rc4 Testing > > >On 2 Apr 2007, at 04:48, James Mckenzie wrote: > >> Shaun: >> >> Is this with only the PPC version or both versions? > >I cannot reproduce the arrow key problem on my Intel MacBook. Those >who did reproduce it were on PPC as far as I can tell. >I'm not sue if it is the expectation that if you are on the last line >of the document and you press the down arrow key, users are expecting >to get to the end of the last line of document like in other Mac OS X >apps. This is not standard behaviour in apps on most other OSs. > >I opened the issue to try and gain more specific information on the >problem. If no one comes forward with more information, since I can >only tell that the arrow key works here as expected, there is nothing >we can do to improve the behaviour. > >Shaun > >> >> I may add this to the TCM tests that need to be looked >> at. This may prevent problems in future releases. >> >> James McKenzie >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Shaun McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent: Apr 1, 2007 6:12 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [mac] 2.2rc4 Testing >>> >>> Hi James Greenidge, >>> >>> It appears someone else is having the same problem for the arrow >>> keys. I cannot reproduce it here on my Mac. >>> http://www.versiontracker.com/php/feedback/article.php? >>> story=20070330085120122#comments >>> It looks like this is appearing in some very specialised >>> circumstances. To work out what they are we need more information on >>> when they do occur and when they don't occur. >>> >>> I have created issue >>> http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=75993 >>> to track the circumstances that it does occur. >>> >>> Shaun >>> >>> On 29 Mar 2007, at 23:06, James Greenidge wrote: >>> >>>> Shaun McDonald wrote: >>>>> With what Uwe said too, it looks like it is a PPC only issue. >>>> >>>> Somehow, with all the glamor and future stakes on the Intel chip, >>>> it almost feels like (having a) PPC is now chopped liver! ;-< >>>> >>>> Since the unresponsive Down Arrow issue is apparently too deep to >>>> distract attention from other things, I'd like to know just how do >>>> you explain it in the next MacOOo Read Me's and OOo docs? A perm >>>> bug? A simply terminal issue? If so, is there any kind of >>>> "automatic" workaround for this lacking, like maybe some kind of >>>> macro that automatically drops the cursor down a line of text >>>> whenever the Down Button's pushed? I know that to techies that a >>>> mere arrow key going nowhere isn't exactly exciting as a skip in >>>> Space Shuttle code, but it'll sure be noticed and gossiped in >>>> schools and organizations (like the YMCA just down my street!) and >>>> businesses just getting a taste of OOo, and I can see high school >>>> teens and coeds and businesses saying to themselves -- and on-line! >>>> -- "Gee, if this stupid down arrow don't do crap in my term paper/ >>>> book report/essay/finance report/portfolio, what else is screwed up >>>> in this program nobody knows about? Maybe what they about getting >>>> things free is true! Mm, maybe we better cough up a few bucks and >>>> knock on grinning Billy's door!..." >>>> >>>> Hunting for more bugs >>>> >>>> James Greenidge >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> - >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________ >>> Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - >>> quick, easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > >___________________________________________________________ >All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard >protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
