2007/11/30, C.E. Petit, Esq. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm still in the Windows world, but I'm trying to help a friend install > OpenOffice on his brand-spanking-new Mac with Leopard. Unfortunately, the > webpage commentary only goes up to Tiger > http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/x11.html > so I'm not certain what download he needs. > > Please update that page for Leopard users, especially those new > to/unfamiliar with the Mac! Even if the update is as simple as "Leopard > users should follow the instructions for Tiger," that will be extremely > helpful. > > ===================== > C.E. Petit
Hello, Indeed, the Mac porting pages of OpenOffice.org haven't been updated since the release of Leopard. That's a pity, since Leopard and the new version of the windowing program X11 have posed, and maybe still pose, some problems... The rapid answer is that OOo 2.3 runs on Leopard. There have been issues about speed and some time-outs, but basically, updating Leopard to version 10.5.1 and keeping X11 (or XDarwin as the utility is also called now) up to date should solve most worries. The newest updates of X11 could be found at http://www.x.org/wiki/XDarwin, but... not any more it seems. I suppose the newest X11 can now be found here: http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/Releases It isn't clear when Apple will provide a bugs free version of X11 for Leopard... I hope the OOo for Mac developers will bring some clarity into this misty situation soon... -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo 2.3 RC 3 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger -- please reply only to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
