Hi, Am Mon, 3 Dec 2007 00:20:23 +0100 schrieb Guy Voets: > 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.
He will need to download the most current version 2.3.0 or wait till later today when hopefully the 2.3.1 for Mac OS X is also released. But this depends on the QA of en-US build. >> 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. > 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... So far I have experienced only one problem with OOo and Leopard X11 and that's a timeout issue when launching OOo. Apple changed the way X11 is launched in Leopard and up to now we haven't had the time to adress this issue since all developers are focusing on the aqua native version. You can simply ignore this warning and click "OK". This will do no harm. > The rapid answer is that OOo 2.3 runs on Leopard. Right. But full Java support will only be available with the upcomming 2.4.0. If Java is needed make sure to catch one of the m237 for Mac OS X which can be found here <ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/SRC680_m237/>. Be aware that the m237 may have bugs since this is a non qa'ed milestone build for testing purpose which isn't recommended for daily work. > 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. Timeout issue yes. But you cannot resolve it with updating X11 :-) But in general it's a good idea to keep your X11 up to date. It's cool that Apple now releases updates for X11 on a regular base and tries to solve the remaining issues that occured when switching from Xfree86 to X.org code base. > It isn't clear when Apple will provide a bugs free version of X11 for > Leopard... According to the X11 mailinglist an X11 version will either be included into a OS X update like 10.5.x or as a seperate X11 update. The most annoying bugs for local use, except fullscreen, seem to be fixed what's not working a 100% is using X11 for remote connections. Kind regards, Eric Hoch -- ## de.OpenOffice.org - Office für MacOS X, Linux, Solaris & Windows ## Openoffice.org - ich steck mit drin! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
