Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 2017-03-03, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> I also hit (and mentioned in a previous post) the 130% limit. I got >> there by going to TOOLS/OPTIONS/VIEW/SCALING. What effect did your font >> manipulation have on the HELP files (because that's what we're talking >> about here,

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

Curt writes: > On 2017-03-03, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > >> I will top-post as it is meaningless to comment specifically. >> I do have 5 and have not used base since I don't know when, on this >> installation it was firsts. I am made fun of having large

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 03/03/2017 04:15 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 08:45:00AM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: I will top-post as it is meaningless to comment specifically. I do have 5 and have not used base since I don't know when, on this

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 08:45:00AM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > I will top-post as it is meaningless to comment specifically. > > I do have 5 and have not used base since I don't know when, on this > installation it was firsts. I am made fun of having

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 2017-03-03, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > I will top-post as it is meaningless to comment specifically. > I do have 5 and have not used base since I don't know when, on this > installation it was firsts. I am made fun of having large fonts as I > refuse to wear glasses

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

I will top-post as it is meaningless to comment specifically. I do have 5 and have not used base since I don't know when, on this installation it was firsts. I am made fun of having large fonts as I refuse to wear glasses and my eyes get irritated trying to read small print. I adjusted the

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 08:53:58AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/01/2017 08:19 AM, Bob Weber wrote: > >Unacceptable. It affects the size of _everything_, not just font size. > >>I collided with with a fatal side-effect. I tried a too large

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:41:14 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > > > That triggers another question to be investigated. > I'm using LO 4.3.3.2 on Jessie(8.6.0)/MATE . > I do not have the bandwidth to do a Netinstall. > Would any bug I file get anything but "won't fix" since I'm

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 03/01/2017 09:00 AM, Joe wrote: On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 07:48:37 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: On 03/01/2017 06:37 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 06:33:58AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] How do you

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 07:48:37 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/01/2017 06:37 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 06:33:58AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >>> How do you

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 03/01/2017 08:19 AM, Bob Weber wrote: Unacceptable. It affects the size of _everything_, not just font size. I collided with with a fatal side-effect. I tried a too large factor. Now the "accept" button is now off screen and *NOT* accessible. Don't see any option short of reinstall to

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: A minimal relational database in Debian Resent-Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 13:49:24 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On 03/01/2017 06:37 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 01

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

Unacceptable. It affects the size of _everything_, not just font size. > I collided with with a fatal side-effect. I tried a too large factor. > Now the "accept" button is now off screen and *NOT* accessible. > Don't see any option short of reinstall to resolve. > I consider LibreOffice *DOA* >

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

> I'm not sure it's a "bug" in the "bug report" sense. Sure looks like a bug to me (not being able to access the accept button looks like a window manager bug, OTOH. At least with the window-manager I use (ctwm), I have it configured such that I can move a window from anywhere to anywhere by

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

Richard writes: > I'm not sure it's a "bug" in the "bug report" sense. Wishlist bugs are generally welcome. > Even retired, there are just so many hours in a day ;/ The lst of projects grows to overflow the available time, doesn't it? And I'm not even fully retired. -- John Hasler

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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 07:48:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/01/2017 06:37 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > >How about filing a bug report? That won't solve your problem > >*right now*, but... you know, giving back and that. > I'm not

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 03/01/2017 06:37 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 06:33:58AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] How do you increase fontsize on the LibeOffice (writer) toolbar and dropdown meuns?? [closed] - Ask LibreOffice

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 06:33:58AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] > >How do you increase fontsize on the LibeOffice (writer) toolbar and dropdown > >meuns?? [closed] - Ask LibreOffice >

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 03/01/2017 02:02 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 03/01/17 00:45: On 02/28/2017 05:06 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: On Monday 27 February 2017 13:17:56 Richard Owlett wrote: I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system provided no intrinsic way to

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Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 2017-03-01, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > For me this works: > Go to Tools > Options. Under LibreOffice, select View. Then find the Scaling > option under User Interface. The default value is 100%. Increase this number > until the font size is functional for you. This worked

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 09:30:00AM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > Boy Microsoft10 and Office-Access and share all your data with the > seattle bureau in a cloud and have no annoyance what so ever. Veering dangerously off-topic. But my $EMPLOYER just did

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

Boy Microsoft10 and Office-Access and share all your data with the seattle bureau in a cloud and have no annoyance what so ever. Then pull the ethernet cable and see if your "purchased product" is still functional. Katrinity Richard Owlett: > On 02/28/2017 05:06 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: >> On

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

Richard Owlett wrote on 03/01/17 00:45: > On 02/28/2017 05:06 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: >> On Monday 27 February 2017 13:17:56 Richard Owlett wrote: >>> I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system >>> provided no intrinsic way to increase fonts to a legible size. >> >>

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On 02/28/2017 05:06 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: On Monday 27 February 2017 13:17:56 Richard Owlett wrote: I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system provided no intrinsic way to increase fonts to a legible size. Would temporarily changing your dpi settings work, the

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian

On Monday 27 February 2017 13:17:56 Richard Owlett wrote: > I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system > provided no intrinsic way to increase fonts to a legible size. Would temporarily changing your dpi settings work, the help is perfectly legible here, but I have

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Richard Owlett writes: > > > >> A little research indicates that Tcl/Tk plays well with sqlite. A > >> couple of years ago I started learning it for a now abandoned > >> project. I'll follow up on that combo. > > > > Funny that you mention that: Sqlite's main author, D. Richard Hipp > > has been

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

On 02/27/2017 06:06 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 28/02/17 02:17, Richard Owlett wrote: The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. What is a functional equivalent in the Debian repository? I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable

Re: A cumulative reply [Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?]

On 02/27/2017 02:46 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:46:16AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] A little research indicates that Tcl/Tk plays well with sqlite. A couple of years ago I started learning it for a now abandoned

Re: A cumulative reply [Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?]

On Monday 27 February 2017 19:59:17 sunrise wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:46:16 -0600 > > Richard Owlett wrote: > >On 02/27/2017 09:44 AM, Joe wrote: > >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:53:30 -0600 > >> > >> Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> On 02/27/2017 07:43 AM,

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

On Monday 27 February 2017 13:17:56 Richard Owlett wrote: > I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system > provided no intrinsic way to increase fonts to a legible size. You prompted me to look. As you say, it is unusable and ctrl-+ has no effect at all. It is clearly

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

On Monday 27 February 2017 13:28:44 Christian Seiler wrote: > often [Ctrl] + [+] will help > increase font sizes. Not in this case. Lisi

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

On 28/02/17 02:17, Richard Owlett wrote: The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. What is a functional equivalent in the Debian repository? I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system provided no intrinsic way to

Re: A cumulative reply [Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?]

Copied from a friend that dealt with such antiquities > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:46:16 -0600 > Richard Owlett wrote: >> On 02/27/2017 09:44 AM, Joe wrote: >>> On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:53:30 -0600 >>> Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/27/2017 07:43 AM,

Re: A cumulative reply [Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:46:16AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] > A little research indicates that Tcl/Tk plays well with sqlite. A > couple of years ago I started learning it for a now abandoned > project. I'll follow up on that combo. Funny

Re: A cumulative reply [Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:46:16 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: >On 02/27/2017 09:44 AM, Joe wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:53:30 -0600 >> Richard Owlett wrote: >> >>> On 02/27/2017 07:43 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >>> LibreOffice Base is,

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Richard Owlett wrote: > The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using > dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. > What is a functional equivalent in the Debian repository? no idea. i've used about a dozen different ones over the years and even written parts of one. my guess is

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

t: A minimal relational database in Debian? Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:18:44 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. What is a functional equivalent in the Debian repositor

Re: A cumulative reply [Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?]

On 02/27/2017 09:44 AM, Joe wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:53:30 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/27/2017 07:43 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: LibreOffice Base is, AFAIK *not* a relational database, but just a -possibly graphical- user interface to one. Relational

Re: A cumulative reply [Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:53:30 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/27/2017 07:43 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > LibreOffice Base is, AFAIK *not* a relational database, but just > > a -possibly graphical- user interface to one. Relational databases, > > as I know them,

A cumulative reply [Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?]

On 02/27/2017 07:43 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 07:17:56AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. An IBM PC-XT IIRC Hm. A strange

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 02:28:44PM +0100, Christian Seiler wrote: > On 02/27/2017 02:17 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using > > dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. What is a functional equivalent in the > > Debian repository? > > Well, I've

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 02:28:44PM +0100, Christian Seiler wrote: > Well, I've never used DBaseII, but if you want a small relational > database, take a look at SQLite. There are bindings into most > languages and there's a command line client. The storage is simple > (from an end-user

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 07:17:56AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using > dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. Hm. A strange "relational" database indeed... > What is a functional equivalent in

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

+1 for Sqlite unless you need multiuser access. James On 27 February 2017 at 13:17, Richard Owlett wrote: > The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using dBaseII > on a MS-DOS machine. > What is a functional equivalent in the Debian repository? > > I

Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

On 02/27/2017 02:17 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using > dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. What is a functional equivalent in the > Debian repository? Well, I've never used DBaseII, but if you want a small relational database, take a look at

A minimal relational database in Debian?

The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine. What is a functional equivalent in the Debian repository? I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system provided no intrinsic way to increase fonts to a legible size.