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2012-11-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
The new addresses for the mailing lists appear on http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html But the links to the Apache archives still point to the incubator mailing lists. Non of the recent posts are in those archives. -- - Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw,

Re: Gmane

2012-11-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
for Apache OpenOffice gmane.comp.apache.openoffice.user us...@openoffice.apache.org Users mailing list for Apache OpenOffice On 2012-11-18 1:00 PM Larry Gusaas wrote concerning Gmane: The developer and user mailing lists are now available as newsgroups through gmane

Re: Link to Contact Us is broken on openoffice.apache.org

2012-12-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-12-24 2:03 AM Alexandro Colorado wrote: On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 12:35 AM, SmallVillage Astrologer color...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, Just a little thing I noticed while browsing the website at openoffice.apache.org. The link to Contact Us which located in website footer is broken, error

Re: first look at a scrolling News column...

2012-12-31 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-12-31 5:06 PM Kay Schenk wrote: Anyway, see what you think. I find the scroll bars a bit ugly but we may be able to pretty them up somehow. On my Mac the scroll bars look the same as the scroll bars on every other website. -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose

Re: Open office is giving an alert

2013-01-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-01-29 12:19 PM Paul Yeates wrote concerning Open office is giving an alert: Hello, I am using open office in a Mac. I am getting a window that pops up called Restore Windows. It then asks if I want to restore windows or not. Clicking either option is getting me nowhere and the window

Re: A question about existing practices

2013-03-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-03-17 8:32 AM Rob Weir wrote: I'm sorry that the troglodytes don't like that. That is a very insulting comment. Why do you have to make derogatory comments to people who disagree with your opinion? Where did you get you Masters in alienating people? --

Re: I search the 3.4 beta from ORACLE

2013-05-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-05-04 2:47 AM Raphael Bircher wrote: Hi Oliver Am 04.05.13 10:24, schrieb Oliver Brinzing: Hi Raphael, is OOo-Dev_3.4beta_20110411_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe what you are lokking for? Oh, old Sunnies who still reading the list... Yes, exactly that's the build. Do you have mac build

Re: [Spamverdacht] Re: confirm subscribe to dev@openoffice.apache.org

2013-07-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
And it is spam. On 2013-07-04 2:29 PM The weird writer wrote: it is a signature /clip spam gone. Oink -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind

Re: [Website]

2013-07-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-07-25 10:44 AM Brianna Castaldo wrote concerning [Website]: Hello Development team, I had OpenOffice 3. something and I just downloaded the 4.0.0. Whenever I would open documents it would still open the 3 one. I got rid of the 3 thinking this would help but now my documents open in the

doc files created in Pages don't open in AOO 4

2013-08-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
A user reported that documents that he exported in .doc format on his iPad won't open in AOO 4. They used to open in OOo 3.3. http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7t=63303 I tested exported files from Pages on my Mac as .doc files. They do not open in AOO 4.0. I get the ASCII

Re: doc files created in Pages don't open in AOO 4

2013-08-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-01 1:52 PM Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: A user reported that documents that he exported in .doc format on his iPad won't open in AOO 4. They used to open in OOo 3.3. http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7t

Re: doc files created in Pages don't open in AOO 4

2013-08-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
I filed a bug report with test file. https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122935 On 2013-08-01 1:33 PM Larry Gusaas wrote: A user reported that documents that he exported in .doc format on his iPad won't open in AOO 4. They used to open in OOo 3.3. http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum

Re: Forum vm reconfiguration.

2013-08-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-10 3:17 PM janI wrote: On 10 August 2013 23:01, Alexandro Colorado j...@oooes.org wrote: I include one wit the Orb for the forum as well as the wiki: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122998 I didn't want to go with a monochrome since I think it makes it too plain to

Re: Forum vm reconfiguration.

2013-08-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-11 1:27 AM janI wrote: On 11 August 2013 00:40, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: Shouldn't you discuss this on the forum to see what the forum users want? Previous changes were discussed there, not imposed from outside the forum. I agree that is should be discussed

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-08-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-17 8:54 PM Stan Stark wrote concerning Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website: Now I cannot remove your app icon from my iMac dock, nor can I delete a prompt screen on my desktop that says Restore Windows in the header. This is a known bug. Restore windows problem on Mac

Re: Forum, last call, less than 24 hours to operation \rejuvenate\.

2013-08-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-18 3:43 AM janI wrote: The logo was changed (also on wiki), I have reverted the changea, and it will remain reverted until we have consensus on dev@ and forum. Reverted the changes??? The forum now has the orb that is too light with gulls that can barely be seen. --

Re: Forum, last call, less than 24 hours to operation \rejuvenate\.

2013-08-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-18 2:54 PM janI wrote: Its not really my fault, that no one cared about backup earlier, I have spent a big part of the weekend to remedy that situation. Thank you for the hard work. It is much appreciated. The logo problem is not your fault. It is the fault of someone else making

Re: Websites headers (forum, wiki, main site, ...)

2013-08-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-20 1:56 PM Alexandro Colorado wrote: Also community forum text itself is a branding breach, which has also been questioned for the index forum page, as 'funny': http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=282094#p282094 The funny comment was in relation to a different logo

Re: Websites headers (forum, wiki, main site, ...)

2013-08-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-20 2:36 PM Alexandro Colorado wrote: ​I put a sample of what the headers would look like: http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/download/file.php?id=17705mode=view​ The design for the forum lacks the current text User community support forum for Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice and

Re: Websites headers (forum, wiki, main site, ...)

2013-08-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-20 3:04 PM Alexandro Colorado wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.comwrote: On 2013-08-20 1:56 PM Alexandro Colorado wrote: Also community forum text itself is a branding breach, which has also been questioned for the index forum page

Re: Is anyone using Apple Pages?

2013-08-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-21 1:33 PM Rob Weir wrote: If possible I'd like to get two test files saved from Pages: 1) An Empty document 2) A document that has a simple string, like hello world Both saved in DOC format. I'm seeing some reports claiming that DOC exports from Pages crashes AOO 4.0. I have a

Re: Wiki logo update

2013-08-22 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-22 2:26 PM Alexandro Colorado wrote: Since the whole consensus process is completely broken, No, it is not. Consensus has never been reached. I would like to just get a final confirmation if there a 'go' on the Wiki logo update which was reverted due to a regression by infra

Re: Slashdot Article

2013-08-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-28 10:44 PM Simple Good wrote: BTW how can I unsubscribe from these mailings to my account. Send an email to dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org Reply to the confirmation email you will receive. -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada

Re: [RELEASE]: new snapshot build for AOO 4.0.1

2013-08-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
I clicked on the link to download the en-GB language pack. It downloaded the full version instead. It seems the other language packs would do the same. On 2013-08-30 7:27 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: we have prepared a new snapshot build for AOO 4.0.1 for Windows, MacOS and Linux based on the

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-09-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-09-11 3:00 PM Rob Weir wrote concerning Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website: On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Dean Sample yankee...@bellsouth.net wrote: I need info regarding Openoffice. You or somebody has me really confused. I have Apache OpenOffice 3 Listed as

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-09-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-09-11 4:37 PM Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: But the application is still named OpenOffice.org The .org was removed from the application name in Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Yes and no, but mainly no. The release was called Apache

Re: [HowTo] Video about how to go to the profile of Apache OpenOffice

2013-10-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-10-03 3:37 PM Raphael Bircher wrote: Hi Larry Am 03.10.13 23:04, schrieb Larry Gusaas: On 2013-10-03 11:14 AM Kay Schenk wrote: On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Raphael Bircher r.birc...@gmx.ch wrote: Hi at all I created a Video about how to go to the Apache OpenOffice Profile

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-11-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-10-31, 4:52 PM Robert Center wrote: I have OpenOffice version 3 installed on my Mac and it does everything I need with Lion OS. Will it also work if I upgrade and install Mavericks OS 9? I was considering updating OpenOffice 3 to Apache OpenOffice 4 but I noticed in the readme file

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-11-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-11-06, 9:06 AM Brian Moore wrote concerning Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website: The last time you opened OpenOffice, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try and reopen its windows again? Having told the computer to accept ‘OpenOffice’ it has

.docx files created with Pages 5 crash AOO

2013-11-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
As a result of a thread on the forum, https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17t=65969p=293140 , I have been doing some testing. Files exported as .docx from Pages 5 always crash AOO 4.01, AOO 3.4.1, and LO 4.1.3. Files exported as .doc from Pages 5 open properly. The few

Re: .docx files created with Pages 5 crash AOO

2013-11-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-11-27, 2:14 AM Andrea Pescetti wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Files exported as .docx from Pages 5 always crash AOO 4.01, AOO 3.4.1 Thank you for investigating. I opened https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=123761 but we now need a minimal DOCX file attached there in order

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-11-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
See this article from Apple Support; OS X: About Gatekeeper: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290 On 2013-11-29, 4:00 PM Nancy Sommers wrote concerning Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website: I'm having trouble downloading open office because of security on my own Mac. I don't know

Re: MacBook Pro 64 Bit

2013-11-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-11-29, 6:50 PM CHRIS KARPINSKI wrote concerning MacBook Pro 64 Bit: Hello, I am new to Apache OpenOffice as well as Mac Computers. My MacBook Pro is a 64 Bit system with 10.9 Mavericks OS Just trying to find out if OpenOffice 32 Bit is compatible with my system. I am also running

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-12-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-12-01, 3:34 PM Frank R Walker wrote concerning Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website: How soon will you have a version for OS X 10.9? Really miss your software. Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 works on OSX verion 10.9 (Mavericks). Download it here:

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-12-09 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-12-09, 3:32 PM Tyson Charlson wrote: I am having issues with my Open Office program. A Restore Windows window pops up and won't let me close out (see attachment). I've tried a reinstall but that didn't work. Thanks and have a great day.

Bug 119006 - Restore windows problem on Mac OS X

2013-12-09 Thread Larry Gusaas
Bug 119006 - Restore windows problem on Mac OS X - Reopen?? It seem this bug is not fixed as reported. There are still people reporting the problem on the forum and on the mailing list. Several of them say they are using AOO 4.0.1. I got a new Mac a month ago with OS X version 10.9

Re: [RELEASE]: new MacOS compiler used for the 64 bit tool chain requires a new baseline

2013-12-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-12-16, 5:47 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: I would like to propose that with AOO 4.1 we support 10.7 or higher MacOS systems only at the beginning. We can decide later on if it's worth to spend additional time in 10.6 systems but for now I would not spent any further time on it. We have to

Re: [RELEASE]: new MacOS compiler used for the 64 bit tool chain requires a new baseline

2013-12-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-12-17, 3:07 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 12/16/13 6:31 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2013-12-16, 5:47 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: I would like to propose that with AOO 4.1 we support 10.7 or higher MacOS systems only at the beginning. We can decide later on if it's worth to spend additional

Re: Performance measurements on Mac vs others

2013-12-31 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-12-31, 11:48 AM Alexandro Colorado wrote: Hi I am in a disucussion with a friend about how slow is OpenOffice for Mac since it relies on X11. I thought that X11 was no longer needed and an aqua version was provided, but it seems this was not true since reading the FAQ it says that X11 is

Re: [RELEASE]: snapshot build for Mac and Windows based on revision 1521921

2014-01-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-01-14, 1:46 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 1/14/14 8:29 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: Many older computers will only run 32 bit Linux. This may not be common among developers, but certainly is among older users and installers/linux advocates who migrate older users to cast off machines from

Re: [RELEASE]: snapshot build for Mac and Windows based on revision 1521921

2014-01-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-01-14, 4:05 PM Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 01/14/2014 10:38 PM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: On 2014-01-14, 1:46 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 1/14/14 8:29 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: Many older computers will only run 32 bit Linux. This may not be common among developers, but certainly is among

Re: [RELEASE]: snapshot build for Mac and Windows based on revision 1521921

2014-01-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-01-15, 2:35 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: To repeat it again AOO 4.1 will require the 10.7 SDK and if somebody is interested to work on support for 10.6 stand up now. And I repeat. Not supporting an operating system that was only replaced 2 1/2 years ago is wrong. Stand up now? Sounds like

Re: [RELEASE]: snapshot build for Mac and Windows based on revision 1521921

2014-01-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-01-15, 3:38 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 1/15/14 9:59 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2014-01-15, 2:35 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: To repeat it again AOO 4.1 will require the 10.7 SDK and if somebody is interested to work on support for 10.6 stand up now. And I repeat. Not supporting

Re: problems with office

2014-01-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-01-18, 2:22 AM Susan McCrum wrote concerning problems with office: Good morning. In just the past couple of days, problems have developed when I open office. A notification comes up on screen which says: The last time you opened Openoffice, it unexpectedly quit while opening

Re: MacOSX: How to get rid of the dialog The last time you opened ... ?

2014-01-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
You need to delete the folder org.openoffice.script.savedState. It is in the Saved Application State folder in your User/Library. See this post on the user forum for detailed instructions: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17t=55755#p244931 On 2014-01-18, 10:51 AM Rony G.

Re: docx file created with Pages 5 crashes AOO

2014-01-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-01-27, 5:51 AM Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: Hi, On 24.01.2014 19:42, Larry Gusaas wrote: Docx files exported from Apple's Pages 5 app crash AOO. A user on the forum reported problem opening .docx files they had received wouldn't open so I created a docx file with Pages 5. I crashes

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-02-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
You need to delete the folder org.openoffice.script.savedState. It is in the Saved Application State folder in your User/Library. See this post on the user forum for detailed instructions: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17t=55755#p244931 On 2013-12-13, 11:07 AM

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-02-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-02-05, 7:33 PM Gwen Hodder wrote: Hello I’m have a problem with Apache open office. this is what comes up below The last time you opened OpenOffice, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again? Then I click on cancel or reopen but it

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-02-23, 3:06 PM Max Merbald wrote: Your answer to John could, indeed, be interpreted to mean that you're a bit annoyed with people who have problem with an infected version of OpenOffice because it frequently happened. It could only be interpreted that way by a bloody moron. There was

Link to Beta RC - language packs for Mac OS broken

2014-03-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
The links to Beta RC - language packs for Macs is broken. I get No Such Resource File not found. message. Tried several languages besides the one I wanted. -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is never

Re: [RELEASE]: final release preparation

2014-03-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
Am 03/10/2014 09:40 AM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: 1. download option for the Beta via our download page. Default should be still the 4.0.1. But the Beta should be at least available as optional download. Just started up my old MacBook that runs OS X ver 10.6.8 The Download Apache OpenOffice has

Re: Draft Blog post for beta release

2014-03-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
Rob Weir wrote: https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=seeking_beta_testers_for_apache (Need to verify actual position and color of the beta release link on download page) Should include that version for Mac OS X is now 64 bit and requires OS X ver 10.7 or newer. --

Re: [RELEASE]: final release preparation

2014-03-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-03-10, 4:10 PM Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/10/2014 10:44 PM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: Am 03/10/2014 09:40 AM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: 1. download option for the Beta via our download page. Default should be still the 4.0.1. But the Beta should be at least available as optional download

Re: [RELEASE]: final release preparation

2014-03-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-03-10, 5:16 PM Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/10/2014 11:56 PM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: I'm talking about the string for downloading 4.0.1 It states: Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 for Mac OS X (10.6 or older) ... is not available. ups, sorry. I'm still in yellow mode. ;-) It seems

Re: [RELEASE]: final release preparation

2014-03-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-03-10, 5:16 PM Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/10/2014 11:56 PM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: On 2014-03-10, 4:10 PM Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/10/2014 10:44 PM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: Am 03/10/2014 09:40 AM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: 1. download option for the Beta via our download page. Default

Re: [RELEASE]: final release preparation

2014-03-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-03-11, 4:57 AM Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/11/2014 10:20 AM, schrieb Marcus (OOo): Am 03/11/2014 06:16 AM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: On 2014-03-10, 5:16 PM Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/10/2014 11:56 PM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: On 2014-03-10, 4:10 PM Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/10/2014 10

[Bug 124496} Regression – Not all fonts available on Macs

2014-03-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
Not all fonts are available on Macs (US English). This is a regression from AOO 4.0.1 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124496 -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is never ahead of his time

Re: graphics problems on Macs

2014-06-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-06-07, 11:21 AM Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rory O'Farrell wrote: There are several reports of difficulties dragging and dropping pictures into Writer when using a Mac. This thread covers some of the reports https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45t=68100p=314081#p314081

Re: Reporting broken download link

2014-09-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-09-14, 11:43 AM Rhonda Johnson wrote concerning Reporting broken download link: everytime I try to open a document I get a box that comes up which says, “the last time you opened OpenOffice.org, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows

Re: Reporting broken download link

2014-09-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-09-14, 11:43 AM Rhonda Johnson wrote concerning Reporting broken download link: everytime I try to open a document I get a box that comes up which says, “the last time you opened OpenOffice.org, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows

Re: My Mac has stopped now to use Openoffice

2014-09-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
See the following about GateKeeper. AOO Release Notes https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.1+Release+Notes#AOO4.1.1ReleaseNotes-KnownIssues OS X: About GateKeeper http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290 http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14370 On 2014-09-25, 10:37 PM K - P

Re: NOT OKAY

2014-10-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-10-24, 11:17 PM Jose R R wrote: Had not the 'curiosity' to write those words in OO until today: Re-check: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0xK0sECIAQVakq.png:large Using default US English spell-checker that comes with 4.1.1 You should update your dictionary. Latest version, as I stated,

Re: Installing 4.1.1 is a problem

2014-11-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-11-07, 1:58 PM Jack Kenton wrote concerning Installing 4.1.1 is a problem: My Apple iMac, running the Yosemite IOS won’t install 4.1.1 because it says that I have to exit from Open Office 4.1.0 — which it says is running. I’ve closed everything that I can find and restarted the

Re: Who is active wiki and forum admin ?

2014-11-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-11-24, 3:31 PM Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:02:58 +0100Andrea Pescetti wrote: Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Also, some Automated posts on Forum admin go to private @oo.a.o I can't confirm this. I've never seen a message/notification from the forum

Re: [DISCUSS] Java 8 and AOO

2015-03-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-03-17, 6:41 PM Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: The problems I've seen reported are apparently all on MacOS. Something about needing a legacy Java 6 to work and there is no way for the user to accomplish that, apparently. Apache OpenOffice works with Java 8, but you also need to have Java 6

Re: [DISCUSS] Java 8 and AOO

2015-03-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-03-18, 4:46 PM Kay Schenk wrote: On 03/18/2015 09:29 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Larry, that's great. I saw that in a screen shot that showed both of them installed. Please add that link to Bugzilla issue 126130. If you don't have an account there, let me know and I will do it.

Re: Open Office Freezing (no screen shot included)

2015-05-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-05-05, 3:12 PM Victoria Finder wrote concerning Open Office Freezing (no screen shot included): Hi…I am using Open Office with my MacBook Air (2012) and when I try to use Open Office I receive an air message and it freezes. I recently installed Yosemite operating system. The air

Download auto detection for OS X

2015-07-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
The download page, http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html , is not properly recognizing my Operating system Mac OS X ver. 10.10 (Yosemite). It shows OS X 32-bit (x86) (DMG) instead of OS X 64-bit (x86-64) (DMG) AOO And says Problem: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 is not available for OS X

Re: Download auto detection for OS X

2015-07-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-07-05, 2:51 AM Marcus wrote: Am 07/05/2015 07:01 AM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: The download page, http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html , is not properly recognizing my Operating system Mac OS X ver. 10.10 (Yosemite). It shows OS X 32-bit (x86) (DMG) instead of OS X 64-bit (x86-64

Re: Download auto detection for OS X

2015-07-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-07-05, 2:51 AM Marcus wrote: Am 07/05/2015 07:01 AM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: The download page, http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html , is not properly recognizing my Operating system Mac OS X ver. 10.10 (Yosemite). It shows OS X 32-bit (x86) (DMG) instead of OS X 64-bit (x86-64

Re: Download auto detection for OS X

2015-07-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-07-05, 3:23 AM Marcus wrote: ahm, with use the analysis webpage I meant to do what is written on the page and then paste the data. ;-) Can you please do this? Then I have a better chance to see where the scripting is wrong. Thanks again Marcus I guess I didn't click update the

Re: Download auto detection for OS X

2015-07-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-07-05, 5:36 AM Marcus wrote: for the moment the problem with the Safari browser should be fixed. However, it would be interesting to see if the problem is still occurring with Opera and Chrome. Safari, Opera, and Chrome still give 32 bit version. Data for Safari: Problem description

Re: Download auto detection for OS X

2015-07-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-07-06, 12:18 PM Marcus wrote: Thanks Larry, for providing data and testing. The problem is now fixed. PS: I also added support for the (somewhen) upcoming El Capitan release 10.11. I'm pretty sure our users will tell us if it's not working. ;-) Marcus Thank you Marcus. Now I won't

Re: Mac OS X downloads

2015-07-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-07-07, 9:00 AM Marcus wrote: Am 07/07/2015 09:43 AM, schrieb Larry Gusaas: The listings of versions of AOO for Macs on the download page causes some confusion for new users. Two options are listed, OS X 64-bit (x86-64)(DMG) OS X 32-bit (x86)(DMG). Users think this refers to either a 32

Mac OS X downloads

2015-07-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
The listings of versions of AOO for Macs on the download page causes some confusion for new users. Two options are listed, OS X 64-bit (x86-64)(DMG) OS X 32-bit (x86)(DMG). Users think this refers to either a 32 bit or a 64 bit operating system. All Intel based Macs are are 64 bit (except for

Re: Mac Download

2015-07-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-07-13, 1:45 PM Brenda Daykin wrote concerning Mac Download: I am getting an error from my computer now allowing me to open open office full download. How do I fix this? See this article from Apple: OS X: About Gatekeeper: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT202491 -- As a courtesy I

Re: Possible Mac problem 4.1.2

2015-11-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-11-06, 3:15 PM Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 06/11/2015 Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Seems to be a general problem here. Indeed we have two separate issues, but both common to Base on Mac OS X: https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126622 https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126623 so

Re: Settings

2015-10-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-10-30, 8:06 AM Olle Mårtensson wrote concerning "Settings": I am trying to download Open Office to my iMac. I get a message that my settings prevent the download. What kind of settings could this mean, and how do I change them? Since you didn't state the exact message you got I am

Re: [QUESTION] Optional Java Use for Essential Functionality

2015-10-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-10-15, 4:35 PM Kay Schenk wrote: The need for Java is detailed in the System Requirements -- http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html linked from the Download page. What I found "startling" was the message that Java 6 is needed on Macintosh, which I was not aware of.

Re: [QUESTION] Optional Java Use for Essential Functionality

2015-10-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-10-15, 5:37 PM Kay Schenk wrote: On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com> wrote: On 2015-10-15, 4:35 PM Kay Schenk wrote: The need for Java is detailed in the System Requirements -- http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html

Re: Please test updates with OpenOffice 4.1.2-RC2

2015-10-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-10-20, 4:12 PM Andrea Pescetti wrote: It would be good to have confirmation with all supported platforms (one confirmation is OK), so: - Windows - Mac OS X - Linux 32 - Linux 64 (confirmed OK) Works on Mac OS X ver. 10.10.5 -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose

Re: Wrongful information on the Wikipedia

2015-09-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-09-15, 5:17 PM John D'Orazio wrote: Well actually the case of the wikipedia article is different, because the adjective that is used for the project whether "dormant" or "moribund" is not in fact actually being referred to the Apache project but to the pre-Apache project. No. It is

Re: [DISCUSS] Release 4.2: General Topics

2016-08-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-08-23, 1:14 PM Kay sch...@apache.org wrote concerning "[DISCUSS] Release 4.2: General Topics": 2. Update Java requirement from Java 1.5 to*at least* Java 1.7 I replied earlier using gmane, but it doesn't seem to have gone through. Has Issue 126622 - Base 4.1.2 does not open Tables

Re: 4.1.3_release_blocker denied: [Issue 126622] Base 4.1.2 does not open Tables and Queries in Mac OSX

2016-10-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-10-05, 12:48 AM Andrea Pescetti wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Is this approved or not approved as a release blocker??? I thought there was a fix for this. It is essential that this is fixed for Mac users. As I understand it, the reason is lack of testing and, as explained by Ariel

Re: 4.1.3_release_blocker denied: [Issue 126622] Base 4.1.2 does not open Tables and Queries in Mac OSX

2016-10-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-10-05, 3:40 AM Patricia Shanahan wrote: On 10/5/2016 2:32 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2016-10-05, 12:48 AM Andrea Pescetti wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Is this approved or not approved as a release blocker??? I thought there was a fix for this. It is essential that this is fixed

Re: 4.1.3_release_blocker denied: [Issue 126622] Base 4.1.2 does not open Tables and Queries in Mac OSX

2016-10-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
Is this approved or not approved as a release blocker??? I thought there was a fix for this. It is essential that this is fixed for Mac users. On 2016-10-04, 4:20 PM bugzi...@apache.org wrote: Patricia Shanahan has denied 4.1.3_release_blocker: Issue 126622: Base 4.1.2 does not

Re: [DISCUSS] Draft 4.1.3 release notes

2016-09-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
database in 4.1.3 works on my Mac. On 2016-09-26, 6:52 PM Patricia Shanahan wrote: Here is an updated version. Because of the lack of solid confirmation, I am deleting the paragraph about the 4.1.2 Mac OSX regression. If it does turn out to be fixed, we can announce that separately. I think

Re: [Issue 127143] Startcenter crash on iMac with macOS Sierra

2016-10-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-10-18, 3:22 PM Marcus wrote: Am 10/17/2016 03:42 AM, schrieb bugzi...@apache.org: https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=127143 Jochen Hager changed: What|Removed |Added

Re: Code signing available for OpenOffice

2016-10-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-10-10, 12:03 AM Mark Thomas wrote: On 9 October 2016 20:21:32 BST, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Coming back to this discussion based on recent conversations on the OpenOffice dev list: does the Symantec code signing apply to Windows only, or is it relevant to Mac OS X

Re: LeRoy K Newby Gallery

2016-12-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-12-28, 3:46 PM K. Newby Gallery wrote concerning "LeRoy K Newby Gallery": To Whom It May Concern; We can not access Open Office Files we repeatedly receive this dialoge box.. would someone please respond and tell me what to do? __ You need to delete the folder

Re: Mac OSX/macOS builds of AOO 4.1.4

2017-05-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2017-05-01, 3:08 AM Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 27/04/2017 Jim Jagielski wrote: A sampling has been uploaded to: http://home.apache.org/~jim/AOO-builds/ Thanks! For Mac users testing those builds: please make sure there is no regression with respect to

Re: Mac OSX/macOS builds of AOO 4.1.4

2017-05-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2017-05-01, 12:38 PM Jim Jagielski wrote: The new, Sierra-buildbot build of AOO 4.1.4 is now available for test at: http://home.apache.org/~jim/AOO-builds/r1781484-Test/ Just one lang and package is available at present. TIA for your testing! Database functions that require Java

Re: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4-RC4 crashes on Mac

2017-10-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2017-10-03, 9:20 AM Patricia Shanahan wrote: Meanwhile, it would be useful if everyone with a Mac would download and test Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.4_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg. Is it that one machine? All Macs running that OS version? All Macs? I have been using

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4-RC5 as GA

2017-10-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
-1 (non binding) Get general error message (macOS High Sierra) every time I open a document. See separate post for details -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most

AOO 4.1.4 – Error message

2017-10-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
Every time I try to open a document with AOO 4.1.4 I get an error message (X on red circle, General Error). When I click on the OK button the document opens. Happens every time I open a document or a new document. Does not occur with AOO 4.1.3. MacBook Pro 13" late 2013 macOS 10.13 High Sierra

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.4-RC5 as GA

2017-10-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
-1 (non binding) Get general error message (macOS High Sierra) every time I open a document. See separate post for details On 2017-10-13, 6:52 AM Jim Jagielski wrote: Due to a last-minute regression noted in 4.1.4-RC4 (Thx! to all testers, by the way. We are glad this was found before we

Re: AOO 4.1.4 – Error message

2017-10-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2017-10-15, 2:20 AM FR web forum wrote: Every time I try to open a document with AOO 4.1.4 I get an error message (X on red circle, General Error). When I click on the OK button the document opens. Happens every time I open a document or a new document. Does not occur with AOO 4.1.3.

Re: AOO 4.1.4 – Error message

2017-10-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2017-10-15, 1:01 PM Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:58:09 -0600 Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com> wrote: On 2017-10-15, 7:13 AM Jim Jagielski wrote Did this occur w/ any of the other 4.1.4 RCs? No. Larry Can you run openoffice4 from a terminal and report the me

Re: AOO 4.1.4 – Error message

2017-10-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2017-10-15, 7:13 AM Jim Jagielski wrote Did this occur w/ any of the other 4.1.4 RCs? No. On Oct 14, 2017, at 6:32 PM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com> wrote: Every time I try to open a document with AOO 4.1.4 I get an error message (X on red circle, General Error). When I

Re: AOO 4.1.4 – Error message

2017-10-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2017-10-15, 1:01 PM Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:58:09 -0600 Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com> wrote: On 2017-10-15, 7:13 AM Jim Jagielski wrote Did this occur w/ any of the other 4.1.4 RCs? No. Larry Can you run openoffice4 from a terminal and report the me

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