[tdf-discuss] Installing Language Pack

2011-06-11 Thread johnerskine
I'm trying to install the GB English Language Pack on my Ubuntu 10.10 system. Running the suggested scripts in a terminal gets the following response john@john-desktop:~/Desktop/LibO_3.4.0rc2_Linux_x86_langpack-deb_en-GB$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb [sudo] password for john: dpkg: error processing *.deb

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 10/06/11 18:46, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi Cor, When creating a new Database, connecting to an existing one, you can choose Adabas DB... So I guess the code has to do with that? Well I eventually managed to find a free download of Adabas D for Linux. The setup is not trivial, even for an

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 10/06/11 14:48, Francois Tigeot a écrit : Hi François, In the past, some versions of StarOffice were bundled with a limited freeware version of the Adabas database engine. The Adabas support is still present in LibreOffice; howewer, I'm not sure if it is still used or if the free (as

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Easier Graphic Insertion

2011-06-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Charles, Charles Jenkins wrote (10-06-11 18:38) technical documentation which includes screenshot images. In other words, we need the graphics to be anchored as a character. I know LibreOffice can do this, but it is not the default behavior, and to fix it after inserting a picture

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Francois Tigeot
Hi, On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 09:40:43AM +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 10/06/11 18:46, Cor Nouws a écrit : When creating a new Database, connecting to an existing one, you can choose Adabas DB... So I guess the code has to do with that? Well I eventually managed to find a free

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Alex, Alexander Thurgood wrote (11-06-11 09:40) Well I eventually managed to find a free download of Adabas D for Linux. The setup is not trivial, even for an individual user (involves setting up a root account for the db admin, and a separate group, to which all Whoops - brave! Adabas

[tdf-discuss] Re: [steering-discuss] FYI: Apache Incubator is now voting

2011-06-11 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi Greg, 2011/6/10 Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com: my advance apologies if you feel this post is inappropriate for these two TDF forums. I felt obliged to include you all in this process, though I do understand that it may not be welcome. Thanks for informing on the TDF-lists, always welcome in

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 11/06/11 10:45, Francois Tigeot a écrit : Hi François, Where did you find your download copy ? Is it recent ? I had a look at the official website here : http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/products/adabas/rela_3rd_prod/adad/default.asp and there's no download link. Yeah, you have to

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 11/06/11 10:49, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi Cor, Very very few, I guess ;-) But imagine some deployment have an old DB of that type running on a server. Could well be, isn't it? Well the company say that there is a JDBC driver available, so even if direct support was pulled from LibO, it

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 11/06/11 10:54, Francois Tigeot a écrit : Hi François, Oh, I'm really indifferent about it; what I'm concerned about is the hardcoded list of platforms determining whether the client library is build or not. Agreed. I'd like to remove this list, and either build the adabas client

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:54:46AM +0200, Francois Tigeot wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 09:44:35AM +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote: You would probably get more input if you posted your question on one of the OpenOffice.org forums, in the Base section. Thanks for the tip, I'll have a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Installing Language Pack

2011-06-11 Thread Klaibson Ribeiro
Hi. Do the following: double click in the archive and install. Good weekend. On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:19 AM, johnerskine johnerskine1...@gmail.comwrote: I'm trying to install the GB English Language Pack on my Ubuntu 10.10 system. Running the suggested scripts in a terminal gets the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [steering-discuss] FYI: Apache Incubator is now voting

2011-06-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Greg, thanks a lot for informing us - the open way you communicate, especially in these times, is *really* appreciated. Thanks! ;-) Florian -- Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 |

[tdf-discuss] List of supported formats in LibreOffice Draw.

2011-06-11 Thread M Henri Day
Back in February, SVG was added to the list of formats natively supported in LibreOffice Draw. Can anyone help me find a link to a webpage that lists * all* such formats ? Many thanks !... Henri -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines +

[tdf-discuss] Re: [steering-discuss] FYI: Apache Incubator is now voting

2011-06-11 Thread Simon Phipps
On 10 Jun 2011, at 21:09, Greg Stein wrote: Hi all, I just wanted to bring an FYI that the Apache Incubator has begun its voting process on accepting the OO.o proposal to become a podling within the Incubator. At the moment, it appears to be passing by a huge margin, with only two

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Easier Graphic Insertion

2011-06-11 Thread M Henri Day
2011/6/10 Charles Jenkins charles.jenk...@tec-usa.com Hi, everyone! I'm new here. I have a feedback to offer, and I was told this is the place to do it. In my day job as an engineer, I currently use Microsoft Word to write technical documentation which includes screenshot images. I'd like to

[tdf-discuss] Re: Installing Language Pack

2011-06-11 Thread johnerskine
Henri This worked - many thanks! John -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Installing-Language-Pack-tp3051935p3052913.html Sent from the Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Installing Language Pack

2011-06-11 Thread M Henri Day
2011/6/11 johnerskine johnerskine1...@gmail.com Henri This worked - many thanks! John Glad to have been able to be of help !... Henri -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Easier Graphic Insertion

2011-06-11 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Charles, Charles Jenkins schrieb: [..] In other words, we need the graphics to be anchored as a character. I know LibreOffice can do this, but it is not the default behavior, and to fix it after inserting a picture involves a lot of work: The initial paste is almost guaranteed to put the

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread NoOp
On 06/11/2011 04:47 AM, Francois Tigeot wrote: ... I think the picture is clear enough; I'll have a word on the developers list and try to disable the Adabas D driver. Please don't. $ cat /etc/adabasrc DBROOT=/opt/adabas DBCONFIG=${DBCONFIG:-${HOME}/.adabas}

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread NoOp
On 06/11/2011 01:45 AM, Francois Tigeot wrote: ... Where did you find your download copy ? Is it recent ? I had a look at the official website here : http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/products/adabas/rela_3rd_prod/adad/default.asp and there's no download link. The Download free Adabas D

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:41:54AM -0700, NoOp wrote: On 06/11/2011 04:47 AM, Francois Tigeot wrote: I think the picture is clear enough; I'll have a word on the developers list and try to disable the Adabas D driver. Please don't. $ cat /etc/adabasrc DBROOT=/opt/adabas [...] Does

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread NoOp
On 06/11/2011 11:02 AM, Francois Tigeot wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:41:54AM -0700, NoOp wrote: On 06/11/2011 04:47 AM, Francois Tigeot wrote: I think the picture is clear enough; I'll have a word on the developers list and try to disable the Adabas D driver. Please don't. $

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:47:54AM -0700, NoOp wrote: I'd experimented with Adabas D with OpenOffice.org. Unfortunately, I can't test with LO due to not being able to use *any* data source: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32948 I'm sorry but if this is only for an experiment, I

[tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread NoOp
On 06/11/2011 12:42 PM, Francois Tigeot wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:47:54AM -0700, NoOp wrote: I'd experimented with Adabas D with OpenOffice.org. Unfortunately, I can't test with LO due to not being able to use *any* data source: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32948

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 01:18:47PM -0700, NoOp wrote: On 06/11/2011 12:42 PM, Francois Tigeot wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:47:54AM -0700, NoOp wrote: As far as I know, nobody has used Adabas D since 2004, and the stuff is proprietary crippleware at best. There are much better

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Comment Ranges

2011-06-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Charles, hi Cor! Am Samstag, den 11.06.2011, 01:50 +0200 schrieb Cor Nouws: Charles Jenkins wrote (10-06-11 20:03) In LibreOffice, it appears that comments always have zero length. I would have sworn I had seen it with a selection somewhere. But maybe it only was on the old OOo wiki (1)

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Comment Ranges

2011-06-11 Thread adept techlists - kazar
Charles Jenkins mailto:cejperso...@tec-usa.com June 10, 2011 2:03 PM Truly, I beg you to add comment ranges in LibreOffice so I can stop using Word altogether for writing. I concur. Not only for writer/editor situations, but for all kinds of scenarios in which humans need to

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Comment Ranges

2011-06-11 Thread adept techlists - kazar
Christoph Noack wrote: Quite some time ago, I defined the corresponding behavior so that it matches which the today's notes. The visual design: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Notes2_Design_NoteAnchor#Proposal_.22Boxes_.28Note_Anchor_Area.29.22 The behavior when inserting notes /

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

2011-06-11 Thread Uwe Altmann
Hi Alex, * Am 11.06.11 11:28, schrieb Alexander Thurgood: Agreed again. All platforms or nothing seems fair enough. I don't really understand why it was never made available for Mac, guess the owners of Adabas D never thought it was worthwhile. Adabas was bundeled only with StarOffice (never

Re: [steering-discuss] FYI: Apache Incubator is now voting

2011-06-11 Thread David Nelson
Hi, On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 23:09, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: * non-binding votes are from other participants in the conversation. Their votes are allowed as a measure and gauge over the broader community opinion, even though they will not actually be tallied in the final ballot.

Re: [steering-discuss] proposed bylaws changes

2011-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Someone mailed me off-list thinking it was my comment and quoted a real-world legal case where someone had really done what you describe. It is an old joke and an obvious thing to avoid but i'm not hugely surprised one bunch of people got fooled into letting it happen! It's impossible