Re[2]: [tdf-discuss] Re: Java still broke on LibreOffice 5.1.1

2016-03-15 Thread Robert Boehm
Oh pleaseboth of you started to be a bit more congenial and then it devolved to this again...please. Let's just be friendly to each otherinstead of throwing pot-shots which never accomplish anything useful. Bob -- Original Message -- From: "Tanstaafl"

[tdf-discuss] Initial Reactions to 4.0.0

2013-02-08 Thread Robert Boehm
Hi alljust a short note to say that I did something I usually never do I went bold and installed LibreOffice 4.0.0 NOT waiting for the first point release. So far so good...this is a good releasenot aware of any bugs affecting the work that I do yet. Recommended it to another

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Thunderbird and Gmane

2012-02-17 Thread Robert Boehm
On 02/17/2012 01:13 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2012-02-15 06:03, Marc Paré a écrit : For those of you using the combination of Thunderbird and Gmane, it looks like the newer version of Thunderbird v.10.0.1 has corrected the Gmane problem with updating read/non-read messages. All seems to be

[tdf-discuss] Java

2012-02-04 Thread Robert Boehm
Hi therebeen testing 3.5.0 since beta...now RC3... I have also been testing Java 7 (now update 2). After each installation, LibreOffice doesn't like to play nice with Java 7 (which is working fine otherwise, both LibreOffice and Java), saying that the installation is defective and it

[tdf-discuss] Fonts

2012-01-24 Thread Robert Boehm
Hi...just a general question as I test LO 3.5: Ever since LoDEV versions of 3.5 I cannot find the general FONT section in options for setting the default FONT which is easily found in all older versions. Did it move or is it omitted for some reason? I have searched high and low to find this

Re: [tdf-discuss] Fonts

2012-01-24 Thread Robert Boehm
Thank-you so much! Bob On 01/24/2012 09:19 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Bob, Robert Boehm wrote (24-01-12 16:06) Hi...just a general question as I test LO 3.5: Ever since LoDEV versions of 3.5 I cannot find the general FONT section in options for setting the default FONT which is easily found

[tdf-discuss] Advice

2011-08-24 Thread Robert Boehm
Hi...no problems...just asking for advice. I have been testing the beta builds of LO since it came out and use openSUSE as my main operating system. On my production machine, I have been using the Stable builds provided by the SUSE repository which has worked fine. If there any SUSE

Re: [tdf-discuss] Advice

2011-08-24 Thread Robert Boehm
On 08/24/2011 09:37 AM, Andy Brown wrote: Robert Boehm wrote: Hi...no problems...just asking for advice. I have been testing the beta builds of LO since it came out and use openSUSE as my main operating system. On my production machine, I have been using the Stable builds provided by the SUSE

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO 3.4.2 RC1 under Windows

2011-07-18 Thread Robert Boehm
On 07/18/2011 06:19 PM, Jesús Corrius wrote: No it's not, Jesus. It is installing a previous version with security issues when a newer fixed version is already installed. It should never install if a newer is already installed. The versions are not overridden, they are installed in parallel.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO 3.4.2 RC1 under Windows

2011-07-18 Thread Robert Boehm
On 07/18/2011 07:04 PM, plino wrote: Robert Boehm wrote: Obviously, if the version preferred by the installer is the only version that the installed files will work with is the only choice, then well, OK. But if it's compatible with the latest version, maybe there is a way to make sure

Re: [tdf-discuss] Questions from the sidelines.

2011-06-06 Thread Robert Boehm
On 06/06/2011 06:32 PM, Robert Derman wrote: Andy Brown wrote: I seem to be really missing something in all this talk about the transfer of OOo. 1: What would TDF do with the code? At this point in time LibO is way ahead of OOo in features and code clean up, from the patches flying in

Re: [tdf-discuss] What features are missing when a JRE is missing in Windows ?

2011-01-30 Thread Robert Boehm
On 01/30/2011 09:54 AM, Fabián Rodríguez wrote: Hi The Windows installer completes succesfully but when running the LibreOffice launcher for the first time several warnings indicating this function ... won't work without a JRE... install a JRE and restart LibreOffice without going into

Re: [tdf-discuss] 64bit now works in OO

2010-12-08 Thread Robert Boehm
On 12/08/2010 11:18 AM, Susan Cragin wrote: On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 11:52 -0500, Susan Cragin wrote: LibO_3.3.0rc1_Linux_x86-64 is based on that earlier version that still had bugs. So, may I ask what the bugs are? I don't know. I'm not a programmer, nor affiliated with OO. Just a user who just

Re: [tdf-discuss] 64bit now works in OO

2010-12-08 Thread Robert Boehm
Precompiled RPM's on the openSUSE repository...built for the distro. So maybe that's an issue. Bob On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.netwrote: I am running 64 bit openSUSE version LO 3.3 RC1 and have had no trouble at allso maybe it's unique to your

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Updates overwriting User settings

2010-11-12 Thread Robert Boehm
On 11/12/2010 12:46 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/11/12 6:14 AM Charles Marcus wrote: Is this only a problem on Linux or Macs? I've never had my settings overwritten, and we've been using OOo in our office since about version 1.0... OOo has never overwrittin the user settings on my Mac in

Re: [tdf-discuss] New User Question

2010-11-05 Thread Robert Boehm
Hi Terri. This is a time of transition. LibreOffice will be the WAY TO GO from here on outbut at THIS TIME, I would install OpenOffice 3.2.1, get familiar with it.and USE it. It's a great piece of software. The next release3.3.0 is imminent. If OpenOffice 3.3.0 comes out

Re: [tdf-discuss] New User Question

2010-11-05 Thread Robert Boehm
On 11/05/2010 08:47 PM, Andy Brown wrote: On Fri Nov 05 2010 18:29:41 GMT-0700 (PDT) Terri Reichert wrote: Hello! I've been lurking for a couple of weeks and am a new user to open office. I would classify myself as just an average everyday sort of user. I have joined several of the mailing

[tdf-discuss] New Beta or RC soon?

2010-11-03 Thread Robert Boehm
HI alljust wondering what the PLAN is before final release of LO 3.3.0. Will there be a new beta 3 soon, or an RC version, as OOo did recently? All this discussion here is great, but seems not so much related to the imminent release coming up. If LO wants to get a good start, I would

Re: [tdf-discuss] New Beta or RC soon?

2010-11-03 Thread Robert Boehm
On 11/03/2010 09:33 AM, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Robert Boehm wrote: HI alljust wondering what the PLAN is before final release of LO 3.3.0. Hi Robert, we've branched off the 3.3 code line on Monday, expect new binaries soon. Cheers, -- Thorsten Thank-you for that information