adrian Greeman wrote:
It was clearly my own fault for not setting up the autosave when I changed
versions recently - I was using 83 I think. (I used to set it in 1.1.4)
Anyway I have just reset in the 1.9.93 version and notice there is both
always save back copy and save auto recovery
I had an interesting experience the other day, the the community centre cycafe
I work as a volunteer for. An elderly gent turned up, with some photos he
wanted switched from horizontal to vertical for online selling of the things
they represented.
I found the local installation of
Hi, *
Daniel Carrera wrote:
You have your reasons. But given this situation, is it surprising
that volunteers don't contribute? People like to see their work
being reviewed and accepted. They contribute something small, they
see it goes well, so they contribute a little more. Give it time,
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
another example of people feed-up with long release cycles: downloads
for our beta/devel builds have exceeded the downloads for stable
builds, this is because people are hungry for new features
Hm. Not really sure where to go with your post, Nicu, you phrase it so
Pavel Janík wrote:
From: Alexandro Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:58:45 +0300
We can ask the question again, why does the patches don't get
accepted?
Are they submitted at all? Your question should be: Why *submitted*
patches are not accepted?.
The
Daniel Carrera wrote:
[...]
I recently suggested that we could have a testing branch (name
inspired by Debian). It'd be something between stable and
development. Right now, stable gets updated every 3-4 months, and
new new features are added. Just bug fixes (some times). Development
is not
Dear OpenOffice.org user,
Every year, members of the OpenOffice.org community gather at the
official international OpenOffice.org Conference, or OOoCon.
The purpose of this conference is to allow members of the community
to meet face-to-face in a convivial environment, in order to share
coding
Quoting Mathias Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Moreover, I for myself can't just add something even to the current
developer release without going through some processes (like
requirements analysis, specification etc.). I know and support that this
shouldn't be necessary for external developers to the
Greetings,
UBL stands for Universal Business Language. It is an open,
XML-based format for all the usual commercial documents:
invoices, purchase orders and so on. Eventually it
will be possible to use it, that is read and write such
documents, from within OpenOffice. More details here:
As per subject:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/20/231203
Ciao,
Marco F.
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Bimal Kharel wrote:
[...]
I do think Base needs to be renamed. It implies 'core' or
something like loading the base OpenOffice system into memory off of which all
the
sub-packages run. So it sounds like an OpenOffice quick starter daemon while it
actually is the database component.
[...]
PS Base
US Federal grant applications are probably going to be moving to
electronic submissions eventually. I think that there is a strong case to
be made for supporting an open, platform independent, royalty-free format
like OpenDocument in the application process.
The test site is visible here:
Mathias Bauer wrote:
[big snip]
Free developers very often prefer smaller projects, just because it's
easier to enter them, it's easier to understand them, it's easier to add
own contributions (and get the credits :-)). I think that's quite
understandable and of course it's OK, but that should be
Bernd Eilers wrote:
And how do you envision the mechanisms to work for when and how
something is integrated into that testing branch while ensuring that it
would be reasonably stable?
Some changes are fairly safe. For example, the word-count macro (I keep
using it because I think it's a very
Arthur Buijs wrote the following:
To write a document use Writer
To do your calculations use Calc
To present an idea use (Im)pres
To manage your data use ...
Um... Mange? No, that's not quite right, either
oldgnome
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To
And how do you envision the mechanisms to work for when and how
something is integrated into that testing branch while ensuring that
it would be reasonably stable?
Some changes are fairly safe. For example, the word-count macro (I keep
using it because I think it's a very good example). It's a
uoting Nicu Buculei [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
another example of people feed-up with long release cycles: downloads
for our beta/devel builds have exceeded the downloads for stable
builds, this is because people are hungry for new features
Hm. Not really sure where to go with
Daniel Carrera wrote:
Mathias Bauer wrote:
[big snip]
Free developers very often prefer smaller projects, just because it's
easier to enter them, it's easier to understand them, it's easier to add
own contributions (and get the credits :-)). I think that's quite
understandable and of
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:20:01 +0300
Alexandro Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
uoting Nicu Buculei [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
another example of people feed-up with long release cycles: downloads
for our beta/devel builds have exceeded the downloads for stable
adrian Greeman wrote:
I just noticed! in 1.9.93- the re-newed quickstart button.
It is WONDERFUL. I don't need to add OO to the start menu etc (we are talking
Win XP SP2 here)
Regards
Adrian
PS I have also an odd observation - if you copy and paste into Writer and
then go off
Erwin Tenhumberg wrote:
Some changes are fairly safe. For example, the word-count macro (I
keep using it because I think it's a very good example). It's a fairly
safe feature. It is not likely to cause chaos. The other example I
used was, if I wanted to add a few functions to Calc. That's
Daniel Carrera wrote:
Joerg Barfurth wrote:
If people really find something they can't live with they can use use
our processes to get obstacles removed (like the Community Council or
the Engineering steering comittee). But of course, as in any OSS
project, if you can't live with project
thankya, will directly have a look into it :)
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:18:41 +0200
Jens-Heiner Rechtien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Jochen,
OOo has not completely been ported to 64 bit architectures yet. That's a
major effort btw., for several reasons.
The ongoing work can be found on
Daniel Carrer wrote:
A lot of features can be implemented through extensions. If we
made it easier for people to submit and install extensions, we
might get a good sub community there. It could take some pressure
off from the core project.
and also:
What are the chances of a near-future
HI
I like Erwin's idea, too; but
The OOo website has the unfortunate drawback that people need CVS
access, and have to sign the JCA. This may be reasonable for the core
product, but for a group of extensions, it can be a problem.
What exactly is the problem with the JCA?
FWIW, we
cant find anything usefull at openoffice.org - howto get the cvs and take part
??
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:09:04 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
thankya, will directly have a look into it :)
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:18:41 +0200
Jens-Heiner Rechtien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marco Fioretti wrote:
snip
When reading about a template and extension installer, their
reaction was:
Please don't...On a package-based system any stuff
not installed via the native packaging system is a cause of much
annoyance and grief...[better]fix something else in openoffice.org
instead of
Hello Joerg,
Thank you for your input. It's important to hear the developers' side of
the story.
But it is something different to criticize a policy and to
define a viable replacement that removes the problems.
Yes, and that's what I'm trying to do here. Explore options to find a
viable
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
What exactly is the problem with the JCA?
FWIW, we actually do not much encounter the same resistance to it as we
did with the old CA, which had no joint element. The JCA is a *joint*
copyright assignment, it does not ask the user to give away his or her
work, as she
Marco Fioretti wrote:
and it also mentions the firefox installer as another PITA.
In which way is the FF installer a PITA?
Cheers,
Daniel.
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Hi
I'll beat Pavel to the mark:-)
cant find anything usefull at openoffice.org - howto get the cvs and
take part ??
Please observer our email guidelines:
http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html. We want people to
bottom post and to prune nonessential stuff. By so doing, you make it
Hi,
CWS ooo64bit02 is a so called child workspace, that's essentially a
branch in the OOo CVS repository and more.
Please see here:
http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/OOo_cws.html
and here:
http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/ooo-cws-tools-doc.sxw
or here:
http://ooo.ximian.com/cws.html
Le vendredi 22 avril 2005 03:04 +1000, Justin Clift a crit :
Marco Fioretti wrote:
snip
When reading about a template and extension installer, their
reaction was:
Please don't...On a package-based system any stuff
not installed via the native packaging system is a cause of much
Hi
Suppose you are a coder, or proto-coder, and are hesitantly thinking
of contributing to OOo. You probably don't trust Sun much. But perhaps
you'll provide a simple addon, and see how it goes. Now, it turns out
that you must allow Sun to also have ownership of your work, you must
print this
Le jeudi 21 avril 2005 18:22 +0200, Marco Fioretti a crit :
Daniel Carrer wrote:
What are the chances of a near-future OOo version having an
extension installer, like Thunderbird?
Before getting too excited about this, and starting it, please
consider also the impact on Gnu/Linux
Le jeudi 21 avril 2005 13:31 -0400, Daniel Carrera a crit :
Marco Fioretti wrote:
and it also mentions the firefox installer as another PITA.
In which way is the FF installer a PITA?
It requires heavy human baby-sitting to do the right thing (functionally
and security-wise), is not
Hi all
Thanks for this dicussion that feeds me for the IRC conf.
(huuuh, am i late ?!!! - one week left ;))
In my experience, (1) coding the extension was easy, but (2) the
documentatin was inpenetrable and (3) I couldn't figure out how to
deploy them. There just wasn't a simple system for that.
Erwin Tenhumberg wrote:
The JCA is necessary, important, and not that uncommon.
Just look at what our friends at Ximian/Novell are doing
for Evolution:
http://forge.novell.com/modules/xoopsfaq/?cat_id=30%23q60#q60
The JCA might be easier to sell if people are allowed to get started on
simpler,
Hi
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
Besides yourself (and you are not a developer),
By definition, anyone who hasn't signed the JCA is not a developer. So
let's stick to a more useful concept, like potential developer.
Unless you mean to imply that I am unable to program, which is very
rich comming
On Sunday 17 April 2005 11:38, + Miljenko Petrak wrote:
[ MODERATED ]
I am using OpenOffice 2.0 Beta products for some time now and I find it
very usefull. Certainly more functional than Microsoft's Office. In order
to help improving these products even more, I would like
On Wednesday 20 April 2005 06:41, Kevin/Joanna wrote:
oo text program autocorrect entries which I've put in myself
works only erratically - ie in some docs and not in others.
Wow, I've never heard of that problem before, as long as you are
talking about the same version of OOo.
It is true
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
Uhm, I actually wasn't being hostile,
That's not how I read it.
But in any event, you have just defined developer as someone who is
actively contributing to OOo's codebase. So asking how many developers
don't contribute to the code is a self-defeating question. It's
I am running Windows Me, I have my screen resolution set and 1024X768
When I open Open Office 2.0 Beta Calc, everything looks fine EXCEPT
the font in the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheets. That
particular font is appears to be almost unreadable -- way too small
for my taste, and in fact
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Sirs!
I toyed around with the OO 2 beta (OS: Windows). First impression:
Very nice! Finally, a data base that seems worthwhile - good work!
One thing that bothered me in the 1.1x version and appears to be the
same in 2.0: the PDFs made by OO don't use/export Type 1
Justin Clift wrote:
Hi all,
Just a quick rant, in the hopes it stops someone else from getting
caught by this lousy Microsoft tactic.
I have *no* Microsoft software on this workstation at all apart from
Windows, as a way of keeping the workstation stable (and it's been ok).
I've just run
Mike Finley wrote:
fees and upgrade costs and items like that. What I have noticed with
the Microsoft Office suite that annoys me is I prefer to use Mozilla
Thunderbird as my email client, yet when I select that as my Email
client under Internet Explorers Tools = Internet Options = Programs
Marco Fioretti wrote:
Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
M. Fioretti wrote:
...
Just a comment: reporting is often simply NOT possible in the
right way, that is filing an issue with the document causing
the problem attached to it, or put online. Because many of the
things not converted perfectly
Bill Wilken wrote:
Actually, I'm finding that OOo's Writer in some respects is a bit more
sophisticated than Word -- especially in the area of complex document
formatting.
Very true.
I have found that it is not so much more sophisticates, just easier to
do sophisticated things, like styles.
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Matt Needles wrote:
Volker Jung wrote:
Perhaps you didnt understand the intention behind my posting: I want
OO to beat MS...
So do we, but it won't happen by making picayune, derogatory remarks
about the programmers or the product.
As you are not subscribed you may have missed this post.
Alexandro Colorado wrote:
What is unprofessional about my openoffice.org:
http://es.openoffice.org/files/documents/73/2653/ooo_gnome.png
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Want to help? http://www.oooauthors.org
Volker Jung wrote:
Perhaps you didnt understand the intention behind my posting: I want OO
to beat MS...
But I cant deny that - just for example - ALL the symbols look like
beeing drawn by programmers. Im a programmer myself and know that
programmers most often dont have the inspiration to
Peter Kupfer OOo wrote:
snip
I don't suppose you have any system restore points set you could go back
to?
Good idea in hindsight. ;-)
The Add/Remove Programs option doesn't list the particular update
(KB887472) for rolling back, so short of deleting the program files
directly, this workstation
On Thursday 21 April 2005 13:50, Rod Engelsman wrote:
Wesley Parish wrote:
I had an interesting experience the other day, the the
community centre cycafe I work as a volunteer for. An elderly
gent turned up, with some photos he wanted switched from
horizontal to vertical for online
On Thursday 21 April 2005 00:05, Wesley Parish wrote:
I had an interesting experience the other day, the the community
centre cycafe I work as a volunteer for. An elderly gent turned
up, with some photos he wanted switched from horizontal to
vertical for online selling of the things they
Quoting Christian Einfeldt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Thursday 21 April 2005 13:50, Rod Engelsman wrote:
Wesley Parish wrote:
I had an interesting experience the other day, the the
community centre cycafe I work as a volunteer for. An elderly
gent turned up, with some photos he wanted
Justin Clift wrote:
Peter Kupfer OOo wrote:
snip
I don't suppose you have any system restore points set you could go
back to?
Good idea in hindsight. ;-)
The Add/Remove Programs option doesn't list the particular update
(KB887472) for rolling back, so short of deleting the program files
Peter Kupfer OOo wrote:
snip
Yes, I agree. It took a near miracle to finally figure out how to get
MSN Messenger off my computer.
Try this: In Add/Remove, click on the button about Window's Components
on the right. See if it is in there.
*Awesome*
Yep, that did it. :)
Thanks heaps Peter!
On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 03:04:46 AM +1000, Justin Clift
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Marco Fioretti wrote:
snip
When reading about a template and extension installer, their
reaction was:
Please don't...On a package-based system any stuff not installed
via the native packaging system is a cause
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 22:29, Bimal Kharel wrote:
Using Draw (OpenOffice 2.0) I felt the need for a few things:
1) When grouped objects are moved one doesn't see an
outline/guide WHILE moving.
It seems from CPH's post that you have spotted a valid bug.
Congratulations!
If you would
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