Anybody else notice that OpenOffice (I'm running 6.41d) automatically raises
itself when it gets focus? I have point-to-focus instead of click-to-focus
under Gnome/Sawfish. Nothing else does this except that in older versions of
galeon, some web sites would induce this behavior fro
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 16:46, Derek D. Martin wrote:
>
> > Derek's issue here is that he hates writing documentation. No
> > amount of technology is going to change that. :-)
>
> Actually I don't really mind writing documentation, though I certainly
> don't love it. The real problem is that I
In a message dated: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 16:46:11 EDT
"Derek D. Martin" said:
>Paul L. will no doubt pipe up here with a "function over form" comment,
>to which I generally would agree... But I'll also add that it doesn't
>always matter how functional a thing is if you can't stand to look at
>it.
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At some point hitherto, Benjamin Scott hath spake thusly:
> > I found DocBook to be really easy. All I needed was ...
>
> You people are making a classic mistake, in not realizing what the
> user (Derek, in this case) ) really means. Derek's a brig
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 15:46, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, at 2:55pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>> You're not missing much! It's a nice idea (if you live in
> >>> TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for lazy people
> >>> to bother with!
> >>
> >> Hey! Them's fighting
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, at 2:55pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> You're not missing much! It's a nice idea (if you live in
>>> TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for lazy people
>>> to bother with!
>>
>> Hey! Them's fighting words! The real problem is that ...
>
> I found DocBook to b
> > You're not missing much! It's a nice idea (if you live in
> > TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for lazy people to
> > bother with!
> Hey! Them's fighting words! The real problem is that it's way too
> poorly documented, and is therefore better suited to people who have
> t
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 14:15, Derek D. Martin wrote:
> > There are a few newer GUI apps for editing DB, but no real WYSIWYG
> > apps, as...well...DB was never meant to be WYSIWYG.
>
> Like?
Morphon XML Editor (www.morphon.com)
XMLmind XML Editor (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/)
Neither falls
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At some point hitherto, Mark Komarinski hath spake thusly:
> DocBook is great because it separates out the authoring from the
> presentation.
Oh, I agree with the benefits of using it, I just find actually using
it painful.
> There are a few newer
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 13:08, Derek D. Martin wrote:
> My experience with DocBook is that the only people who *want* to use
> it are people who enjoy writing documentation, and they're all crazy
> anyway... ;-) Last I checked (not very recent, but I believe still
> accurate -- correct me please i
part. I don't
> need either, so it doesn't bother me.
(sorry I deleted the later posts) I believe Mark is referring to that
in OpenOffice and Staroffice 6.0 the documents appear as separate
toplevel X windows (e.g a new X window for each doc, presentation,
spreadsheet, ...) rather
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At some point hitherto, Mark Komarinski hath spake thusly:
> Depending on how large the document is, you may want to just use
> DocBook and generate PDF. Then again, you can generate RTF (the
> base of DOC) from DocBook as well.
My experience with D
Nor does it on Linux.
On 9 Apr 2002 at 11:16, David Andrew - Sun MDE wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Just to correct a misunderstanding - Staroffice 5.2 does not take over
> your desktop, at least not on Solaris or Windows. I have been using it
> for well over a year as a separate window. You may ne
at
the time.
Cheers,
David
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>From: "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Mark Komarinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: 09 Apr 2002 09:45:45 -0400
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On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 10:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> On 09 Apr 2002 09:45:45 -0400 "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I don't know much about DocBook.
>
> You're not missing much! It's a nice idea
> (if you live in TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for
On 09 Apr 2002 09:45:45 -0400 "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know much about DocBook.
You're not missing much! It's a nice idea
(if you live in TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for lazy people to
bother with!
Stick with LyX, you can create PS, PDF,
well.
-Mark
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 09:29, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Someone metioned getting a copy of OpenOffice the other day, so I was
> curious. I currently use AbiWord and GnuMeric for most of my smaller
> tasks, and when I have something larger, like a presentatio
Hi All,
Someone metioned getting a copy of OpenOffice the other day, so I was
curious. I currently use AbiWord and GnuMeric for most of my smaller
tasks, and when I have something larger, like a presentation, or a large
document that needs to go out to M$ Office users, I use StarOffice 5.2.
If
In a message dated: 27 Mar 2002 16:58:45 EST
"Roger H. Goun" said:
>I'll do it. But now I'm going to be late for dinner. :-)
I'm all set, 'maddog' has volunteered to get me the CD, thanks for
all the offers though, I really appreciate it!
--
Seeya,
Paul
***
the lasted Intel/Linux version of OpenOffice
> D. Can burn it to CD?
> E. Give it to me at the meeting :)
>
> On a 56K dial-up connection, the bandwidth of my car carrying a CD is much higher
> than that of my poor 56K modem, even *with* all the latency :)
>
> Tha
Hi,
Is there anyone who:
A. is coming to the meeting tonight
B. has a fast connection at home
C. Could download the lasted Intel/Linux version of OpenOffice
D. Can burn it to CD?
E. Give it to me at the meeting :)
On a 56K dial-up connection, the
In a message dated: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 20:44:51 EDT
Gregory Dake said:
>Greetings-
>
>You might have chosen to install it without the help... try going back and
>re-running the install script... their will be the option to "Modify
>installation." From there you just navigate your way through the
Hey,
Anyone install OO6.0 yet? Anyone notice that there is no help? You
can click on Help->Contents, but the window that pops up is
completely empty. There doesn't even seem to be any documentation on
the website?!
--
Seeya,
Paul
It may look like I'm just sitting here doin
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