[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-01-19, 7:57 PM Spencer Graves wrote: I’m confused. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile” tells me to look for Tools - Options - LibreOffice - Paths. I don’t see “Options” under Tools. On Macs it is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Tom Davies wrote: If using HsqlDb then it would be MUCH better to use their proper full program downloaded from their site as an external back-end. Tom, OK. Guess I need to download, build, and install a 3rd rdbms. That's do-able. Lots of room on this partition. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) These are unix commands so you find them much the same in GnuLinux such as Ubuntu, openSuSE, RedHat, Mageia as well as in BSDs such as FreeBSD, Mac and others. cd = Change Directory ls = LiSt = roughly the same as dir it gives a list of what is in the folder/directory you are in I think

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, mostly the Ubuntu's at work are 14.04. So i might have a try at a LiveUsb or multi-boot with an earlier version alongside the existing set-ups or something. Thanks Tim ! :) Errr, i think the drivers and apps and such are still called CUPS but i think the forums and websites retired

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If using HsqlDb then it would be MUCH better to use their proper full program downloaded from their site as an external back-end. The in-built back-end has serious flaws which have apparently resulted in data-loss for quite a few people so it needs frequent back-ups. As an external

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Alexander Thurgood wrote: The hsqldb 1.8 documentation ? LO uses the hsqldb 1.8 as the embedded db engine in LO by default, unless you meant you are setting up a split database using an external hsqldb.jar version 2 ? Alex, The manual appears to be the most current,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 21/01/2015 16:54, Stephan Bergmann a écrit : Are you really sure that it ever worked that if you rename LibreOffice.app to Foo.app it will then locate its user profile under ~/Library/Application Data/Foo/ instead of ~/Library/Application Data/LibreOffice/? That would surprise me. No,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Tom Davies wrote: If the problem is the lack of a connector then writing a connector in Python so that you can use Base might be more useful than developing your own database program to use the sqlite backend - especially if you OpenSource the connector and upload it to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Stephan Bergmann
On 01/21/2015 10:09 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: Le 21/01/2015 10:02, Stephan Bergmann a écrit : If you want to later use LO4352, when you start it up, it should only use the LO4352 user configuration folder (assuming you have named them the same). I don't thin you can have both running at the same

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 21/01/2015 16:54, Rich Shepard a écrit : There's actually a better, easier, quicker solution. I downloaded the hsqldb user guide (not the Base Handbook) and learned that I can write the schema and read it into a database then set up Base to use it. The guide includes the supported DDL

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Spencer Graves
On Jan 21, 2015, at 7:54 AM, Stephan Bergmann sberg...@redhat.com wrote: On 01/21/2015 10:09 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: Le 21/01/2015 10:02, Stephan Bergmann a écrit : If you want to later use LO4352, when you start it up, it should only use the LO4352 user configuration folder (assuming you

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Viewer - bèta - voor Android !

2015-01-21 Thread Cor Nouws
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/NL/Aankondigingen#LibreOffice_Viewer_.28B.C3.A8ta.29_is_nu_beschikbaar_voor_Android In de app store zoeken naar LibreOffice Viewer of volg deze link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.collabora.libreoffice Plezier met testen en reviewen :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the intention is to unpack and build the program in the new folder and then install or move the program to the place it should be. Maybe. However I haven't read through the rest of the instructions. Regards from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 20:19, Spencer Graves

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Spencer Graves
Hi, Tom: Thanks again for the reply. I did “cd ~/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice”, then mv 4 4352”. That worked. However, I was unable to edit any of the paths in LibreOffice (LO4352) to anything that made sense to me, e.g., like to subfolders of

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Viewer (Beta) Android

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Fantastic News!! Regards from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 20:00, From: Italo Vignoli it...@documentfoundation.org To: annou...@documentfoundation.org Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:06:40 +0100 Subject: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice Viewer (Beta) now available for Android Berlin, January

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Viewer - bèta - voor Android !

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Fantastic news indeed! :))) Many thanks and congrats to all who worked on this in any way at all! Superb! Regards from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 20:28, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread V Stuart Foote
Just inherited a 2007 iMac and loaded Yosemite‎ (OS X 10.10.1) First thing I loaded LO 4.4.0.2, and then 4.3.6.2 and the current (2015-01-21) 4.5.0 master. Steps couldn't be simpler. In fact parallel install is done almost the same as with the Windows .msi packages Put which ever of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Spencer Graves
Hi, Tom: On Jan 21, 2015, at 10:10 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) These are unix commands so you find them much the same in GnuLinux such as Ubuntu, openSuSE, RedHat, Mageia as well as in BSDs such as FreeBSD, Mac and others. cd = Change Directory ls = LiSt =

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Stephan Bergmann
On 01/19/2015 10:48 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: If you want to later use LO4352, when you start it up, it should only use the LO4352 user configuration folder (assuming you have named them the same). I don't thin you can have both running at the same time. Where did you get that idea from? The

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 21/01/2015 10:02, Stephan Bergmann a écrit : Hi Stephan, If you want to later use LO4352, when you start it up, it should only use the LO4352 user configuration folder (assuming you have named them the same). I don't thin you can have both running at the same time. Where did you get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you rename the User Profile then you can always rename it back later. Renaming just hides it from the program/suite so LibreOffice creates a fresh new one profile populated with the default settings, configs and all the rest. Deleting the User Profile would also work but then if it goes

[libreoffice-users] Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am just hoping some kind person will signpost me to the proper forums so that they can help me with a couple of printing issues. I gather that CUPS is no longer used but i'm not sure and i don't know what has replaced it. At last my work-place has a couple of machines entirely using

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If the problem is the lack of a connector then writing a connector in Python so that you can use Base might be more useful than developing your own database program to use the sqlite backend - especially if you OpenSource the connector and upload it to the Extensions website. It'd mean more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-21 Thread Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 01/21/2015 08:02 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I am just hoping some kind person will signpost me to the proper forums so that they can help me with a couple of printing issues. I gather that CUPS is no longer used but i'm not sure and i don't know what has replaced it. I do not know what is