[libreoffice-users] LO 3.4.3 headless mode fails on 32-bit linux (no suitable windowing system found)

2011-10-11 Thread Andrew Gillett
I am running LO in headless mode on a number of RedHat linux servers. Mostly this just works, but when I run the latest version (3.4.3) on a 32-bit system it exits immediately with the message no suitable windowing system found, exiting.. If I revert to an earlier version (3.3.4) there is no

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.4.3 headless mode fails on 32-bit linux (no suitable windowing system found)

2011-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is a good place to ask questions hopefully someone might be able to help. The guide for posting bug-reports is here http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Unlike most 1st questions to this list it looks like you are already ready to post a bug-report so feel free to do that and

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.4.3 headless mode fails on 32-bit linux (no suitable windowing system found)

2011-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Andrew, Andrew Gillett wrote (11-10-11 01:13) I am running LO in headless mode on a number of RedHat linux servers. Mostly this just works, but when I run the latest version (3.4.3) on [...] Thanks for your post. PS - I hope this ng is the appropriate place to report this, I couldn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.4.3 headless mode fails on 32-bit linux (no suitable windowing system found)

2011-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is a huge lag-time between him sending and us receiving so i guess he is not subscribed to the list?  We probably need to cc him when replying to this thread.  I sent him the bug-report link (the one you just gave) directly to him off-list jic.  Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue,

Bad tradition - from the past ? Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Andreas, Andreas Säger wrote (10-10-11 19:16) Download the rpm package LO 3.3.4 or 3.4.3 from http://libreoffice.org and install the real thing. SUSE, Debian and the other distributors have a bad tradition messing up LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org for no good reason. 'Das war einmahl' :-)

Re: Bad tradition - from the past ? Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hopefully that is true. Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 11/10/11, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: From: Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl Subject: Bad tradition - from the past ? Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: automatic creation of template files To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday,

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.4.3 headless mode fails on 32-bit linux (no suitable windowing system found)

2011-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Tom Davies wrote (11-10-11 10:01) Hi :) There is a huge lag-time between him sending and us receiving so i guess he is not subscribed to the list? His mail was in the moderation cue yes. We probably need to cc him when replying to this thread. That's what I did. Cheers, -- - Cor -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Working on an archive site/pages for LO and the DVD[s] I have been working with

2011-10-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-09 5:21 PM, planas jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously, bug fixes are included in the LTS but what about backporting new features into the LTS for example. This is very important for organizations planning their software support and upgrade cycle. The whole *point* of LTS is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bullet indent frustrations

2011-10-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-09 9:59 AM, e-letter inp...@gmail.com wrote: Like learning a new language, learn to think of terms as described by LO, e.g. data pilot, not pivot table. Fyi, in 3.4 (3.4.3 at least), it is now 'Pivot Table', not 'Data Pilot'. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Bad tradition - from the past ? Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.10.2011 10:02, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Andreas, 'Das war einmahl' :-) I would be really surprised if with the current LibreOffice as base, distributors still make mixtures of various 'versions'. All I would expect now, is system integration stuff. Which off course can brake things too. But

[libreoffice-users] Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 10.10.2011 22:58, Joep L. Blom wrote: Andreas, Off topic but I get consequently 2 copies of your messages. Is there a problem with your mail client? Joep But the http archives do not show any duplicates. How about this one? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Two copies of your messages Was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Andreas Säger wrote (11-10-11 12:55) Am 10.10.2011 22:58, Joep L. Blom wrote: Andreas, Off topic but I get consequently 2 copies of your messages. Is there a problem with your mail client? But the http archives do not show any duplicates. How about this one? Usually one comes via

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.4.3 headless mode fails on 32-bit linux (no suitable windowing system found)

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
I tested your exact command line on an old IBM ThinkPad and get no error message at all. I can connect via Python and create a document. I am using the original LibreOffice 3.4.3 from http://libreoffice.org with XUbuntu 10.4. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Working on an archive site/pages for LO and the DVD[s] I have been working with

2011-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I agree that's the way Ubuntu do it but as Jay was pointing out we don't always need to follow their way.  Ubuntu and Firefox have had huge successes in getting into mainstream markets so it might be worth noticing what they do but we might be able to improve on their ideas.  Personnally

[libreoffice-users] No spellcheck, No Dictionaries - in Ubuntu 11.04

2011-10-11 Thread Linda L. Hull
This is a different problem than the one that affects Windows versions. I *had* 3.3.3 I deleted and all parts. I downloaded several other things and have ended up with LibreOffice: 3.3.4 My computer is a Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop.

Re: [libreoffice-users] No spellcheck, No Dictionaries - in Ubuntu 11.04

2011-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The OpenOffice servers are very temperamental and often need clicking 3 or 4 times before getting a result.  The url that didn't work for you worked on my 3rd click.  I then saw a screenshot and panicked and closed it.  Now i can't open it again :(  Anyway it looked like advice for

[libreoffice-users] Re: Two copies of your messages Was: Re: Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.10.2011 13:07, Cor Nouws wrote: Andreas Säger wrote (11-10-11 12:55) Am 10.10.2011 22:58, Joep L. Blom wrote: Andreas, Off topic but I get consequently 2 copies of your messages. Is there a problem with your mail client? But the http archives do not show any duplicates. How about this

Re: Two copies of your messages Was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread James Wilde
On 11 Oct 2011, at 13:07, Cor Nouws wrote: Andreas Säger wrote (11-10-11 12:55) Am 10.10.2011 22:58, Joep L. Blom wrote: Andreas, Off topic but I get consequently 2 copies of your messages. Is there a problem with your mail client? But the http archives do not show any duplicates. How

Re: Two copies of your messages Was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread James Wilde
On 11 Oct 2011, at 13:44, James Wilde wrote: On 11 Oct 2011, at 13:07, Cor Nouws wrote: Andreas Säger wrote (11-10-11 12:55) Am 10.10.2011 22:58, Joep L. Blom wrote: Andreas, Off topic but I get consequently 2 copies of your messages. Is there a problem with your mail client? But

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Two copies of your messages Was: Re: Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Andreas Säger wrote (11-10-11 13:35) ... and you happily dropped the moderation copy, right? I think most were moderated either by me or someone else. Thunderbird command Reply to list replies to the GMane newsgroup and to the list. Now I Reply to sender and it goes to the list only. Thats

Re: Two copies of your messages Was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
James Wilde wrote (11-10-11 13:46) On 11 Oct 2011, at 13:44, James Wilde wrote: Well, Cor, I got two copies of this message (yours) and as far as I'm aware neither of them was moderated! Talking of which, I got two copies of my own message. Did anyone else? Never have experienced that.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Two copies of your messages Was: Re: Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahah, that makes sense of a thread on the Evolution mailing list now.  I think Evo has the same Reply to list feature as Thunderbird.  In mine i have Reply to all which might seem clearer but is not necessarily better and doesn't make up for other problems.  Regards from Tom :) --- On

[libreoffice-users] Flat xml format (.fodt) broek/unsupported on LibreOffice writer 3.4.3, Windows 7 ?

2011-10-11 Thread Marc Bannelier
I would like to use the .fodt format in LibreOffice with SVN for a documentation system. After a fresh installation, the format doesn't appear in the Save as.. box in version 3.4.3 on Windows 7. Is it temporarely broken ? Do I need an extension ? I've seen that the filter was rewritten in C++,

[libreoffice-users] Re: No spellcheck, No Dictionaries - in Ubuntu 11.04

2011-10-11 Thread NoOp
On 10/11/2011 04:23 AM, Linda L. Hull wrote: This is a different problem than the one that affects Windows versions. I *had* 3.3.3 I deleted and all parts. I downloaded several other things and have ended up with LibreOffice: 3.3.4 My computer is a Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop.

[libreoffice-users] bi-directional button in LibreOffice writer (for information)

2011-10-11 Thread Chaim Seymour
Hallo all I had to rebuild my disk. I re-installed LibreOffice. I have Hebrew support and previously there was a bi-directional button, so that the Writer can be used from left to right or from right to left. The problem was solved through the set-up Tools - preferences - languages The CTL was

[libreoffice-users] Problem with Mail Merge

2011-10-11 Thread Barbara Tobias
We have been using a combination of OpenOffice and Windows 7 for quite some time to send out a newsletter. A couple of months ago, with nothing changed that we could spot, the mail merge function stopped working. After opening Tools/Mail Merge Wizard, we can select starting document and select

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Mail Merge

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Hello Barbara, Get a new Writer document and hit F4. Do you see one of your former address sources? If yes, in the left pane of the data source window select the table you need. Do you see the table data? If yes, drag grey column headers from the right pane into your document. This is the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Flat xml format (.fodt) broek/unsupported on LibreOffice writer 3.4.3, Windows 7 ?

2011-10-11 Thread NoOp
On 10/11/2011 05:35 AM, Marc Bannelier wrote: I would like to use the .fodt format in LibreOffice with SVN for a documentation system. After a fresh installation, the format doesn't appear in the Save as.. box in version 3.4.3 on Windows 7. Is it temporarely broken ? Do I need an extension

[libreoffice-users] Calc - Merge multiple discontiguous selections at the same time?

2011-10-11 Thread Tanstaafl
Does anyone know if there is an extension that makes this possible? Or, if there is already a Feature Request for it? Thanks -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - Merge multiple discontiguous selections at the same time?

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.10.2011 20:48, Tanstaafl wrote: Does anyone know if there is an extension that makes this possible? Or, if there is already a Feature Request for it? Thanks Sub MultiMerge sel = ThisComponent.getCurrentSelection() e = sel.createEnumeration() while e.hasMoreElements() rg =

[libreoffice-users] The Document Foundation publishes (some) details of LibreOffice 3.4.3 security fixes

2011-10-11 Thread NoOp
Many users on this list may not also be subscribed to the Announce list. So I thought it might be a good idea to bring awareness of this to the user list. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.announce/64 [The Document Foundation publishes details of LibreOffice 3.4.3 security

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.4.3 headless mode fails on 32-bit linux (no suitable windowing system found)

2011-10-11 Thread Andrew Gillett
Thanks Andreas, I should have been more specific. The servers where I have experienced this problem have a text-mode installation of Linux (no X-Windows). So there is no windowing system available. If your Linux installation included graphics mode, then I wouldn't expect the error to occur.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Flat xml format (.fodt) broek/unsupported on LibreOffice writer 3.4.3, Windows 7 ?

2011-10-11 Thread planas
Marc On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 14:35 +0200, Marc Bannelier wrote: I would like to use the .fodt format in LibreOffice with SVN for a documentation system. After a fresh installation, the format doesn't appear in the Save as.. box in version 3.4.3 on Windows 7. Is it temporarely broken ? Do I

Re: [libreoffice-users] bi-directional button in LibreOffice writer (for information)

2011-10-11 Thread planas
Chaim On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 18:38 +0200, Chaim Seymour wrote: Hallo all I had to rebuild my disk. I re-installed LibreOffice. I have Hebrew support and previously there was a bi-directional button, so that the Writer can be used from left to right or from right to left. The problem was

Re: [libreoffice-users] No spellcheck, No Dictionaries - in Ubuntu 11.04

2011-10-11 Thread planas
Linda, On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 12:23 +0100, Linda L. Hull wrote: This is a different problem than the one that affects Windows versions. I *had* 3.3.3 I deleted and all parts. I downloaded several other things and have ended up with LibreOffice: 3.3.4 My computer is a Ubuntu 11.04

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - Merge multiple discontiguous selections at the same time?

2011-10-11 Thread jorge
Hi: I didn't the question but it interest me. I tried to use macro but I can't use because: a) If I selected all the cells that I want to merge ... nothing pass. b) If I select the first and run the macro ... appears a mesage that merge isn't found method.

RE: [libreoffice-users] Flat xml format (.fodt) broek/unsupported on LibreOffice writer 3.4.3, Windows 7 ?

2011-10-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Cool! With LO 3.4.3 on Vista I see it as OpenDocument Text (Flat XML) (.fodt) (*.fodt) between OpenOffice XML Text and Unified Office Format Text at the end of the Save as type: list. With LO 3.3.2 on Windows 7, there is nothing below OpenOffice XML Text on the pull-down. I can't upgrade my

[libreoffice-users] Re: No spellcheck, No Dictionaries - in Ubuntu 11.04

2011-10-11 Thread NoOp
On 10/11/2011 05:06 PM, planas wrote: Linda, On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 12:23 +0100, Linda L. Hull wrote: This is a different problem than the one that affects Windows versions. I *had* 3.3.3 I deleted and all parts. I downloaded several other things and have ended up with LibreOffice:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Flat xml format (.fodt) broek/unsupported on LibreOffice writer 3.4.3, Windows 7 ?

2011-10-11 Thread NoOp
On 10/11/2011 04:57 PM, planas wrote: Marc On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 14:35 +0200, Marc Bannelier wrote: I would like to use the .fodt format in LibreOffice with SVN for a documentation system. After a fresh installation, the format doesn't appear in the Save as.. box in version 3.4.3 on

[libreoffice-users] Re: Flat xml format (.fodt) broek/unsupported on LibreOffice writer 3.4.3, Windows 7 ?

2011-10-11 Thread NoOp
On 10/11/2011 06:13 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Cool! With LO 3.4.3 on Vista I see it as OpenDocument Text (Flat XML) (.fodt) (*.fodt) between OpenOffice XML Text and Unified Office Format Text at the end of the Save as type: list. With LO 3.3.2 on Windows 7, there is nothing below

[libreoffice-users] Saving SXD = Blank Doc

2011-10-11 Thread Boostland
Saving a SXD file from Libreoffice 3.4.3 Draw results in a blank document when reopening. If the blank document is opened in Openoffice 3.3 it is also blank. Openoffice 3.3 can create SXD file and open it, Libreoffice can also open the SXD from Openoffice. -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Windows Explorer Extension

2011-10-11 Thread Boostland
I can't seem to get the Windows Explorer Extension to work in Libreoffice 3.4.3 or 3.34 on Windows 7 x64. It worked on Openoffice 3.3 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Windows-Explorer-Extension-tp3414735p3414735.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - Merge multiple discontiguous selections at the same time?

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 12.10.2011 02:16, jorge wrote: For example: merge A1, A6 and B10: +A1A6B10 Regards, Jorge Rodríguez Replacing a formula with a macro would be useless. My macro merges multiple selections of ranges such as A1:B4 D3:D5 E1:G1

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.4.3 headless mode fails on 32-bit linux (no suitable windowing system found)

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 12.10.2011 00:29, Andrew Gillett wrote: Thanks Andreas, I should have been more specific. The servers where I have experienced this problem have a text-mode installation of Linux (no X-Windows). So there is no windowing system available. If your Linux installation included graphics mode,