Hi :) Yes, looks like Stuart has already bumped the thread for you. Also looks like we were following different time-lines, as happens sometimes, so was only giving advice already posted in the bug-thread. Still work-arounds are not as good as actual fixes so lets hope it generates interest! Regards from Tom :)
On 13 April 2014 15:15, Kartik Subbarao <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing your comments Tom. I've since heard from one of the > developers on the bug thread, which clarified that the problem started to > appear in 4.1.5.3. As a workaround, I've downgraded to 4.1.4.2 and things > are working as expected. > > Regards, > > -Kartik > > On 4/13/2014 4:48 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> It is possible to install several versions of LibreOffice in parallel >> with each other or just reinstall the older version of LibreOffice. It >> looks like the current best work-around is to go back to the 4.1.4 or >> earlier. >> >> Having an older version of LibreOffice is not such a big problem as it >> would be for proprietary software. Almost all of the updates and >> upgrades are almost entirely about adding functionality, NOT about >> patching security. Security is dealt with 1st as a top priority at all >> levels of coding so it's extremely rare to suddenly need a patch. I'm >> running 3.5.7 on a couple of machines with no problems. >> >> Once you post a bug-report there is no knowing how long it will be >> before some dev suddenly becomes keen to fix it. Some companies employ >> devs to work on LO so that they can force certain issues to be focussed >> on ahead of others. Individuals have various options too but mostly >> it's a sit&wait. Sorry! >> >> Hmmm, one legitimate way to "bump a thread" in the bug-tracker is to >> report that it's still a problem in a newer release, preferably when the >> release is in beta-testing or just after release. Like right now might >> be a good time to quickly check it still happens in 4.2.3 and if it is >> add a line saying "Still in 4.2.3 on Windows", ie keep it short. >> >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >> On 13 April 2014 09:25, Tom Davies <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi :) >> I don't know anything about the problem at hand. "End note" is a >> Microsoft tool and MS are infamous for not playing well with others. >> For bibliography and indexing it is worth exploring Zotero, >> apparently; >> >> https://www.zotero.org/ >> >> I'm not sure if it does the type of thing you want. It's possible >> that it might even make it easier and more automated but it might >> depend on where you are getting you notes from. If it's from >> on-line research then Zotero might be a real boon. >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 12 April 2014 14:36, Kartik Subbarao <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I'm running into a problem in 4.2.2.1 (and possibly even earlier >> releases) with endnotes/references getting corrupted after >> copy+paste operations. I reported the bug on the bug tracking >> site, and attached a small file to show how it can be reproduced: >> >> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/__show_bug.cgi?id=77342 >> <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77342> >> >> I wanted to ask here if anyone might have any suggestions for >> workarounds in the meantime. The document that I'm working on is >> a large book with sections for each chapter. In each section, I >> create endnotes and also cross-references to the endnotes (some >> references are mentioned multiple times). It's these >> cross-references that get messed up after cutting+pasting >> arbitrary text. >> >> I haven't figured out what pattern of endnote definitions and >> cross-reference additions triggers the problem (and thus what to >> avoid as a possible workaround), but the document attached in >> the bug report shows an example. Any ideas would be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Kartik >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: >> users+unsubscribe@global.__libreoffice.org >> <mailto:users%[email protected]> >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/__get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- >> __unsubscribe/ >> <http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- >> unsubscribe/> >> Posting guidelines + more: >> http://wiki.__documentfoundation.org/__Netiquette >> <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> >> List archive: >> http://listarchives.__libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> <http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/> >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and >> cannot be deleted >> >> >> >> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
