Den fre 10 aug. 2018 kl 11:46 skrev Andrew <[email protected]>: <snip>
> Thanks for your speedy reply, Andrew ! Currently I have three LO icons > > on my panel - the generic LO, Writer, and Calc, respectively, > > corresponding to the services I most often use. Clicking the > > first-named opens a menu allows me to choose from the other four > > services with a simple click, which I presume serves the same function > > as the Quick-starter which you describe above (I've never used it).... > > > > From what you wrote above, I got the impression that the Quick-starter > > option has been available to you in all LO versions previous to > > 6.1.0.3, which surprised me, as on the 6.0.6..2 version I presntly > > have installed, I don't see any «memory» option (I'm using the > > Swedish-language version, but I doubt that it differs in this respect > > from the English-language version I presume you use). After doing some > > searching, I've been given to understand that it was deprecated quite > > some time ago, but that installing the «libreoffice-systray» package > > would work. However, this alternative may also have been deprecated, > > unfortunatelyI haven't a clue.... > > > > With regard to the pre-release PPA, in my experience it installs the > > new version over the older one. It works very well, - which hasn't > > always been the case when I've manually installed a pre-release > > version from the LO website - the only problem is that I often have to > > wait a short while before the PPA becomes available to me. Thus, for > > example, version 6.1.0.3 was successfully added to the PPA some three > > days ago, but it still hasn't appeared on my Update Manager. However, > > I regard waiting a few extra days for it to come as a small price to > > pay for the convenience and reliability it hitherto has offered me.... > > > > Henri > > Hi Henri > > Thanks for the tip about libreoffice-systray. I've just installed it and > restarted LibO and still nothing ... and I cannot see anything on-line > about how to launch it. It is of course possible that all of the > libraries will be loaded next time I log back into my system, so that > test will have to wait a little. > > I guess that because I hadn't noticed it being deprecated before was > because it was somehow 'magically' (?) operational and present in all > upgrades. I never really thought about it until it became evident due to > being absent. > > In which case, I may have to take a leaf out of your book and just pin > the three or so most used applications and be done with it. > > Thanks very much for your suggestions and help. > > Best wishes > > Andrew Hope pinning the most used LO applications resolves your problem !... Henri -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
