On Thursday 17 March 2005 20:09, John King wrote: > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:42:44 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 16:18 +0000, John King wrote: > >> I've been trying out the different builds on Suse 9.2, > >> following the instructions for installing the rpms. > >> > >> However, I can't see a way of determining where the > >> user files are located. They seem to be put > >> automatically in > >> /home/<username>/.openoffice.org<version number> but > >> there is no option, as there was in the previous > >> installer, of locating them elsewhere. This means that > >> for every update I have to redo my macros, > >> dictionaries etc. > >> > >> 2 questions: > >> > >> 1. Is there a way at installation time of determining > >> where the user files will be located? > > > > They go in $HOME for each user. > > I know they go into $home. I have no problem with that. > The point is that they go into a subdirectory with the > version number. The implication of this is that when > there are updates, the user files location will change to > another subdirectory with a different version number, > with the subsequent need to redo macros, dictionaries > etc. > > >> 2. Will there be this option in the final product (and > >> if not, why not)? > > > > If you feel that this is important to you and you do > > not want users to have their files in their home > > directories, > > I would like users to have their files in their home > directories, but to be able to choose the same > subdirectory (e.g. 'openoffice.org' rather than > 'openoffice.org1.9.79' and then 'openoffice.org1.9.84' > and so on. That would save time on reconfiguration with > personal settings. > > I suggest that you enter an > > > Request for Enhancement (RFE) into Issue Tracker as > > this is the best way to have requests such as this > > evaluated. > > I have submitted RFE issue 45330 > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=45330
I couldn't agree more. OOo versions on a lan is an admin nightmare especially when SuSE decide to write their own impenetrable wrappers. BTW how do I vote for an issue? Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
