On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:36:34 +0100, in gmane.comp.openoffice.questions you wrote:
>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 go to: http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html If you haven't already registered, do so by clicking on the item top right. Once you've registered and logged in, the option to vote will appear when you access the issue. John King --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
