On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:46:23 -0700 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > On 10/15/2008 04:31 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > [snip] > > > > As others have pointed out, installing 3.0 gives you the option of > > retaining your settings from 2.4.1. What is less clear is whether doing > > so will convert standard.dic and acor_en-US.dat to whatever 3.0 needs, > > or whether one or both of these are parts that cannot be converted. > > Let's give it a try. > > o On an Ubuntu 8.04.1 system with the Ubuntu (U)OOo 2.4.1 installed I > added the word 'wallababy' (misspelling of wallaby) to the standard > dictionary - standard.dic. Which BTW in (U)OOo 2.4.1 is placed into your > profile in ~/.openoffice.org2/user/workbook/standard.dic > > o In standard OOo 3.0 (default settings & new install) I verified that > 'wallababy' was autodetected as a misspelling. > > o I then completely uninstalled OOo 3.0 - including removing the > ~/.openoffice.org profile and all openoffice related /opt folders. > > o I then reinstalled OOo 3.0 and allowed it to transfer my OOo settings > over to the new install (Transfer personal data). > > o I then opened the new OOo 3.0 with Writer and entered "Will I find a > wallababy here?" - and no misspellings were detected. So, I entered > another line: "How can I find out if I've missspelled something?" and > sure enough 'missspelled' showed the red wavy line marking it as a > misspelled word. > > So, my conclusion is: if you back up your ~/.openoffice.org2/ folder, > install OOo 3.0 and allow 'Transfer personal data' you will indeed find > your added words that you've put in your standard.dic in your new OOo > 3.0. Futher, OOo 3.0 will _not_ overwrite your ~/.openoffice.org2/ > directory, and will instead create it's own ~/.openoffice.org directory. > > The _only_ issues (that I am aware of) with the 'Transfer personal data' > was the transfer of extensions - see the bug that I referred to earlier > (when the site is working properly again).
Thanks for your time and effort in clarifying that. I feel much more reassured now. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
