* * On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 00:51, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:27:35 -0800 > John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo: > > >What I meant to ask was what is the name of the folder in ~/? For > >example, in OOo 2.x it was called ~/.openoffice.org2, for 3.0 the "2" > >was dropped (which I found confusing, but oh well). Now I have two > >folders: > > > >~/.ooo3.new > >~/.openoffice.org > > > >I don't recall ever seeing ooo3.new before when I had 3.0 on Jaunty, so > >is that the new folder? > > I discovered that my 3.1.1 is using the ~/.openoffice.org folder. I > proved this by renaming each one in turn, and also by renaming both. > None of my extensions, templates or preferences appear unless the > ~/.openoffice.org folder is intact. > > Interestingly, with both of them renamed OOo automatically creates a > new one, also titled ~/.openoffice.org, but the AutoCorrect feature is > still missing. In other words, the problem is not in my configurations. > > >>I _think_ you are using one of the no-go variants of OOo. The default > >>no-go installation omits a number of features that people find > >>useful, and adds several show stopping bugs, that should require > >>immediate recall, and be fixed, because their inefficiency experts > >>live in Fantasy Land.(To call them show stopping bugs, is to > >>underestimate the degree to which they cripple the functionality of > >>OOo. On a scale on 1 - 100, in importance to fix, these rate at > >>least 10 000, if not 100 000. > >> > >>>And why would Fedora install OOo without installing all its features? > >> > >>The theory is that people don't use the features that aren't included. > > >It's definitely a distro-customized version of 3.1.1, that is, a no-go > >version of some sort. I fully understand the difference between no-go > >versions and the "real" OOo from the website. It's just that if they > >disabled AutoCorrect I find it incredible that they would do so in the > >first place, and also incredible that I'm the first person who has > >noticed it. Besides, I do have the acor_en-US.dat file. Why would I > >even have such a file if AutoCorrect was disabled? > > Just now I found these: > > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21724 > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=219704&highlight=autocorrect > > Apparently, jonathan's supposition was correct - Fedora disabled the > AutoCorrect feature, astonishing as that is. But in reading the above > posts, apparently it is not just AutoCorrect that is disabled. Fedora > disabled everything that requires Java. And, according to the above > posts, the logic is that Java, while free, is not completely open > source. I'm not sure if that is correct, because I have Sun's Java > installed and also one called Free Software Foundation Java 1.50. OOo > is happy to use either one, although AutoCorrect still won't work > regardless of which one I select. > > So now I am off to uninstall Fedora's OOo and install the one from > www.openoffice.org. Y'all keep your fingers crossed for me, 'k? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Pep - Internet Marketing & Web Design -Telf. ESPANYA +34678156972 -Primer INFORME GRATUITO sobre su web y verá como mejorar en GOOGLE- [email protected] , somos especialistas en OPTIMIZACIÓN de WEBSITES para mejorar RANKINGS. PLANES DE MARKETING, E-MARKETING, PUBLICIDAD ONLINE (Adwords) - E-MAILING ::: WEBS ADAPTADAS A GOOGLE , JOOMLA, FLASH, PHP, JAVA. :::Presupuestos GRATIS , garantía y referencias. Telf. U.K. +442032394677 . DOMICILIO FISCAL en REUS(Tarragona) SPAIN - CUENTA-SKIPE: paginesgrogues - Usuario VOIPCHEAP: "e-mk" . Telf. de MÉXICO +525584213772 . :::::::::: Utilice SKIPE : "PAGINESGROGUES" ::::::::: Nuevos PROYECTOS... http://outletandorra.org/ http://outletandorra.es/ http://www.internetmarketing.qc.com/ http://www.guiaturismeruraldecatalunya.es/ http://www.tiendasvirtuales-tiendasonline.com/
