On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 12:55:24PM -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 13:09 -0400, Jack Carroll wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 08:38:48AM -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> > >
> > > Use Tools > Options > Openoffice.org > Java to set your JRE.
> >
> >
> > You mean, set the path to it?
> >
>
> I am not certain I understand. Do you mean the Add button is
> non-functional or something else?
I mean I don't understand what I'm supposed to type into that box.
Debian installed java-gcj-compat as its Java runtime environment, and it's
in a tree based at /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.0-1.4.2.0.
I tried /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.0-1.4.2.0/jre and every variant and
subdirectory and alternate pathname I could think of, and every time I hit
"Select" it comes back with
"The folder you selected does not contain a Java runtime environment.
Please select a different folder."
Hitting "Help" doesn't help; there's nothing in there about what OOo
considers a Java runtime environment or how to recognize it in the file
tree. Presumably this will all get cleared up when 2.0 makes its way
through into the Debian repositories, and I'm starting to think the easiest
thing is to wait for them to resolve all the dependencies so I can just
install with a couple of aptitude commands.
The other question is how important this is, since writer seems to
start up OK without it, other than complaining.
Right now, I'd rather spend what time I have learning to use OOo,
rather than learning how to configure it. I'm having real difficulty trying
to figure out how to set up sheet borders and title blocks through Page
Styles, so they automatically appear on every page. I'm guessing it has
something to do with Headers and Footers, since that's the way MS Word does
it. But since you and the other guys got me through installing 2.0 on
Debian last night, now I can try it on the system instead of working with
manuals alone.
(Momentary grumble: Clearly, OOo is succeeding in its mission to
provide a superior replacement for MS Office. But I keep wondering whether
the OpenDoc format and the OOo inner engine really have more power and
generality than is apparent through the MS-like user interface, and
somewhere in a later release OOo might gain a more elegant alternative skin
that uses fewer constructs that offer more direct control of layout, and
have more logical terminology to describe them. I've looked at Scribus, and
it's a lot more like FrameMaker in its functions and terminology (including
the all-important Master Pages), but its Tables feature isn't mature yet,
and its native format isn't an official standard the way OpenDoc is.)
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