On Jan 5, 2006, at 17:56, JC Helary wrote:
So I either use the older version OOo or NeoOffice/J on my Mac.
There is full file
compatibility between OOo and NeoOffice/J across
Mac/Linux/Unix/Windows. The
older versions of OOo for Mac and NeoOffice/J do not at this time
handle the new
Open Document Format that OOo 2 handles as its default native file
format. But OOo
2 can still read and write the older format.
The current NeoOffice -1.2 (beta) is based on OOo 1.1.5 and thus
supports OD.
The previous NeoOffice -1.1, also called NeoOffice/J was based on OOo
1.1.4 and thus did not support OD at all.
NeoOffice can open most if not all current OD files since OD has not
been around sufficiently long now to create compatibility problems.
NeoOffice can create OD files without any problem.
There are issues with using X11 on OSX, namely access to character
input services, but as long as one lives in a latin-based world that
is properly handled by OSX. Any language that requires special input
will need extra applications to make X11 accept such characters. Thus
the importance of NeoOffice that takes all its input directly from
OSX's input services (indicated by the flags in the menu bar).
Jean-Christophe Helary
While I have not found any problems with NeoOffice/J-1.2 (beta) in my
limited use of it so far, I would be hesitant to
recommend it to others for normal use. It is still a beta at this
point. Use at your own risk.
I do live in "latin-based" environment so X-11 on the Mac has not been
an issue for me. Your point is well taken. I
hope that Apple will address the issue.
I also hope that the OOo port people who are doing the Mac version
solve my problem with opening files on the
Samba server so I can move to OOo 2 on the Mac.
At any rate, we live in an interesting world with many OOo/NeoOffice/J
choices for use on our Macs.
Thanks for your additional input to the thread.
Ross Bernheim
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