Hi,
Tom Chilton wrote:
I think it is a shame when things like this happen in a way.
I don't see it in this manner. Why a 'shame'?
IMHO it's a 'progress'
- based on the characteristic of OOo (and OSS generally) that
everybody can enhance it (provided the know-how),
- also based on a 'communicating and communizing' community, where
users, as many as possible, see themselves as members (in the broader
sense) and try to contribute (in varied ways).
People ask
over and over on this list for the ability to open .wps files, but the
community seems to have its own agenda so somebody else comes up with
it.
Nearly everybody (see thread; I myself too) thought:
There's no way in OOo itself.
What's 'community' and 'somebody else'?
Where is the end of 'the one' and the beginning of 'the other'?
Where are the boundery lines?
IMHO it would be fatal, to equate the community and the development of
OOo with 'the members' or 'the developers' of OOo.
Then people ask to open .docx files and somebody else comes up with
it (NeoOffice) then somebody asks for VBA and some.... anyway I think
you see where I'm going with this. I appreciate that OOo have done all
the hard work and these mavericks just add one or two features but it
shows its possible and I think it is a shame.
It isn't easy, to find all these features (and all the bugs, too) ;-)
All are invited to do.
And when you're looking at all existing issues regarding OOo - then
you'll see: there's no other way than to have an 'agenda' - voting for
some issues may accelerate the process for some of them ...
One question though for people in the know... Doesn't the GPL (which OOo
source is released under) state that anyone can modify the source of OOo
as long as this modified source is made available to the community? I've
not checked but I presume that the source to the PCLinuxOS OOo is
available, and so couldn't it quite easily be incorporated into OpenOffice?
After the discussion here, IMHO it could be a very good idea, to open
an issue (enhancement).
(There are many, mostly inexperienced users, who are asking for the
specific how-to in the mailing-lists (and those, who are asking there,
are only a minority of all who are concerned).
I've probably missed the point somewhere...
Tom
[...]
Manfred
No, OpenOffice will not open works files. Only works will.
So why (in 2.1) when I go to File-Open in Writer, is there an
option in the Filter Drop-down box for Microsoft WORKS files then?
I also have OpenOffice.org 2.1, and there is no WORKS option in the
file format drop down box. I've checked over and over again.
Where is it? Can you please tell me what is above and beneath it?
OpenOffice.org 2.1, Windows XP SP2
I'm using 2.1.7 cvs on PCLinuxOS
It's between Microsoft Word 2003 XML and Pocket Word.....
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