On 6/16/07, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 06/16/2007 12:50 AM, Michele Zarri wrote: > Hello, > > I use OOo in three different configurations: - English GUI; Crystal > large icons set; en-GB dictionary (default config) - Italian GUI; > Crystal large icons set, it-IT dictionary and default language for > docs - English GUI; default icons and default toolbars, US English > dictionary Switching between the three is not complicated but it is a > bit of a pain since it requires a re-start of the program. Given also > that the hard disk space on my laptop is at premium (it is a 30GB > dual boot WinXP - Linux (Ubuntu)) I cannot afford having three > parallel installations of the program, besides I would like to share > stuff like templates, custom colours and so on... > > So the question: is there anything similar to the user profiles that > you have in Thunderbird or Firefox? Is there a less hard disk-hungry > solution that requires for example a script that swaps some settings > before the program is launched? > > I am not particularly desperate for a solution for WinXP while I > would really love to have a solution for Linux. > > Cheers, > > Michele ~.openoffice.org2/user/ contains your profile(s) Quite often I test between Ubuntu's version of OOo and the official version of OOo so I tend to uninstall and reinstall frequently on my test machine. Generally I copy or move the ~.openoffice.org2 directory to a temporary directory for safekeeping, then delete the directory so that a fresh install is not influenced by my profile (which also contains fonts, common galleries etc). When I want to restore to my old settings I simply put the old directory back. I suspect that you can do the same by saving one for each, or perhaps digging into the ~.openoffice.org2/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Common.xcu/UserProfile.xcu/etc. files. Hopefully someone will come along with a more eloquent solution/suggestion... but that's where your profile is located. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks noOp,
I had the same suspicion as soon as I find some time I will try to play with the user data directory. I am afraid however that this is not all that I need to change: I have moved my user profile between versions in the past and at least the customized toolbar with buttons starting some macros never survived the "upgrade". Actually this is the reason why I stopped testing the developers snapshots. I am also a really basic user of Linux and thinking about writing a script that automatically switches the user profiles scares me a lot (even if I like to think it is very simple). Cheers, Michele
