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?

Yes, and by default you find your user profile on Linux in
~.openoffice.org2/user.

You can tell OOo to create or use a new user profile from the command line:

soffice -env:UserInstallation=$(URL)

will search for the user profile at the location given by $(URL). If no
user directory exists at that place OOo will automatically create a new
one (you will have to click through the welcome wizard once again).

> Is there a less hard disk-hungry solution that requires for example a script
> that swaps some settings before the program is launched?

That of course is also possible. But I consider this to be an ugly hack
and would prefer the profile switch (that BTW works on all platforms).

Ciao,
Mathias

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Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer
OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
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