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[discuss] 7-Zip Compression Format

Posted: 17 Jul 2006 11:52 PM PDT

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Oh, crud. Sorry. You are right. I just skipped that word somehow. I saw
"next release" and got the installer stuck in my head. My bad.

The main problem with using 7z instead of zip isn't that it's basically not
supported in anything but Windows (because, as the OP said, it's open
source, so we could intragate the compression into OpenOffice.org which
would make it crossplatform). The problem is, ODF is already a standardized
format. Basically, it's too late to be changing it now. If OOo was the
only one to use ODF, then sure, we could change it anytime. But it's a
OASIS standard, and is, or soon will be, an ISO standard. It is used by
other programs, like KOffice, Writely, and AbiWord. It's out of our hands
now.

Whether or not 7z would have been a better choice, I can't say. But it
would be a bad idea for OOo to start using it now, because then we would be
non-standard to the format we helped create.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

-Chad

On 7/18/06, Rich <vsaa.lv> wrote: 


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[discuss] Minimum requirements to run OOo2

Posted: 17 Jul 2006 07:46 AM PDT

On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 13:37 +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote: 

Not really. I've tried the configuration I mentioned on an old laptop.
For basic office productivity and web surfing, I found it adequate. It's
not what I'd choose for my main machine, but, as an emergency machine it
was bearable for light duties.

Had I been planning to use it for any length of time, I probably would
have done more to lighten the load, like researching the smallest window
manager, and possibly using AbiWord instead of OOo -- or even emacs and
only starting X when I needed it. There are lots of ways to adjust to
less than optimum hardware if you have to. It's not a big deal unless
you make it one, especially if the alternative is no computer at all.

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Burnaby, BC, Canada
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They said, "Do you want to be an ancient king too?"
I said, "Oh yes, very much
But I think my timing's wrong"
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[discuss] Delete dialog

Posted: 16 Jul 2006 01:57 AM PDT

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Hi,
 

i think the original poster has a point, though. That dialog is a severe
break of flow. People are used to hitting DEL to empty the cells
content. Don't we claim "if you can use MS-Office you can use
OpenOffice.org"? This is a usability issue we should think about.

I.e. DEL to clear the content, Shift+DEL to bring up the dialog would
possibly be a better choice.

However, Code Monkey...a friendlier tone would be nice and the OOo
Usability projects issue tracker would be the place to post your complaint.
 

This backspace key functionality is bad in terms of discoverability.

André.

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[discuss] Using BitTorrent Download?

Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:44 PM PDT

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:03:34 -0500, Francisco Saldana
<com> wrote:
 

Right so why dont you download it from here:
http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/



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[discuss] I can't put new visible buttons

Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:44 PM PDT

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Shoshannah Forbes wrote:
On 13/07/2006, at 13:12, Dr.Rabih AbdulRahim wrote:
 

This happens if you have not turned on Hebrew support in OpenOffice.org.
Go to tools--options--languages tools and check the box next to
"enable CTL".
This will enable proper Hebrew support and add the directionality
buttons to your toolbar.

Shabat Shalom (as it's Friday afternoon here...)

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[discuss] Idea: Make Openoffice a Web application!

Posted: 14 Jul 2006 05:43 AM PDT

Florian Staudacher wrote: 

The web application idea is nice for those that have fast and reliable
access to the web.

I remember the first time I used StarOffice and the front end was like a
web application. I thought it sucked. But that it my opinion.

As pointed out by others, there are web applications available and many
are now supporting ODF or working towards it.


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[discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft

Posted: 12 Jul 2006 04:28 AM PDT

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Hi Martin,

Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: 

ohh, aren't you working for that company that put that

"OpenOffice slow, bloated?
Abiword missing all the nice features?"

text adverts on "Openoffice" google searches?
Now want us to help you improve your product? Why?
To make your Office reader as bloated as OOo? Don't think that you want
that.

Goodbye.
André.

PS: Registering www.officeviewers.com to promote your own single product
is just another dodgy move.
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[discuss] Native port of OO to Mac OS X

Posted: 10 Jul 2006 11:57 PM PDT

Phillip Bruce wrote: 

Unless you use the option to hide the X server window and allow OS X to
manage X clients. You can even get X clients to appear as normal apps in
the dock. Try to research your stuff.

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[discuss] OpenOffice 2.0.3 Version

Posted: 07 Jul 2006 07:51 PM PDT

Clois Beckwith wrote: 

It appears that if you format the fields MMM, YY (as others have
suggested), and fill in the first TWO fields, then select them and
drag down to autofill, then OOo "figures out" how you want the
autofill to increment (or, rather, decrement) and it seems to work OK.

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search and replace question

Posted: 07 Jul 2006 07:12 PM PDT

Yes, the inverted-P paragraph marker was the example in question. I
was trying to clean up blank lines, etc, but but I've been encountering
the same problem when searching for any non-printing character.

I'm using OOo 2.0.3 on WinXPP, in case that matters.

jm



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