On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:13 AM, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:08:12 -0500 > Carl Marcum <cmar...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 02/01/2016 12:27 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > > A thread on en-Forum suggests that there may be a difference, perhaps > even a bug, between the RPM and DEB linux installs. > > > > > > In /Tools /Options /OpenOffice : General, there is an option to switch > between OO file dialogues and O.S. file dialogues. > > > > > > In this thread > > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=81618 > > > the OP posts a screenshot to show he has not that option running on > CentOS 7.1. acknak, a Forum Administrator, has the option running on > Fedora 23, but indicates that it doesn't work. Both of these are RPM > installs. > > > > > > It does work for me running on Xubuntu 15.10 (DEB file install) > > > > > > Can list members with appropriate machines confirm this difference > before we post it to Bugzilla? > > > > > RPM install on Fedora 20 w/Gnome 3 works. > > > > Carl > > > > Thanks. I'll pass that on. We may need to consider a fix - either force > a minimal Gnome download or extend the OO interface to other environments. > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > I'm on CentOS 6.7 with gnome 2. Either the default dialogs or unchecking and using the gnome2 version for Save As... works correctly for me. ALL Linux users should install the freedesktop menus since gnome and kde both use this interface. This is covered in our installation instructions: http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html Other desktop interfaces may not work correctly with this, however. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." -- Carl Bard
