Re: [tdf-discuss] LO Base Enhancements

With respect to dynamic column typing in SQLite, On Mon, 2014-07-28 at 20:34 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > I think that this is intentional, so, I don't think it is actually > broken. I never bothered to investigate the motivation for it. Certainly intentional. Indeed, the web site for

Re: [tdf-discuss] LO Base Enhancements

On Mon, 2014-07-28 at 20:58 +0100, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi Thank you for your interest in Base. > > Sqlite has a large and well-organised development team. It performs > really well even with very large datasets. I feel that making Sqlite > the default database for LO Base in place of HSQLDB w

Re: [tdf-discuss] Better PDF import?

On Sat, 2014-06-21 at 11:22 +0200, Italo Vignoli wrote: > PDF is based on PostScript, which is a page description language, and as > such is extremely difficult to convert into an editable document. I have heard about OCR, but I have never been desperate enough to try it. Likely there is some O

Re: [tdf-discuss] memory leak in 4.0

On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 13:55 -0800, edo1 wrote: > LO 4.2.0 is showing a memory problem that's making it unusable. When I open a > file in it, the RAM usage starts to climb until LO locks up. I get "Fatal > Error osl:Thread:create failed." I am sorry that you are having problems. I presume that it

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Start 2014 with Freedom, Adopt LibreOffice in your life!

On Sat, 2014-01-04 at 22:45 +0700, Urmas wrote: > "Vitorio Furusho - LibreOffice": > > Start 2014 with Freedom, Adopt LibreOffice in your life! > > Do you call the absolute dependence on developers' powertrips and their > uncontestable decisions 'freedom'? I have bad news for you then. I do see

[tdf-discuss] Re: Is this a bug?

Pedro wrote > Hi Terry, all > Tanstaafl wrote >> This list is NOT intended for general Libreoffice support, it is >> intended for discussion of topics related to: The Document Foundation. >> >> If you want support for Libreoffice, please use the Libreoffice users >> list: >> users@.libreoffice

[tdf-discuss] Is this a bug?

All, BTW, thank you, Pedro, for noticing that this list has been unhelpful in the past. If questions like these should go somewhere else, guidance is welcome. I notice that Writer merges a bunch of lines into one flowing paragraph when you do this improbable-sounding sequence of operations on Li

[tdf-discuss] Save-version-on-close, proposed enhancement

Hi all, According to the help for "Always save a version on closing" , this option does not save a version on closing unless you have changed the document since you last saved it. I think it would be more useful for th

Re: [tdf-discuss] Bug in Contour Editor - Writer 4.0.2

On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 09:18 +0200, Fernand Vanrie wrote: > Terrence, > > the bug report is there since 2012 > but it is > from 4.01 ion must worser and contour becomes unusable because off > double clicking do crasch the office, OO 4.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Bug (??) Table deletion in Writer 4.0.2.2

On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 17:24 -0400, fobe...@rcn.com wrote: > > Also, by the way, I've noticed that Writer tends to bog down and > stop for a while in large documents (such as the book I'm currently > working on which is about 350 pages or so), which it didn't do in > earlier versions. Is there some

Re: [tdf-discuss] Bug in Contour Editor - Writer 4.0.2

Hello, For your problem with the contour editor in Writer, I think you should file a bug report. The easiest way is to use the Bug Submission Assistant . Please add me to the report, and I shall try to confirm your report. Terry, On Tue, 2013-05-07

Re: [tdf-discuss] Python trademark at risk in Europe: Python Software Foundation calls for help

On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 19:21 +0100, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: > Hi, > > As LibreOffice uses more and more the Python language, TDF may be > interested by this call for help: > http://pyfound.blogspot.ca/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html > The Python Software Foundation is report

Re: [tdf-discuss] Python trademark at risk in Europe: Python Software Foundation calls for help

On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 16:22 -0500, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: > On 02/16/2013 01:21 PM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As LibreOffice uses more and more the Python language, TDF may be > > interested by this call for help: > > http://pyfound.blogspot.ca/2013/02/python-trademark-at-ris

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice and Java Security:

I cannot address the important question, but ... On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 14:22 +1100, lj wrote: > Can I use LibreOffice without Java enabled on my computer?? As I receive > annoying pop up windows when I first use libreoffice to install Java on > Apple OS X Mountain Lion. > One of my systems la

[tdf-discuss] user qestions, where should they go now?

Another usere has stumbled into the development list [1]. Clearly, he needs to be directed elsewhere, but I am unsure where to direct him. The situation w.r.t. forums seems to be in flux, and I am reluctant to send him to a mail list that I not follow myself. Is there a simple answer? Thanks, Te

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: AskLibO blitzes

On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 06:52 -0700, Pedro wrote: > Terrence Enger wrote > > > > I was excited when AskLibo started, only to find that OpenId is required > > for using it. And the OpenId providers advertised all have impressive > > terms of use, "impr

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: AskLibO blitzes

On Sun, 2012-05-20 at 18:07 -0400, Marc Paré wrote: > > It is also a good exercise for the LibreOffice membership who may have > forgotten to "pop by" once in a while on the AskLibO pages; Sigh! I was excited when AskLibo started, only to find that OpenId is required for using it. And the Ope

Re: [tdf-discuss] Mail Merge to Email in Writer

On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 12:30 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I had cause the other day to do a Mail Merge to Email in Writer. > I was horrified to discover that the Mail Merge to Email function does > NOT call the default email client, but uses an in-built smtp function > within Writer. > Th

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Naming builds. Please???

On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 13:50 -0500, Marc Paré wrote: > Le 2011-12-07 12:58, Terrence Enger a écrit : > > On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 18:22 +0100, Uwe Altmann wrote: > > > Hi Terry > > > > > > Am 07.12.11 15:13, schrieb Terrence Enger: > > > > So, we could

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Naming builds. Please???

On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 18:22 +0100, Uwe Altmann wrote: > Hi Terry > > Am 07.12.11 15:13, schrieb Terrence Enger: > > So, we could make LibreOffice copy its identification to the clipboard > > in a form suitable for pasting into a Writer document (yes, I usually > > have

[tdf-discuss] Re: Naming builds. Please???

Bjoern wrote the dev list. I am responding on "discuss" because of the vagueness of my comment. On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 13:25 +0100, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote: > Hi all, > > On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 11:18:02PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 04:09:15AM -0800, Pedro wrote:

[tdf-discuss] funny movement of character cursor within Calc cell

subject --- funny movement of character cursor within Calc cell body On ubuntu-natty, in a local build from master, the movement of the character cursor sometimes surprises me when I edit the non-numeric contents of a cell ... (*) When I type , the character cursor goes to the end of t

Re: [tdf-discuss] "Error in scripting framework"

I apologize for the length of my comment. Also for the length of the lines; turn of wrapping if you can. On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 00:48 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > On 09/12/2011 11:39 AM, Olivier Hallot wrote: > > Couldn't we write just "Oh dear, I am unable to find a macro you asked me

[tdf-discuss] wiki edit: suggesting further edit, requesting approval

I have just edited the wiki page "How to build LibreOffice" to say that ccache is enabled by default if found. The edit which removed that information (because it was not tr

Re: [tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 09:35 +0100, Caolán McNamara wrote: > On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 12:55 -0400, Terrence Enger wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 09:00 +0100, Caolán McNamara wrote: > > > On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 07:34 -0400, Terrence Enger wrote: > > > > The remaining

Re: [tdf-discuss] identifying version of soffice.bin

On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 17:15 +0200, Regina Henschel wrote: > > No answer to your questions, Then, how come I feel like my questions are answered? > because I have only got WinXP. But other ideas: > You find the version information in the file program\version.ini > (W

Re: [tdf-discuss] identifying version of soffice.bin

On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 09:05 +0100, Caolán McNamara wrote: > On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 08:29 -0400, Terrence Enger wrote: > > Hello, all. > > > > Now that my system holds more than one build from master, my > > small mind is even more subject to confusion than it us

Re: [tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 09:00 +0100, Caolán McNamara wrote: > On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 07:34 -0400, Terrence Enger wrote: > > The remaining questions are ... Does anybody else share the > > problem of the ineffective "MacroSecurity..." button? > > No, works fine

Re: [tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 14:40 +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > I don't know if it's mentioned already, in that case I just missed it, > or if it's even relevant, but what Java are you running? > From the LibreOffice home page: > ”If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with > Libre

[tdf-discuss] identifying version of soffice.bin

Hello, all. Now that my system holds more than one build from master, my small mind is even more subject to confusion than it used to be. So, I wonder ... (*) Is there an easy way to display the build id of soffice.bin to the sysout or syserr? (Since I created my second work dir and did

Re: [tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 13:08 -0400, Terrence Enger wrote: > [snip] > > Meanwhile, looking under Tools > Options > LibreOffice > > Paths, I see that my local builds put things under > ~/.config/libreoffice, and sure enough there is > ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user/re

Re: [tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 16:39 +0200, Regina Henschel wrote: > [snip] > > I forgot, you are on Linux. Yes I mean the file in your user directory. > How is its name for you? I have found $ ls -l ~/.libreoffice/3/user/registrymodifications.xcu -rw--- 1 terry terry 157661 2011-08-26 11:17

Re: [tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 14:54 +0200, Regina Henschel wrote: > [snip] > > I don't know, why it fails, likely a problem with Java. But if you need > macros, you can set the value directly. Make a backup of your > registrymodificaitions.xcu. I do not find that file anywhere in my working directory.

Re: [tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 14:43 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > [snip] > > In the build from master (Build ID: 117281b-4eb4f62-260b7c1), on Ubuntu > too, that I have, Macro security works fine. > > No idea if the problem is a local one (your build) an older or newer > version than I have, or... Around 1

Re: [tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 14:43 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > [snip} > > In the build from master (Build ID: 117281b-4eb4f62-260b7c1), on Ubuntu > too, that I have, Macro security works fine. > > No idea if the problem is a local one (your build) an older or newer > version than I have, or... Your ver

[tdf-discuss] how change macro security level?

Greetings, I find that I am unable to run macros: the dialog box presented by Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Security offers a button labelled "Macro Security...", and the button responds to a mouse click by showing itself depressed and taking focus, but that is all that happens. In particular,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Writer printing paragraph formats it into following bulletted list

On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 22:45 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > [snip] > When writing a bug, you may want to use (or refer to) the old OOo bug: > http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66309 > (And the related ones: > http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47779 > http://openoffice.org/bugzil

Re: [tdf-discuss] Writer printing paragraph formats it into following bulletted list

On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 19:26 +0100, Mike Hall wrote: > [snip] > Bug confirmed with Lo 1.4.2 under Vista. Best if you submit a bug > report. Let me know if you can't - in that case I will do it. Done, bug 40258 "Writer PRINTING a paragraph like following list"

[tdf-discuss] Writer printing paragraph formats it into following bulletted list

Hello, all. In writer I selected a paragraph and the following bulleted list. Then I printed "Selection". To my surprise, the printout formats the first paragraph as one item in the bulleted list. Can this be anything but a bug? Thanks, Terry. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A failed query to ODBC data source

m db2 via ODBC" <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34309>. On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 19:13 +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > Le 17/08/11 16:30, Terrence Enger a écrit : > > Hi Terry, > [snip] > > Is your field perchance being flagged as an ? It should n

[tdf-discuss] A failed query to ODBC data source

I have a failing query. The curious specificity of the difficulty has already led me into spending more time than the problem is worth to me, but I would be glad to work further if perchance somebody else cares. The problem is the message "The data content could not be loaded." when I include a p