Hi :) Sorry I can't help with this problem. Can you create a back-up (ie just a copy) of the ascii file? Do you have an older copy of the ascii file and if so does that still open correctly? Hmmm, approx what file-size? Gb, Mb or kb? Has the size changed drastically recently? Can you right click and open with gedit or whichever text-editor you favour? If so don't save, just close or quit. It's a good idea to avoid touching the back-up with anything jic poking around does something odd - then you still have access to the untouched copy.
Does it contain confidential information (such as names, addresses or such like)? My guess would be "yes" so uploading it to Nabble or anything is prolly unfeasable. It might be worth seeing if Gnumeric can handle the file better. Gnumeric is a dedicated spreadsheet program so sometimes it's a bit more focussed on just dealing with spreadsheets better. There are memory options in LibreOffice which can be drastically bumped up to handle much larger file-sizes. Tools - Options - General ? Sorry I'm not really helping here! Still trying to waggle the wires to see if something gets dislodged or falls into place. Apols and regards from a Tom :) On Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:40 John R. Sowden, <[email protected]> wrote: > version 5.1.6.2 xubuntu 16.04 LTS 1 GB RAM 5.5 GB available disk space > > John > > > > On 03/30/2018 09:26 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: > > Ubuntu 16.04 LTS > > > > LO version uk, updated about 6 mo ago, I believe > > > > (I tried to open a smaller SS but I got a full gray screen, no menu > > bar, only title and close box. After 5 min I closed it > > > > Note this does not happen when I open SS files only. Only iof I am > > trting to edit this ascii file. When I click on a cell, it takes > > about 5 min for the cursor to move to that cell even if it is only a > > few cells away. > > > > > > > > On 03/30/2018 06:54 AM, jorge Rodríguez wrote: > >> Hi John and all: > >> > >> Would you please tell us to the e-mail list what kind of > >> Operative System do you have and the LibreOffice version do you use ? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Jorge Rodríguez > >> > >> > >> El 29/03/2018 a las 23:49, John R. Sowden escribió: > >>> I read in a ascii database into calc. It is taking 97-98% of the cpu > >>> resource per htop, yet nothing is happening. I move the cursor to a > >>> cell, big gray box, sits ther for > 15 minutes, yet I can move the > >>> window, play freecell, et. with no problem. It seems the slowness > >>> is in LO, not the system at large. > >>> > >>> thoughts? > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
