On Tuesday 24 September 2013 11:34:44 you wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:10 AM, BRM <bm_witn...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> > > > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > Cc: > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:17 PM > > Subject: Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO > > go away > > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Kay Schenk > > > <kay.sch...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Girvin Herr < > > > > girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 09/23/2013 02:31 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > There used to be many ideas, but most of the integration > > > > > became a > > > > > > > > > >>> "theme-only" where the Oxygen skin will get selected under > > > > >>> the > > > > Native > > > > > > >>> Widget Framework. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I honestly don't care if it integrates into the theming. > > > > >>> I'd just > > > > like > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > >>> have AOO on the K menu and the mime-types association. > > > > >>> Anything else is gravy. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> This is a list of the 'efforts' done by OpenSuSE on > > > > >>> integrating > > > > > > > > Mozilla > > > > > > > > >> Firefox with KDE, unfortunately there are not links to the > > > > >> actual > > > > > > > > patches > > > > > > > > >> but it does include, KDE File Dialog support, KDE > > > > >> Application > > > > launcher > > > > > > >> support and other things (that you dont care) like icons and > > > > >> themes. http://old-en.opensuse.org/**KDE/FirefoxIntegration< > > > > > > > > http://old-en.opensuse.org/KDE/FirefoxIntegration> > > > > > > > > >> If there is a way to get to those patches, it would be > > > > >> trivial to > > > > switch > > > > > > >> to > > > > >> the OpenOffice values since this is mainly KDE code, more > > > > >> than AOO. > > > > > > > > > > > The reference to "...as well..." refers to Slackware's > > > > > Mozilla > > > > > > > > Thunderbird > > > > > > > > > going back to the 17.0.8 branch too. > > > > > > > > > > More to the topic of AOO desktop integration, I am no longer > > > > > using > > > > AOO. > > > > > > > It's a long story and way off topic. However, I am using > > > > LibreOffice > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > > KDE4 and it installs into the K-menu just fine. I am using > > > > > the freedesktop-menus desktop file. I would expect AOO to > > > > > have the same desktop file in their package. If not, well > > > > > then maybe the subject > > > > is > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > so "hell bent". > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > Girvin Herr > > > > > > > > We do! see other messages in this thread. And, the install > > > > guide has > > > > just > > > > > > been modified to emphasize this! > > > > > > Aaron Seigo replied to me on G+ with a few links about the > > > current freedesktop spec that is followed. I would forward the > > > question about > > > > what > > > > > we want to achieve with Nepomuk: > > > -- Aaron comment --- > > > For mimetypes: > > > > http://standards.freedesktop.org/shared-mime-info-spec/shared-mime- > >info-spec-latest.html > > > > > File associations are done by default using application .desktop > > > files > > > > and > > > > > modified using the mimeapps.list file in > > > ~/.local/share/applications as > > > > per > > > > > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-actions-spec/ > > > > > > For application menus: > > > > http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/ > > > > > The xdg utils can make using these systems from the application > > > side easier. > > > > Great, and look forward to it. > > > > > As for Akonadi / Nepomuk, I'm not sure what you are looking for > > > exactly? API to hook AOO into Akonadi / Nepomuk? If so .. if you > > > can be a bit more specific as to what the needs are I can be a > > > bit more specific in my answer. > > > > Honestly, I'm not sure. I don't know the full functionality of > > Akonadi/Nepomuk; > > the biggest part I'm aware of is the Desktop search as they provide > > a huge metadata > > search functionality; but I am aware there's other things to. > > > > So for instance, one aspect might be to have a search option in the > > Open File dialogs to > > find things using that search functionality - e.g. keyword file > > search. Windows provides > > something similar now too, so the functionality wouldn't have to be > > limited to KDE4. > > > > PIM integration would be good for shared contacts, address book, > > etc - useful for Mail Merges, > > letters, etc. > > > > As I said, I don't know everything that is there so someone would > > probably have to look > > at what is provided and see what makes sense to utilize. Much of > > the functionality is stuff > > that is slowly appearing in other platforms (GNOME, Windows), so I > > doubt the UI side would > > be anything specific to KDE in the end. > > > > May be Aaron Seigo could point us to the documentation to make the > > list for people to > > go through and decide what would be useful for integration? > > A feature that OOo used to have is to use the system file picker > dialog. However I no longer see this option, can anyone else test > this for me? > > Please go to Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice General -> Open/Save > Dialog > http://www.ofs.edu.sg/help-desk/teacher-faq/body_clip_image_055.png
It is not available on OO 4.0+ here. I noticed the titlebar for AOO is the same, look & function, as the titlebar in my other KDE apps. -- Peace, Greg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
