Sophie Gautier wrote:
- the paragraph about changes on BerkeleyDB engine and extensions
database incompatiliby seems strange when speaking about [for
${PRODUCTNAME} versions prior to 3.2]. May be we should namely
speaks about OpenOffice.org.
Removed completely, LibO uses its own config dir name, so downgrading should not pose any problems.
- could we replace the link www.libreoffice.org/access by www.libreoffice.org/accessibility? Is there anybody already working on this page?
Done (the link change ;))
- I think we should completely remove the paragraph about Registration and User Survey
Done.
- it is mention that IssuZilla is on our website, this should be corrected by giving the right BugZilla address on Freedesktop.
Done. Christian Lohmaier wrote:
Technically it is OK - while silverstripe by default uses "directory" style links ( http://test.libreoffice.org/why/ ), you can also use it with added .html ( http://test.libreoffice.org/why.html ) so no problem from that side, but of course those pages don't exist yet. (and welcome/readme.html or home/readme.html or product/readme.html or home/readme.html... probably a matter of taste)
Unified to directory-style links. Also, changed all urls to be on the libreoffice.org domain (except for central infrastructure, like nabble).
Do we want to have a support.libreoffice.org subsite, or do we want to have www.libreoffice.org/support?
Opted for the latter.
Now to some content questions: * System requirements 1,5GB of free harddisk for the Mac/Intel version? 150MB for download package and 500MB for the installed product should be enough, so that seems a little exaggerated. And specifying an intel processor as the requirement for the Mac/Intel version seems pointless :-)
Done (rounded up to 800 megs)
For both mac versions (Intel/PPC) the requirements are Mac OS X 10.4 or newer * Quirks How old is that entry wrt gnome and SESSION_MANAGER? I never encountered that myself, and I never heard of such a problem on the mailing lists...
Binned. Instead, added a hint regarding gfx performance (something I get asked about infrequently)
* Registration Readme mentions registrations, but for LO there is no registration, is there? * The readme talks about a survey online, but doesn't mention how to get there/hot to participate in that survey
Elided.
* Bug reports Refers to issueZilla on the <productname> website - should be changed to fdo bugzilla
Done. Latest readme for 3.3 attached for your reference. Many thanks for the feedback! Cheers, -- Thorsten
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> <title id="title" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} Readme File</title> <style type="text/css"> #Copyright_Trademark * {font-size: .7em;} .note {border: 1px solid #993333; padding: 3px;} p { margin-top: .1em; margin-bottom: .1em;} .code {font-family: monospace;} </style> </head> <body> <div id="Intro"> <h1 id="Welcome" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} ${PRODUCTVERSION} ReadMe</h1> <p id="LatestUpdates" xml:lang="en-US">For latest updates to this readme file, see <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/welcome/readme/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/welcome/readme/</a></p> <p id="A6" xml:lang="en-US">This file contains important information about this program. Please read this information very carefully before starting work.</p> <p id="A7" xml:lang="en-US">The LibreOffice Community, responsible for the development of this product, would like to invite you to participate as a community member. As a new user, you can check out the ${PRODUCTNAME} site with helpful user information at <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/welcome/introduction/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/welcome/introduction/</a></p> <p id="A9" xml:lang="en-US">Also read the sections below about getting involved in the LibreOffice project.</p> <h3 id="A10" xml:lang="en-US">Is ${PRODUCTNAME} really free for any user? </h3> <p id="A11" xml:lang="en-US">${PRODUCTNAME} is free for use by everybody. You may take this copy of ${PRODUCTNAME} and install it on as many computers as you like, and use it for any purpose you like (including commercial, government, public administration and educational use). For further details see the license text delivered together with ${PRODUCTNAME} or <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/license/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/license/</a></p> <h3 id="A12" xml:lang="en-US">Why is ${PRODUCTNAME} free for any user?</h3> <p id="A13" xml:lang="en-US">You can use this copy of ${PRODUCTNAME} today free of charge because individual contributors and corporate sponsors have designed, developed, tested, translated, documented, supported, marketed, and helped in many other ways to make ${PRODUCTNAME} what it is today - the world's leading open-source office software.</p> <p id="A13b" xml:lang="en-US">If you appreciate their efforts, and would like to ensure LibreOffice continues into the future, please consider contributing to the project - see <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/</a> for details. Everyone has a contribution to make.</p> </div> <div id="Installation"> <h2 id="rr3fgf42r" xml:lang="en-US">Notes on Installation</h2> <h3 id="sdfsdfgf42r" xml:lang="en-US">System Requirements</h3> <div class="MAC" id="SystemRequirements_OSX"> <ul> <li> <p id="macxiOSX" xml:lang="en-US">MacOSX 10.4 (Tiger) or higher</p> </li> <li> <p id="macxicpu" xml:lang="en-US">Intel or PowerPC processor</p> </li> <li> <p id="macxiRAM" xml:lang="en-US">512 MB RAM</p> </li> <li> <p id="macxHardDiksSpace" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 800 MB available hard disk space</p> </li> <li> <p id="macxivideo" xml:lang="en-US">1024 x 768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)</p> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="WIN" id="SystemRequirements_WIN"> <ul> <li> <p id="s2s3sdf2" xml:lang="en-US">Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), XP, Vista, or Windows 7</p> </li> <li> <p id="utzu6" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)</p> </li> <li> <p id="ghuj67" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> </li> <li> <p id="jzjtzu6" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.5 GB available hard disk space</p> </li> <li> <p id="jtzu56" xml:lang="en-US">1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors</p> </li> </ul> <p class="note" id="edssc3d" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p> <p id="MSOReg1" xml:lang="en-US">Registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats can be forced or suppressed by using the following command line switches with the installer:</p> <ul> <li> <p id="MSOReg2" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=1</tt> will force registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p> </li> <li> <p id="MSOReg3" xml:lang="en-US"><tt>/msoreg=0</tt> will suppress registration of ${PRODUCTNAME} as default application for Microsoft Office formats.</p> </li> </ul> <p id="DLLA1" xml:lang="en-US">If you perform an administrative installation using setup /a, you need to make sure that the file msvc90.dll is installed on the system. This file is required for ${PRODUCTNAME} to start after an administrative installation. You can get the file from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF";>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF</a></p> <p class="note" id="AdminNeeded" xml:lang="en-US">Please be aware that administrator rights are needed for the installation process.</p> </div> <div class="SOLSPARC" id="Sols2"> <ul> <li> <p id="s2335" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (SPARC platform) or higher</p> </li> <li> <p id="s253" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> </li> <li> <p id="s23seg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> </li> <li> <p id="s2s43gfe" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> </li> <li> <p id="n4234rw" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> </li> <li> <p id="wd2dff2" xml:lang="en-US">Gnome 2.6 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)</p> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="SOLX86" id="Solia2"> <ul> <li> <p id="s23h" xml:lang="en-US">Solaris 10 operating system (x86 platform) or higher</p> </li> <li> <p id="s24f" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> </li> <li> <p id="fgheg" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> </li> <li> <p id="fghfgh" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> </li> <li> <p id="mgjfg" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> </li> <li> <p id="wd2dff1" xml:lang="en-US">Gnome 2.6 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)</p> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="LINUX" id="Linuxi2"> <ul> <li> <p id="s2we35" xml:lang="en-US">Linux Kernel version 2.6.18 or higher</p> </li> <li> <p id="s253we" xml:lang="en-US">glibc2 version 2.5 or higher</p> </li> <li> <p id="s256we" xml:lang="en-US">gtk version 2.10.4 or higher</p> </li> <li> <p id="s2etfseg" xml:lang="en-US">Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)</p> </li> <li> <p id="s2ssdfe" xml:lang="en-US">256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)</p> </li> <li> <p id="n42dfgf" xml:lang="en-US">Up to 1.55 GB available hard disk space</p> </li> <li> <p id="ghjhhr" xml:lang="en-US">X Server with 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), with at least 256 colors</p> </li> <li> <p id="fhrtz5" xml:lang="en-US">Window Manager</p> </li> <li> <p id="wd2dff" xml:lang="en-US">Gnome 2.16 or higher, with the gail 1.8.6 and the at-spi 1.7 packages, required for support of assistive technology tools (AT tools)</p> </li> </ul> <p id="Linuxi3a" xml:lang="en-US">There is a wide variety of Linux distributions, and even within the same distribution there may be different installation options (KDE vs Gnome, etc.). Some distributions ship with their own ‘native’ version of ${PRODUCTNAME}, which may have different features from this Community ${PRODUCTNAME}. Sometimes you can install the Community ${PRODUCTNAME} alongside the ‘native’ version. However, it’s usually safer to remove the ‘native’ version before installing this Community version. Consult the documentation for your distribution for details of how to do this.</p> <p class="note" id="Linuxi4a" xml:lang="en-US">It is recommended that you always backup your system before you remove or install software.</p> </div> <p id="Precautions" xml:lang="en-US">Please make sure you have enough free memory in the temporary directory on your system and that read, write and run access rights have been granted. Close all other programs before starting the installation.</p> </div> <div class="LINUX WIN" id="StartupProblems"> <h2 id="naso01" xml:lang="en-US">Problems During Program Startup</h2> <p id="abcdef" xml:lang="en-US">Difficulties starting ${PRODUCTNAME} (e.g. applications hang) as well as problems with the screen display are often caused by the graphics card driver. If these problems occur, please update your graphics card driver or try using the graphics driver delivered with your operating system. Difficulties displaying 3D objects can often be solved by deactivating the option "Use OpenGL" under 'Tools - Options - ${PRODUCTNAME} - View - 3D view'.</p> </div> <div class="WIN" id="Scroll"> <h2 id="naso" xml:lang="en-US">ALPS/Synaptics notebook touchpads in Windows</h2> <p id="naso2" xml:lang="en-US">Due to a Windows driver issue, you cannot scroll through ${PRODUCTNAME} documents when you slide your finger across an ALPS/Synaptics touchpad.</p> <p id="naso6" xml:lang="en-US">To enable touchpad scrolling, add the following lines to the "<tt>C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.ini</tt>" configuration file, and restart your computer:</p> <p class="code" id="naso7">[${PRODUCTNAME}]</p> <p class="code" id="naso3">FC = "SALFRAME"</p> <p class="code" id="naso4">SF = 0x10000000</p> <p class="code" id="naso5">SF |= 0x00004000</p> <p class="note" id="naso8" xml:lang="en-US">The location of the configuration file might vary on different versions of Windows.</p> </div> <div class="SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="NetscapeAdressBook"> <h2 id="sdfsd32asrc" xml:lang="en-US">Mozilla Address Book Driver</h2> <p id="sdcc32asrc" xml:lang="en-US">The Mozilla address book driver requires the <tt>SUNWzlib</tt> package. This package is not part of the minimum Solaris operating system installation. If you require access to the Mozilla address book, then add this package to your Solaris operating system using the command "<tt>pkgadd</tt>" from the installation CD.</p> </div> <div id="Keyboard"> <h2 id="awe1" xml:lang="en-US">Shortcut Keys</h2> <p id="w32e1" xml:lang="en-US">Only shortcut keys (key combinations) not used by the operating system can be used in ${PRODUCTNAME}. If a key combination in ${PRODUCTNAME} does not work as described in the ${PRODUCTNAME} Help, check if that shortcut is already used by the operating system. To rectify such conflicts, you can change the keys assigned by your operating system. Alternatively, you can change almost any key assignment in ${PRODUCTNAME}. For more information on this topic, refer to the ${PRODUCTNAME} Help or the Help documention of your operating system.</p> <div class="MAC" id="MACKeysBETA"> <p id="mackeys1" xml:lang="en-US">The application help of ${PRODUCTNAME} may use shortcut combinations for PC keyboards only.</p> </div> </div> <div class="LINUX MAC SOLSPARC SOLX86" id="FileLocking"> <h2 id="gfh6w" xml:lang="en-US">File Locking</h2> <p id="pji76w" xml:lang="en-US">File locking is enabled by default in ${PRODUCTNAME}. On a network that uses the Network File System protocol (NFS), the locking daemon for NFS clients must be active. To disable file locking, edit the <tt>soffice</tt> script and change the line "<tt>export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING</tt>" to "<tt># export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING</tt>". If you disable file locking, the write access of a document is not restricted to the user who first opens the document.</p> <p class="note" id="pji76wsdf" xml:lang="en-US">Warning: The activated file locking feature can cause problems with Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.7 used in conjunction with Linux NFS 2.0. If your system environment has these parameters, we strongly recommend that you avoid using the file locking feature. Otherwise, ${PRODUCTNAME} will hang when you try to open a file from a NFS mounted directory from a Linux computer.</p> </div> <div class="LINUX" id="Graphic Performance"> <h2 id="gfh6w" xml:lang="en-US">Graphic Performance</h2> <p id="pji76w" xml:lang="en-US">By default, ${PRODUCTNAME} favours nice-looking graphics over speed. If you experience slow graphics, switching off 'Tools - Options - ${PRODUCTNAME} - View - Use Anti-Aliasing' may help.</p> </div> <div class="WIN" id="Mapi"> <h2 id="gfh6w1" xml:lang="en-US">Problems When Sending Documents as E-mails From ${PRODUCTNAME}</h2> <p id="pji76w1" xml:lang="en-US">When sending a document via 'File - Send - Document as E-mail' or 'Document as PDF Attachment' problems might occur (program crashes or hangs). This is due to the Windows system file "Mapi" (Messaging Application Programming Interface) which causes problems in some file versions. Unfortunately, the problem cannot be narrowed down to a certain version number. For more information visit <a href="http://www.microsoft.com";>http://www.microsoft.com</a> to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for "mapi dll".</p> </div> <div id="A11y"> <h2 id="aw22" xml:lang="en-US">Important Accessibility Notes</h2> <p id="access7" xml:lang="en-US">For more information on the accessibility features in ${PRODUCTNAME}, see <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/accessibility/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/accessibility/</a></p> </div> <div id="UserSupport"> <h2 id="support" xml:lang="en-US">User Support</h2> <p id="support1" xml:lang="en-US">The main support page <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/support/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/support/</a> offers various possibilities for help with ${PRODUCTNAME}. Your question may have already been answered - check the Community Forum at <a href="http://www.documentfoundation.org/nabble/";>http://www.documentfoundation.org/nabble/</a> or search the archives of the 'users@libreoffice.org' mailing list at <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/users/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/users/</a>. Alternatively, you can send in your questions to <a href="mailto:users@libreoffice.org";>users@libreoffice.org</a>. If you like to subscribe to the list (to get email responses), send an empty mail to: <a href="mailto:users+subscribe@libreoffice.org";>users+subscribe@libreoffice.org</a>.</p> <p id="faq" url="ahead" xml:lang="en-US">Also check the FAQ section at <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/faq/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/faq/.</a></p> </div> <div id="ReportBugsIssues"> <h2 id="reportbugs" xml:lang="en-US">Reporting Bugs & Issues</h2> <p id="reportbugs1" xml:lang="en-US">Our system for reporting, tracking and solving bugs is currently BugZilla, kindly hosted at <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/";>https://bugs.freedesktop.org/</a>. We encourage all users to feel entitled and welcome to report bugs that may arise on your particular platform. Energetic reporting of bugs is one of the most important contributions that the user community can make to the ongoing development and improvement of ${PRODUCTNAME}.</p> </div> <div id="GettingInvolved"> <h2 id="gettinginvolved1" xml:lang="en-US">Getting Involved</h2> <p id="gettinginvolved2" xml:lang="en-US">The ${PRODUCTNAME} Community would very much benefit from your active participation in the development of this important open source project.</p> <p id="gettingimvolved3" xml:lang="en-US">As a user, you are already a valuable part of the suite's development process and we would like to encourage you to take an even more active role with a view to being a long-term contributor to the community. Please join and check out the contributing page at <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/</a></p> <h3 id="howtostart" xml:lang="en-US">How to Start</h3> <p id="howtostart1" xml:lang="en-US">The best way to start contributing is to subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists, lurk for a while, and gradually use the mail archives to familiarize yourself with many of the topics covered since the ${PRODUCTNAME} source code was released back in October 2000. When you're comfortable, all you need to do is send an email self-introduction and jump right in. If you are familiar with Open Source Projects, check out our To-Dos list and see if there is anything you would like to help with at <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/develop/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/develop/</a>.</p> <h3 id="subscribe" xml:lang="en-US">Subscribe</h3> <p id="subscribe1" xml:lang="en-US">Here are a few of the mailing lists to which you can subscribe at <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/";>http://www.libreoffice.org/contribution/</a></p> <ul> <li> <p id="subscribelist1" xml:lang="en-US">News: announce@documentfoundation.org *recommended to all users* (light traffic)</p> </li> <li> <p id="subscribelist2" xml:lang="en-US">Main user list: users@libreoffice.org *easy way to lurk on discussions* (heavy traffic)</p> </li> <li> <p id="subscribelist3" xml:lang="en-US">Marketing project: marketing@libreoffice.org *beyond development* (getting heavy)</p> </li> <li> <p id="subscribelist4" xml:lang="en-US">General developer list: libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org (heavy traffic)</p> </li> </ul> <h3 xml:lang="en-US">Joining one or more Projects</h3> <p id="joining" xml:lang="en-US">You can make major contributions to this important open source project even if you have limited software design or coding experience. Yes, you!</p> </div> <div id="Credits"> <p id="credits" xml:lang="en-US">We hope you enjoy working with the new ${PRODUCTNAME} ${PRODUCTVERSION} and will join us online.</p> <p id="credits2" xml:lang="en-US">The LibreOffice Community</p> </div> <div id="ModifiedSourceCode"> <h2 id="sdffd23r3cefwefew" xml:lang="en-US">Used / Modified Source Code</h2> <p id="sdffd23red32efew">Portions Copyright 1998, 1999 James Clark. Portions Copyright 1996, 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p> </div> </body> </html>
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