Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office 3.3 beta 2 - HTML document format and related problems

P.S. what FOSS did you have in mind for form layout?

> One more thing, and I should have said it before, why use a word processor to write html when 
> there are better FOSS programs available ?

On 18 October 2010 11:58, Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > One more thing, and I should have said it before, why use a word processor to write html when 
> > there are better FOSS programs available ?
>
> > Andy
>
> I wanted to use the wysiwyg facilities of LibreOffice - whetjher I
> "should" use a different FOSS or not is irrelevent, these are straight
> forward things that are supposed to work in LibreOffice surely that is
> what is important here for beta reports?
>
> With that knid of approach Oracle or some other corporation will just
> waltz opver LO.
>
> I have had this experience - isn't that what matters?
>
> Not questioning me about why use LO to do something that it should do?
>
> You yourself asked me to save in .odt format or was that a different Andy?
>
> I am really worried that the whole culture of this kind of project is
> too inbred.
> There is no feeling that the Users' problems or experiences actually
> really matter.
>
> I have had at least five significant problems - and this is what I get
> - "use some other FOSS"
>
> Where is that going to get things?
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 18 October 2010 08:47, Andy Brown <andy@the-martin-byrd.net> wrote:
> > On Sun Oct 17 2010 00:04:36 GMT-0700 (PDT)  Paul A Norman wrote:
> > > This started as a thread on another list.
> > >
> > > This is from top to bottom with extraneous messages removed
> > >
> > > Issues covered include:
> > >
> > > 1. disappearing toolbars
> > > 2. Document view changing from that expected when coming in and out of
> > > HTML view
> > > 3. Loss of web content when switching from HTML view
> > > 4. Empty spans instead of label text
> > > 5. .odt not being available as a Save As option when working on a
> > > Writer/Web document
> > >
> > > Images mentioned:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13401476/libre_office_where_have_web_tools_gone.png
> >
> > I am looking at OOo 3.2 and do not see any Web tools at all in either the
> > HTML or Writer mode.
> >
> > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13401476/libre_office_incomplete_save.png
> >
> > Not sure as I do not have a problem saving as an html document.  I do like
> > the option to "save as all formats", which your screen shot does not show.
> >  Are you using Beta2?
> >
> > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13401476/libre_office_status_bar.png
> >
> > Looking at LibreOffice side by side with OOo Writer here, they are the same
> > with no missing items.  What is missing on yours is the Language indicator
> > so that may be a local issue.  Not sure where to look.
> >
> > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13401476/libre_office_save_as_missing_odt.png
> >
> > Same in OOo 3.2.  Not sure this is a bug as the purpose is different, as is
> > with Writer and Calc.  You can not see a 'Save as' ODS option in Writer.
> >
> > > Paul
> >
> > You seem to indicate that you were able to do these things in OOo, correct?
> >
> > One more thing, and I should have said it before, why use a word processor
> > to write html when there are better FOSS programs available ?
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
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