Re: [libreoffice-users] Formulas in Calc not showing results

Hi :)
Mac is based on Bsd which is unix-based and practically a brother or sister to Gnu&Linux anyway.  
Sticking with Mac makes sense.  It gets you nearly all the way without having some of the painful 
bits.  

Regards from
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Carl Paulsen <carlpaulsen@comcast.net>
> To: 
> Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Sent: Friday, 14 December 2012, 14:05
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Formulas in Calc not showing results
>
> OK, having now rebooted, LO seems to be displaying the results of the 
> formulas again.  That's a relief, and no doubt it's the reboot that 
> solved the issue.  Wish I understood why such things happen, but in any 
> case, thanks for pushing me in that direction.
>
> As for:
> > Also with Mac i think  updates and even installing stuff seldom demands a reboot?
> Correct.  In some cases with OS updates, reboot is required, but not 
> usually.  Mac may also have a way to re-open all the last work after a 
> shutdown, but I haven't looked into it yet (Safari browser does this, so 
> maybe Apple thought about it for the entire OS).  I do hope to look into 
> Linux and the like one day...
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
> > With Ubuntu there is some setting that allows you to make the start-up procedure open up 
> > everything that you had open when you shut-down.  There might be something similar on Mac but i 
> > don't know of good places to find out.  There must be forums or soemthing worth asking.
> >
> >
> > Apols and regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Carl Paulsen <carlpaulsen@comcast.net>
> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2012, 12:25
> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Formulas in Calc not showing results
> > >
> > > It's not the downtime but rather all the work that's open that I have to
> > > keep track of, decide how to save and then close.  It's hard to explain
> > > but given I work 3-4 different jobs at once and am working on new tools
> > > that I don't know very well yet, I'm always reluctant to reboot.
> > > Obviously I'll have to change that.
> > >
> > > And I too can shut down processes individually on my Mac, but I don't
> > > always know what ones apply to what programs.  Sounds easier than it is...
> > >
> > > I'm still wondering why it's happening, and why LO is now opening the
> > > CSV files (no re-start or re-boot yet).  In the latter case, obviously
> > > re-starting or re-booting didn't matter.  This is all a lot more
> > > complicated that just re-booting.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Carl
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/13/12 1:39 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > > > Hi :)
> > > > Lol, +1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Even on Gnu&Linux distros (mainly Ubuntu ime tbh) it's a good plan to do a reboot to ensure 
> > > > that services that are normally on haven't been stopped temporarily without you really being 
> > > > aware of it.  Of course in Gnu&Linux you could restart individual processes in order to avoid 
> > > > any down-time at all but on a desktop or mobile machine a couple of minutes of downtime is 
> > > > unlikely to matter much.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards from
> > > > Tom :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > From: Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com>
> > > > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 22:21
> > > > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Formulas in Calc not showing results
> > > > >
> > > > > At 16:35 12/12/2012 -0500, Carl Paulsen wrote:
> > > > > > Restart the software or reboot the computer sometimes helps these odd glitches.
> > > > > You mean that you didn't try this before asking your question?!
> > > > >
> > > > > Brian Barker
> > > > >
> > > > >
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