Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BUG REPORT -- Version 4.0+ (Macbook Lion)

On 05/03/2013 12:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> The version numbers make it clear that the op was referring to LibreOffice rather than OpenOffice!  
>  The problem probably does exist on both and even if not it would be nice to have a wiki-page, 
> perhaps in the Faqs, to point people to.  The problem is so few people use LibreOffice on any Apple 
> machine that we hardly ever hear about these things so we would forget where the page is.  So, it 
> probably is best to remember to google for it.
>
> Regards from
>
> Tom :)
     Not quite so. It is just as likely that the OP was referring to 
OpenOffice as in Apache OpenOffice. In either case, the configuration 
files for the version of OS X mentioned are difficult to find. Apple has 
deliberately made these hidden files. There are extra steps required to 
be able to see them.

--Dan

> > ________________________________
> > From: Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurgood@gmail.com>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Friday, 3 May 2013, 7:25
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: BUG REPORT -- Version 4.0+ (Macbook Lion)
> >
> >
> > Le 03/05/13 07:05, auto78240314@hushmail.com a écrit :
> >
> > Hi Randal,
> >
> > > I have the latest 4.0+ version of Open Office, and see an unwanted
> > > popup when initializing the program.  This problem has been
> > > persistent since 3.0+, and was never corrected.  The popup shows up
> > > immediately, and gives you two options -- neither of which get rid
> > > of the popup after selecting them.  I am running the Macbook Lion,
> > > latest software update.
> > > This bug has been in existence for at least 16 months.
> > It has been in existence ever since Apple decided to allow apps and
> > their respective windows to restore themselves on session startup, and
> > so yes, this is not a new phenomenon. Unfortunately, the LibreOffice
> > code does not know how to deal with such a situation correctly, and thus
> > causes the message that you see to appear.
> >
> > Trawl on the internet and search for LibreOffice, plist, and startup,
> > and you will find proposed workarounds to your problem.
> >
> > For example, delete from your
> >
> > /Users/<myname>/Library/Application Support/
> >
> > folder, any files in the sub-folder "Crash Reporter", that are called
> > soffice or libreoffice or openoffice.
> >
> >
> > Also check whether you have a *.lck file (this is a file hidden by the
> > system by default) that links to a failed document opening. There is a
> > setting (Apple command from the console) to toggle hidden files on/off
> > so that they become visible, or alternatively, use one of the freely
> > available AppleScripts out there.
> >
> >
> > And finally, read this bug report :
> >
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39007
> >
> >
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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