Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Web layout crashes LO - update

Would it be possible to send the document to someone you trust who uses 
the same version and see if it gets the same results?


On 11/26/2013 3:30 AM, Thomas wrote:
> Very ture, indeed!
>
> (2013/11/26 16:40), A wrote:
> > It's been my experience that bugs tickled only by one person are very 
> > difficult to replicate without a highly detailed explanation of every 
> > keystroke and mouse movement and sometimes even the exact data being 
> > used.  The best way to figure out what's going on is for someone with 
> > the necessary skills to examine the computer with the problem.
> >
> > As an example I was using an application (sflphone) that kept 
> > crashing on ubuntu.  The developer was unable to replicate the 
> > problem.  I granted him an account and he was kind enough to login 
> > and poke around.  In a short time he had determined that there was a 
> > problem with the system libraries and his program was tickling a bug 
> > in DBUS.  I couldn't tell you why he was unable to replicate it on 
> > his own machine, but he changed his code so that it wouldn't tickle 
> > the bug and reported the bug to the DBUS team who also provided a 
> > fix.  I would never have been able to find this on my own, and it's 
> > unlikely he would have been able to find it on his own without my 
> > "help".
> >
> > Sometimes it takes the cooperation of several parties to further the 
> > cause.
> >
> > > If you want to return to the last edited position when you open the 
> > > document
> > > just follow this topic
> > > http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/1144/how-to-save-cursor-position-in-writer/ 
>
> Thank you very much Mr./Mrs. (?) A
> I totally agree with you. However, I do not have the computer skills 
> to perform brain surgery on my machine and I would not know who to ask 
> to do so.
> When LibreOffice was established after OpenOffice were taken over and 
> now seems to be semi-commercial, I sold my soul willingly to the LO 
> devil.
> I prefer(ed) to stay with the rebels fighting for freedom ("Libre").
> Yet I have run several times into situations where I was/am under the 
> impression the devil is not keeping its part of the deal.
>
> For example, in this particular case, why does the "web layout" works 
> just fine with OpenOffice but not with Libreoffice.
> Switching between these two applications does not change any settings 
> in my computer - I think. Or does it?
> I could try upgrade to version 4 something, but after I tried that 
> before, I found that the "improvements" made things a lot worse for me 
> and
> deliberately went back to 3.6.6.
> The simple "solution" then seems to be: DO NOT USE the web layout 
> function.
> It would make viewing and scrolling through long texts easier and 
> therefore its "disability" is somewhat annoying.
>
> Mr. Pedro
> Thank you for your hint. Yes, I am aware of the "cursor position" and 
> personal information in Libreoffice.
> This works, sort of most of the time.
> The "problem" is, the cursor ALWAYS jumps back to the top of the 
> document when changing to "web layout".
> This may not be a problem when you are working with a 2-3-page 
> document, but when working with a 220-page book text?
> Since the cursor jumps to the top of the document, I MUST move 
> elsewhere in the document -> LO crashes.
> Not funny.
>
> Thomas


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