Re: [libreoffice-users] Macro to abandon edits

On 31/10/14 21:23, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=46441
>
> Last i checked, and that was a while ago, you could not tell LO to 
> exit while a macro is running, but, you can probably issue a shell 
> command to kill it from a macro.
'stardesktop.terminate' as the last statement in the shutdown macro 
seems to do the job. Feels better to me than a killall in the script 
after closing. I did wonder what doc.close(false) would do, it's shown 
everywhere as doc.close(true) but without any documentation of the 
parameter that I can find.
> On 10/31/2014 10:05 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:
> > You might have to run a logout script from some type of ".rc" file.
> >
> > This is not the actual command and is not the best way to do it. It 
> > should be possible.
> > The script will have a
> >     kill -9 soffice.bin
> >             and will need code to find it with 'ps'.
> >
> > See 
> > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/2745/how-to-run-a-script-during-gnome-log-out 
> > as an example from Gnome.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > On 10/31/2014 7:20 AM, rmg wrote:
> > > I'm migrating a bunch of spreadsheets from Debian Lenny/Openoffice 
> > > to Debian Wheezy/Libreoffice 3.5.x. This is a dedicated setup used 
> > > by many once-a-year users (who aren't chosen for their familiarity 
> > > with computers) and, for instance, boots straight into a front end 
> > > when switched on and shuts down when you close the front end. All 
> > > driven by a startup script which launches the front end and waits 
> > > for it to close.
> > >
> > > The front end is fundamentally some buttons to launch working sheets 
> > > and unchanging except that today's date is filled in when it starts, 
> > > or the user can enter a different date. Mass of macros to handle it 
> > > all.
> > >
> > > Closing the front end is by doc.close()ing in a Goodbye macro but 
> > > this leaves an soffice.bin process running and you get a 'Program is 
> > > still running' dialogue box when the machine shuts down; it goes 
> > > away after a bit but it will alarm the user. I can get rid of that 
> > > by putting 'stardesktop.terminate' (is 'xdesktop.terminate' 
> > > preferrred?) in the shutdown macro but then when it next starts it 
> > > wants to Recover the front end; that's a big no-no.
> > >
> > > Under Lenny/Openoffice there isn't this problem, when you've 
> > > doc.close()d it shuts down happily and when it's next switched on 
> > > loads the front end without complaint. I've tried 
> > > doc.setmodified(FALSE) but no joy. I suppose I could get the 
> > > shutdown macro to save it and the startup script to then delete that 
> > > and copy the master back but that's pretty horrible. Is there a 
> > > sensible way to fix this?

--
Dick Georgeson


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