Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO6.1 - no Quick-starter

On 10/08/18 10:22, M Henri Day wrote:
> Den fre 10 aug. 2018 kl 10:44 skrev Andrew <phaedrusv@gmail.com 
> <mailto:phaedrusv@gmail.com>>:
>
>     On 10/08/18 09:37, M Henri Day wrote:
>     > Den fre 10 aug. 2018 kl 10:04 skrev Andrew <phaedrusv@gmail.com
>     <mailto:phaedrusv@gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:phaedrusv@gmail.com <mailto:phaedrusv@gmail.com>>>:
>     >
>     >     Hi all
>     >
>     >     Have just downloaded and installed LibreOffice Version:
>     6.1.0.3 for
>     >     Linux Mint 19 ('Tara').
>     >
>     >     First off, thanks to all of the developers and team of
>     geniuses  who put
>     >     this great piece of software together and keep pushing its
>     quality to
>     >     ever greater heights. As always, the new install works smoothly,
>     >     and the  new interface is looking great.
>     >
>     >     I did notice that there is no longer an option to enable the
>     >     Quick-starter (in fact, there's now no longer any 'memory' menu
>     >     option
>     >     under 'options' within which to enable the Quick-starter). I
>     don't
>     >     know
>     >     if this is a feature or a bug from a development
>     perspective, but
>     >     from a
>     >     user perspective, it is a bug: I used to use it all of the
>     time and
>     >     found myself missing it immediately.
>     >
>     >     Is there any likelihood in the future to bring this option back?
>     >     Or, is
>     >     there something in one of the config files I might be able
>     to hack
>     >     as a
>     >     work around?
>     >
>     >     Anyway, thanks again to all involved. Great stuff and as
>     always, I am
>     >     very pleased my donations are being put to such a good
>     investment.
>     >
>     >     Best wishes
>     >
>     >     Andrew
>     >
>     >
>     > Andrew, wouldn't it suffice for your purposes to pin the
>     LibreOffice > icon(s) to the panel on LM (right click the icon
>     desired in the meny
>     > and choose the option «Pin to the panel») ? I'm using the same
>     version > of LMyou do (but LO 6.0.6.2 rather than 6.1.0.3 - still
>     waiting for
>     > the pre-release PPA to kick in) and it works very well for me....
>     >
>     > Henri
>
>     Hi Henri
>
>     Thanks for the reply.
>
>     I have a series of 'drawers' in a side panel, into which I have
>     pinned
>     the LibO app launcher, so that enables me to launch the whole suite.
>     What I like(d) about the Quick-starter was being able to right
>     click it
>     and to select the specific application (e.g., calc, impress, etc.)
>     that
>     I wanted to use rather than to pin a set of specific app launchers
>     to my
>     panel.
>
>     I agree though that that will be an option if the development
>     decision
>     is to deprecate the use of the Quick-starter, although I hope they
>     don't! :-)
>
>     BTW - in using the PPA, when you update, does it automatically remove
>     the old version of LibO prior to installing the new, and does it
>     install
>     the three packages in the correct sequence? I guess it does, but I've
>     always been wary of that so have traditionally always done it
>     manually
>     via synaptic to remove the previous install and then dpkg -i to
>     install
>     the new packages.
>
>     Thanks again
>
>     Andrew
>
>
> Thanks for your speedy reply, Andrew ! Currently I have three LO icons 
> on my panel - the generic LO, Writer, and Calc, respectively, 
> corresponding to the services I most often use. Clicking the 
> first-named opens a menu allows me to choose from the other four 
> services with a simple click, which I presume serves the same function 
> as the Quick-starter which you describe above (I've never used it)....
>
> From what you wrote above, I got the impression that the Quick-starter 
> option has been available to you in all LO versions previous to 
> 6.1.0.3, which surprised me, as on the 6.0.6..2 version I presntly 
> have installed, I don't see any «memory» option (I'm using the 
> Swedish-language version, but I doubt that it differs in this respect 
> from the English-language version I presume you use). After doing some 
> searching, I've been given to understand that it was deprecated quite 
> some time ago, but that installing the «libreoffice-systray» package 
> would work. However, this alternative may also have been deprecated, 
> unfortunatelyI haven't a clue....
>
> With regard to the pre-release PPA, in my experience it installs the 
> new version over the older one. It works very well, - which hasn't 
> always been the case when I've manually installed a pre-release 
> version from the LO website - the only problem is that I often have to 
> wait a short while before the PPA becomes available to me. Thus, for 
> example, version 6.1.0.3 was successfully added to the PPA some three 
> days ago, but it still hasn't appeared on my Update Manager. However, 
> I regard waiting a few extra days for it to come as a small price to 
> pay for the convenience and reliability it hitherto has offered me....
>
> Henri

Hi Henri

Thanks for the tip about libreoffice-systray. I've just installed it and 
restarted LibO and still nothing ... and I cannot see anything on-line 
about how to launch it. It is of course possible that all of the 
libraries will be loaded next time I log back into my system, so that 
test will have to wait a little.

I guess that because I hadn't noticed it being deprecated before was 
because it was somehow 'magically' (?) operational and present in all 
upgrades. I never really thought about it until it became evident due to 
being absent.

In which case, I may have to take a leaf out of your book and just pin 
the three or so most used applications and be done with it.

Thanks very much for your suggestions and help.

Best wishes

Andrew


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