Re: [libreoffice-users][windows]General Help and Guidence

Tom

I think in view of the comments below, could you please, (if you have 
one compiled), a complete list of LO links to find LO info; is there a 
list of frequent questions?

This is not sent when you first sign up to [Libreoffice-users] . I 
notice that links do creep in on a kind of need to know basis and some 
are starting to re-occur from the same / similar questions.

This would seem to indicate the need for such a list from the very start.

I have to say that for the "Document Foundation" - Documents do seem 
woefully short - but this might not be the case > if only I knew where 
to find them.

IMHO what might be trivial to the experts (and in fact may prove 
globally trivial) or even what might be considered a mega hurdle in 
programming, I might interpret as a mini bug or an annoyance which can 
be simply resolved by either a bit of knowledge or a work around.

I would hate an email such as this! - but I do understand if you are 
giving out the same advice, time after time.

oh.... and for us newbies to LO >  tutorials (the help files are 
....well...  lets say basic and need updating).

regards

John B


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On 24/06/2011 12:02, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> There is no conflicting advice.  Everyone is saying exactly the same thing but
> perhaps it's not being made clear enough.  It is not worth putting the vast
> amount of effort required into fixing the trivial issue that almost no-one
> experiences and that has a simple work-around anyway.
>
> There is a guide on how to install multiple versions of LibreOffice and
> OpenOffice and possibly other products developed from the  original StarOffice
> over the last decade or so.
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
>
>
> The guide is a work-around because a careless,  straight install of both
> occasionally causes intermittent clashes on some machines in certain
> situations.  However, the problems are RARE and only seen in a tiny percentage
> of systems that have multiple instances installed.
>
>
> At worst the problems  do not cause any harm to data or security (except to
> cause one of the programs to close unexpectedly).  They don't open any
> vulnerabilities in the programs nor in other programs nor in the Operating
> System.  Fixing it requires a major re-write of the  code that has been
> developed over the last 10years or so and if done hastily without proper and
> considerable planning could cause major breakages.  It's not something to rush
> and is not something that can be sorted over-night!!
>
>
> LibreOffice devs are working at the first step in the process towards sorting
> it.  The work was not supported in OpenOffice although Sun had begun the
> planning process.  So far that first step, being done by LibreOffice devs, has
> taken an average of over 100 devs over 6 months.  Various other benefits have
> been gained from that, such as tighter, faster, more secure (more stable) code.
> Code and functionality from other forks have been integrated into the main
> branch.  Other functionality and developments added.  Ancient bug-reports have
> been and are being solved along with newer issues.  The program size has been
> drastically reduced with benefits in download size, install times and general
> efficiency.
>
>
> So it's NOT trivial, it IS being worked on and there is a simple work-around
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
> to prevent the RARE instances of a non-harmful problem which occasionally arises
> under circumstances that the vast majority of users would NOT experience.
>
>
> If people do ignore all the advice and then fail to read the simple guide that
> keeps on being pointed to for the very tiny number of people that want to try
> running both at the same time then there is a high chance they still wont
> encounter any problems.  IF they do (and that is a big IF) then usually turning
> off the Quick Start in OpenOffice (not LibreOffice) and not opening both at the
> same time is enough to make sure the minor issue doesn't happen again.
>
>
> It is not worth putting the vast amount of effort required into fixing the
> trivial issue that almost no-one experiences and that has a simple and
> reasonably well-publicised work-around anyway.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
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> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Fri, 24 June, 2011 9:59:33
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mac people
>
>
> Ernest Kurtz wrote:
> > Thank you, Alex. Is there any possibility of having an LO Mac list?  This
> > list is deluging my mailbox with queries foreign to my needs and
> > experience.
> The OpenOffice.org community forum does have a
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewforum.php?f=17 Mac-specific
> section  as well as a
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewforum.php?f=101 LibreOffice
> section , and we welcome queries from Mac people and LibO people.
>
> I recently started a thread about having
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Side-by-side-install-of-LibO-and-OOo-tp3078835p3078835.html
>
> LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org coexist  on a computer. I am hearing
> conflicting stories about this, some people say they have both with no
> trouble, others talk about serious interference between the two.
>
> I believe this situation should be addressed very soon, as it is
> unacceptable for one program to demand that you uninstall another first,
> which is the advice given in the LibreOffice 3.3.3 Release Notes. Any
> suggestions on how to capture developers' attention and convince them of the
> seriousness of the matter are welcome!
>
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