Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] [GSoC] Use Widget Layout for the Start Center

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Emir Yâsin SARI <bitigchi@me.com> wrote:

> 6 Eyl 2013 tarihinde 17:47 saatinde, Tor Lillqvist şunları yazdı:
>
> IMHO, it'd be great if LibreOffice could present each of its modules as
> > completely separate applications,
>
> Hmm, that would mean LOTS of changes to our packaging and distribution on
> OS X (something for which there isn't exactly an abundance of engineering
> resources), where there now is just one app bundle, LibreOffice.app. You
> mean there would be separate LibreOfficeWriter.app, LibreOfficeCalc.app,
> etc? Where would their shared code be? (Duplicated in each app? Sure, that
> would work, but the usual suspects would whine "think of the people who
> have to pay $$ per megabyte of download") How would installing such a thing
> work, if on a .dmg, dragging each .app separately to /Applications? Etc...
>
> I think current approach is better, it also gives a seamless interaction
> between components, like editing Calc sheets in Writer which MS Office on
> Mac cannot do, but what LibreOffice needs is separate component links, like
> the ability to put Calc or Writer separately on Dock, eliminating extra
> clicks, though I am not sure if it is possible or not. In any case it would
> require some separation of components.

Exactly. I'd like the Mac version to present modules in exactly the same
way they are presented on Linux and Windows. (To the user, they seem like
separate applications.) How that would be best done, though, I have no clue.
I know the Office:Mac installer automatically creates all the shortcuts to
the different applications, but I'm betting that that kind of installer
would require the changes you mentioned. And I have no clue how to separate
things like Exposé or the application menu.

That said, what I said earlier was targeted at Linux/Windows, where the
separation exists already, it just isn't complete.