To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=98211
------- Additional comments from fred...@openoffice.org Thu Nov 12 16:24:49 +0000 2009 ------- I agree with all the above observations: the system (OO 3.1.1, running under Windows Vista) is unable to handle relative URLs – and this is, for me, a major problem (sufficient to rule out the use of Open Office). It seems that this bug, or a closely related one, has been present in OO since, at least, version 2.2. Its roots seem to lie in a muddled and unclear specification of the functionality that is desired, and in the accretion of layers of bolted-on fixes that have attempted to address one or other aspect of the problem. To identify just three of these: 1.It is curious the way that the means to specify whether a link is to be interpreted in relative or absolute terms (within an original OO document, or within its pdf or its html derivitives) is specified in a remote Options box. Since, in general, one will be using both relative and absolute links in and between a set of documents, it would seem much more natural that the choice of relative or absolute be specified at the same time as each link is specified. (Given this separation, it is not clear at what stage the absolute/relative status is bound to the link: suppose one creates a link and then, at a later stage, changes the absolute/relative status in the Option box, will this affect the link -- or will it only affect links created in the future? And is it intended that the link created in OO works in the same way in both pdf and HTML derivitives of the OO document, or are these independent choices?). 2. Another feature I find surprising is that Tools => Options => Load/Save => General leads to an option box which presents, as *independent* choices: "Save URLs relative to file system" and "Save URLs relative to internet". Surely these should be mutually exclusive choices? (And what, in fact, is "Save URLs relative to the internet" intended to mean?) 3. And yet another curious aspect is that there appear to be two independent ways of specifying a hyperlink: either to click the hyperlink button on the main toolbar (which drops down a box giving a set of options) or alternatively, to follow Format => Character => Hyperlink, which leads to an apparently unrelated mechanism for inserting a hyperlink. Is one a simplified version of the other, or do the two mechanisms perform distinct roles? The actual task (to be able to generate both relative and absolute URLs) is an almost trivially simple one, and does not need anything like such an elaborate set of mechanisms as are presently in place. The best solution would be to begin by writing a clear, simple specification of how relative and absolute URLs should be handled (both in OO documents, and in any pdf and html derivitive documents), stripping out the existing mechanism (including the various options scattered around the place) in its entirety, and replacing it with a simple, clean implementation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
