On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:44:45 -0800 Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> +1 > > This may be a good project for me to participate in, along with people > who know AOO internals. I have a lot of practical experience with > tracking down and fixing extremely obscure intermittent bugs in > operating systems and prototypes of cache coherent multiprocessor > servers, so I'm not scared of them. > > Now getting AOO to build on Windows 8.1...... > > Patricia A side effect of curing this problem may be an increase in time taken to Save OpenOffice files. In writing an OpenOffice ODF file the last component written to the user profile is file registrymodifications.xcu (work of Forum volunteer John_Ha - reference available if required). This file is frequently damaged by premature shutdown; damage to it is a reason for the frequently reported loss of spellchecking. John_Ha has also located possible reasons for oft-reported loss of illustrations. Rory > > On 12/29/2015 6:33 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > It sounds like that is what we should be working on, if we continue to > > offer the option. > > > > Is there a Bugzilla # on this? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: toki [mailto:toki.kant...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 11:08 > >> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: Complaint Writer lost 36 pages of my document with no auto > >> backup copy. > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> On 26/12/2015 15:55, Bill M wrote: > >> > >>> I did find in options that in Options\Load Save\General “Always create > >> a > >>> backup copy” was not checked. This should be checked by default. :( > >> > >> a) There is an extremely obscure, semi-inconsistently ir-reproducible > >> bug in AOo, EO, and LibO that is triggered when "Always create backup > >> copy" is checked. This bug both destroys data, and prevents the backup > >> copy from being made. > >> > >> b) Manually saving the file is superior to automated backup, precisely > >> one can save it to different folders, and thus rollback to earlier > >> states is possible. (I'm deliberately ignoring OoSVN here.) > >> > >> jonathon > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > >> > >> iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJWgtoHAAoJEKG7hs8nSMR72jkP/0nNbnBNk7TrkfgmM72JzwbW > >> ASCSBsbUsQPAFUMKpYr8x1mOQgnbJqf5s1ONRKhDLBYH6+kFpFIIANnUHXxX1/6f > >> 7khkPNz/hf/53Q0VN0CpcZ9YqW5l2NXL9q3S9VQdW3RgSAcufEfF3+xIN2uzUr9T > >> A1B3lbxwps2f/aMl7MzZIDUo3MUTIVdHtFeuMTkv5prKGn69sXaR5Z93g3dN0YPM > >> oTObpVhTLAvOOWA696JGvUNRYofFjbKFj/XDNat1fVS8zEbj2q2SFerFgmSmKdad > >> CmYtV/Bz4R6O3ScCw2rCbE5QSEKsXdpp987IC0azGCr2cFVACAY/6HjyzOyLRv3A > >> IhpYW9Kt9zFjRpKhIHcIPSLR6R+LDQKfter9GQgDbSXNBP7+SWjx1k7Pv0U5eQJF > >> D8t6soZwJgYJSvwIiL8OzXHSESxzH+CXKNzSrFYNS3HFccxNIGHeI4gL9A0JHGPN > >> H49cAUElrIvqN2He4ary1o4FAYqBindK6PnVnnN8FHW1FJfKptptSIOKEGM1m20X > >> CwC2zy4xGJdGiJMBR/C5F3dVD8RXhcXYbwSMZEdlY0QAX4oujzVetQE4w5kT8BLa > >> imYk4+Cg/pPiYHUzgvl5mH8uR2m2CqLvAVtaFT8sknQNdWEu5raKKNvpVP+why/N > >> 9Afk7zzU+jH6m66q9vkH > >> =B5xw > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
