Hi,
when I downloaded and started to use the Mac OS X version of
OpenOffice 2.0 I got really annoyed on it at first.
I quickly found out that I wasn't annoyed at OpenOffice, but at X11.
There's a "bug" witch forces an empty command window to launch every
single time OpenOffice (X11) is launched.
After a few minutes of searching the web for information about how I
could prevent this window from opening, I soon realized that there
wasn't a good solution for this out there. A also noticed that users
said that they didn't use OpenOffice because of «that really annoying
blank window».
Regular users don't need this window. Therefor I wrote a little
AppleScript witch disables the black window and I though that this
was something that a lot of other Mac-users could use too!
Therefor I suggest that the dmg download of OpenOffice.org 2.0
includes this little app of mine witch disables the black window.
It's just a little something that you'll have to run once and that's it.
The AppleScript is as simple as the one you see below, but could be a
really useful tool to include in the download for a better user
experience for first time users.
do shell script "perl -p -e 's/xterm &/# xterm &/' /private/etc/X11/
xinit/xinitrc > ~/.xinitrc"
This could be compiled to a little app.
Another little thing that could really improve the whole OpenOffice
experience for Mac users would be to include the NeoLight Spotlight
indexer ( http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/spotlight/
neolightneoofficespotlightimporter.html ) with the download.
The last improvement suggestion would be to compress and wrap up the
whole dmg a little neater and have some instructions there too. A
suggestion below.
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/70/ooosuggestion2cp.png
Just contact me if some of this sounds interesting or if you don't
understand a word of my english.
--
Daniel Aleksandersen, student, Norway
http://bonaveo.net/
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