Re: [Libreoffice] Installing beta versions replacing stable versions
Linking in the footer of the list is a good idea I think. Also, why not give a description (and list of expectations) of the developer list at the dev list signup page and at the mailing list description page? Seems like knowing the rules _before_ engaging would be useful. http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/ http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Hi all, Thorsten Behrens wrote (27-04-11 10:42) Thanks Christian, that's the ~sole bit of really useful info in this whole thread. FWIW, the relevant bug is Furthermore, with due respect, this thread shows me some other useful information. Namely that there is a limit to what developers may expect from users/testers, and in the way they can write to them, without the risk alienating them. Don't get me wrong: I am all for explaining users/testers that developer time is limited and help is appreciated. Also there is no problem with suggesting users/testers that they might be able to lend a hand, and that with some pointers from a developer, it might even be not too difficult. But pls be careful. If any user/tester for any reason (time, skills, preference, hair color, ...) writes that he/she does will not give more help with a specific issue, we can only respect that and be thankful for the help already given. More pressure then just light, friendly persuasion, can drive users/testers from us. And we need them too. Do we already have a simple text on the website/wiki, that explains the use of the developer list, and what expectations are? That might be linked to by devs when needed, thus preventing them to get bored or 'funny' or wasting time on this. It might be linked in the footer of this list? If there isn't any (I can't find it) I'll be glad to write a proposal. Thanks, Cor -- - http://nl.libreoffice.org - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: [Libreoffice] EasyHack: Ruler/Notes toggling
Michael: That all sounds do-able. Half of Berkeley was without power today so I'll give it a go tomorrow between classes. Thanks for throwing something my way! Robert On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:39 AM, Michael Meeks michael.me...@novell.comwrote: Hi Robert, On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 17:49 -0700, Robert Vaccaro wrote: I'm new to hacking LibreOffice and would like to implement the Notes (comments) toggling easyhack. Before I begin working on it, is anyone else currently working on this? I don't want to duplicate effort. Also, is this easyhack still relevant from a UI perspective? Yes, it is still relevant. And wrt. duplicating effort I see Cor has some mind-boggling plan to take a mutex on several un-disclosed fun easy hacks for Thursday; Jan - Cor - if you want to do this - please add a comment with a date next to the easy hack to avoid confusion (as the page suggests). I plan to stick to simple easyhacks/simple bugs until I get a better feel for how everything works. So - it sucks to loose that; still - the good news is, that I have some rather easy things that need doing, that perhaps you could do instead ? :-) The first is to move: desktop/source/pagein/* into desktop/unx/source and clean that up - we don't need to make or install a 'pagein' binary I think after my re-work. Another simple hack, that might help startup time for some would be to add some simple type detection for common file extensions per component to: desktop/unx/source/args.c (args_parse) it would be great if this could do some simple work on extensions; eg. .odt / .fodt / doc / .docx should result in a @pagein-writer argument getting returned. etc. [ we only really need that for the common cases ]. This is one of the pieces that cannot be symlinked, so after running: 'build' in desktop/ (source LinuxIntelEnv.Set.sh first) you'll need to do: cp -af unxlngi6.pro/bin/ooqstart /path/to/install/program/ooqstart.bin And then to test the pagein you'll want to do: strace -f -e file ./soffice /tmp/foo.doc 21 | grep pagein to see if it got the right pagein file :-) How does that sound ? is that something do-able ? [no one else has it ;-]. Of course, if you're not interested it'd be great to add them to the easy hacks page. Anyhow - really great to have you involved, and looking forward to seeing what you get up to :-) [ it is of course far cooler to have people interested in improving the UI IMHO etc. ;-] Thanks ! Michael. -- michael.me...@novell.com , Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
[Libreoffice] EasyHack: Ruler/Notes toggling
Hi: I'm new to hacking LibreOffice and would like to implement the Notes (comments) toggling easyhack. Before I begin working on it, is anyone else currently working on this? I don't want to duplicate effort. Also, is this easyhack still relevant from a UI perspective? I plan to stick to simple easyhacks/simple bugs until I get a better feel for how everything works. Thanks, Robert ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
