Re: [discuss] An idea for menu entry File/Recent Documents
Please ignore the message under reply. It was sent from the wrong address by yours truly who got confused about the list to which he was mailing. Terry wrote: After all, it seems there's not much to this. Perhaps I've missed a whole lot? Listing Application documents vs All: Does this require a separate request for enhancement (RFE)?. Why can't the Recent Documents list be segregated by application? When I am in a Calc window, I am generally not interested in documents I have recently opened in Writer. (For example, right now I am in Calc and the Recent Documents list only contains 10 Text Documents.) The program should maintain segregated lists for Spreadsheets, Text Documents, Drawings, Presentations, etc. Comment: It would enhance the software if the user had options regarding recent files. A user could elect to have only recent documents pertaining to the particular application displayed. Why must it be one way or the other? Having a much longer list would not be a substitute. The suggested menu change: If I have been working on a spreadsheet and then have to handle text documents, when I go back to Calc I would like to recall the spreadsheets I was working on. Maybe the menu could say- Recent Documents This App All Apps Comment: I would prefer a separate menu item so that the choice of which list is displayed is made and only one list can be displayed. This interferes less with ordinary use by the great number of users. If the first is chosen, a different list is displayed anyway on changing applications. Recent Documents List Document List This Application All Applications Number of Documents Listed and Reset http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=50722 Comment: Some want more, some want less, some want none. The number could go into Options since it would normally be set only occasionally. Clear could be added, as proposed, below the list. An appropriate category would be Tools Options OOo Memory Document List Number of Documents An extra degree of flexibility could be obtained by adding an option to the File Open dialogue: Add to document history [select / deselect]. My files list includes 3 files which I will probably never open again. This would also accomodate privacy / security concerns. Does this require a separate RFE? -- If you're seeking, check out http://www.rci.org.au Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [interface-discuss] UNO representation for BmpColorMode
Hi Philipp, Just that we have that value in vcl doesn't mean it's a good idea. Since uno APIs are fixed, i'd hesitate to create an API for this, do you really, really need it ? It would be better for us if any control reacted on background color instead of high contrast (and so far in most places this is the case). Well, I have an interface which is to provide an XGraphic for a certain UI item (an entry in a list, for that matter). The component implementing this interface does not know the context - in particular: the control - where this image is to be used. Also, even if it would, I would be highly reluctant to burden the component with the evaluate the background color and decide which image to use-thing. I consider this a heuristics which works well internally, but I wouldn't impose this on every component which is ever going to provide some image. What if next year, we decide that the usage of high-contrast images really depends on some OS-provided High Contrast-flag instead? So, yes, I think I really really need it :) Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Database http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Confussed
Hello I don't mean to harp or badger but you documentation that you have about MySQL and OO seems a little out of date. Maybe I just need some sleep. However I am using OO-2.0 and I am trying to connect to a MySQL database that I have, I just want to bring the data into a spread sheet. Anyways the documentation that is supplied is for a) windows or b) OO version 1.0. Now as I try to follow the instructions in 1.0 I have to stop because the setup is not the same, I don't have what they show in the screen shots. I do not have a way to access a data source with an odbc connection from calc. Now that I think about it I downloaded and installed FC5 which installed OO but I have everything but base. is that normal? and can I just download base? I couldn't find a seperate download for base on the website. Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] An idea for menu entry File/Recent Documents
Hi When all's said you're fighting the fact the recent documents list is a MRU (simplest programming model) while actual user needs are quite different (for example an accounting sheet may be opened every month, so even if other files have been opened more recently it should stick in the list). So an ideal list would be closely tailored to each user habits. I suspect assigning weights to the various parameters (last open time, number of accesses, current OO.o shell) and using some sort of bayesian algorithm (trained with actual uses of the list) might work best. Regards, -- Nicolas Mailhot - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Open Office Premium
Stupid question here. Is this product part of the OO.o roadmap or a completely externally maintained product? I have noted quite an increase in premium questions on the user list and the answer to this question settles for me whether they are noise or signal. -- Michael Those that can, do; those that can't, teach. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] An idea for menu entry File/Recent Documents
You may well be correct, AFAIK. Your comments will give the developers an alternative approach. (To take the optimistic view that there is a point to making any comments.) For myself, I don't trust a formula for weighting. Different factors weigh differently with different users. If the user has an array of options, the user, in effect, assigns weight to various factors by the choices made. Nicolas Mailhot wrote: Hi When all's said you're fighting the fact the recent documents list is a MRU (simplest programming model) while actual user needs are quite different (for example an accounting sheet may be opened every month, so even if other files have been opened more recently it should stick in the list). So an ideal list would be closely tailored to each user habits. I suspect assigning weights to the various parameters (last open time, number of accesses, current OO.o shell) and using some sort of bayesian algorithm (trained with actual uses of the list) might work best. -- If you're seeking, check out http://www.rci.org.au Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [interface-discuss] UNO representation for BmpColorMode
Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote: Also, even if it would, I would be highly reluctant to burden the component with the evaluate the background color and decide which image to use-thing. I consider this a heuristics which works well internally, but I wouldn't impose this on every component which is ever going to provide some image. What if next year, we decide that the usage of high-contrast images really depends on some OS-provided High Contrast-flag instead? The fact that there are no such things. The only flag there is is on windows and its actual meaning is that it switches between two sets of themes, not that high contrast is on. So, yes, I think I really really need it :) So what about asking Application::GetSettings().GetWindowColor().IsDark() ? Just a thought, pl -- If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime. -- Author unknown - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Open Office Premium
Michael Adams wrote: Stupid question here. Is this product part of the OO.o roadmap or a completely externally maintained product? Open Office Premium is indeed an externally maintained product. It is based on OpenOffice.org, but it includes a lot of templates, clip-art, and other extras not part of the official OOo package. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Confussed
On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:31:45 -0500, Dave Sherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I don't mean to harp or badger but you documentation that you have about MySQL and OO seems a little out of date. Maybe I just need some sleep. However I am using OO-2.0 and I am trying to connect to a MySQL database that I have, I just want to bring the data into a spread sheet. Anyways the documentation that is supplied is for a) windows or b) OO version 1.0. Now as I try to follow the instructions in 1.0 I have to stop because the setup is not the same, I don't have what they show in the screen shots. I do not have a way to access a data source with an odbc connection from calc. Now that I think about it I downloaded and installed FC5 which installed OO but I have everything but base. is that normal? and can I just download base? I couldn't find a seperate download for base on the website. Dave Hi Dave, yes we do need more volunteers to update the manuals that previous volunteers gave to us. We have some updated spanish manuals on OOo 2.0 (with Base). Here is my experience, I have had many issues understanding odbc under linux and I end up giving up on unix-ODBC unfortunately I didnt find the resources to make it work on Linux. I did tried JDBC which is supplied under the mysql-connector-JDBC this work flawlessly as long as I have the JRE running, I tried it with SUN's and Blackdown and they both work pretty good. -- Alexandro Colorado Grupo de Usuarios Linux Tabasco http://www.gultab.org OpenOffice.org Community Contact // Mexico http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Open Office Premium
Hi Michael, Michael Adams wrote: Stupid question here. Is this product part of the OO.o roadmap or a completely externally maintained product? I have noted quite an increase in premium questions on the user list and the answer to this question settles for me whether they are noise or signal. If you look at the dev@marketing.openoffice.org archives, you'll find very recent discussions and research about how to co-operate as close as possible :-) Greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws Done a test ride and want to investigate the car? http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/schedule.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] An idea for menu entry File/Recent Documents
Hello, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: When all's said you're fighting the fact the recent documents list is a MRU (simplest programming model) while actual user needs are quite different (for example an accounting sheet may be opened every month, so even if other files have been opened more recently it should stick in the list). So an ideal list would be closely tailored to each user habits. I suspect [...] A possible mistake is that we want to do all the work, that the OS already makes possible for us. For files that I need regularly, I group links in a separate folder. Click click, and there you are. Regards, Cor -- Cor Nouws Done a test ride and want to investigate the car? http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/schedule.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Enhancement to Word: Difficnary
Hi- I started keeping track of words that I knew not the meaning of back in my university days of 1959. And slowly I kept adding more words as the years passed. It was a laborious task of using a loose leaf notebook. But with the advent of computers and me buying a laptop in 1998, the task became more productive. And, thus, I now have a small! dictionary of only difficult words: Difficnary (copyright). Using any Word program, I find certain limitations. The Thesaurus option does NOT give word meanings. Nor can I search for a word knowing only its partial meaning. And it lacks many difficult words and foreign phrases. So, after editing my growing Difficnary to just one line meanings, I started to use the Word FIND command to search for words or meanings in Difficnary itself. This method and Difficnary could be an addition to any electronic Word application. For example: if one has an electronic copy of Difficnary and uses the Edit command FIND, then one can seek on a key meaning (e.g., slave) and find its words whose one-line definition includes slave: chattel -n. slave; bondsman; belongings coffle -n. a slave caravan esne-n. a domestic slave helot -n. slave; serf manumission -n. formal liberation of a slave manumit -v. to release from slavery; to free as a slave thrall -n. a slave; bondman Ive also included in Difficnary many mythology god names and foreign phrases that caught my interest. I am not a programmer, but I think it would be easy to add (for free) Difficnary word base to your Word product: a Find-by-Meaning. And its word base could be expanded as users themselves add more words with one-line definitions. Any interest? John S j*s __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Enhancement to Word: Difficnary
This may be a good project to reffer to since has the information for creating a dictionary; http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/ On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:39:55 -0500, j*s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi- I started keeping track of words that I knew not the meaning of back in my university days of 1959. And slowly I kept adding more words as the years passed. It was a laborious task of using a loose leaf notebook. But with the advent of computers and me buying a laptop in 1998, the task became more productive. And, thus, I now have a small! dictionary of only difficult words: Difficnary (copyright). Using any Word program, I find certain limitations. The Thesaurus option does NOT give word meanings. Nor can I search for a word knowing only its partial meaning. And it lacks many difficult words and foreign phrases. So, after editing my growing Difficnary to just one line meanings, I started to use the Word FIND command to search for words or meanings in Difficnary itself. This method and Difficnary could be an addition to any electronic Word application. For example: if one has an electronic copy of Difficnary and uses the Edit command FIND, then one can seek on a key meaning (e.g., “slave”) and find its words whose one-line definition includes “slave”: chattel -n. slave; bondsman; belongings coffle -n. a slave caravan esne-n. a domestic slave helot -n. slave; serf manumission -n. formal liberation of a slave manumit -v. to release from slavery; to free as a slave thrall -n. a slave; bondman I’ve also included in Difficnary many mythology god names and foreign phrases that caught my interest. I am not a programmer, but I think it would be easy to add (for free) Difficnary word base to your Word product: a Find-by-Meaning. And its word base could be expanded as users themselves add more words with one-line definitions. Any interest? John S j*s __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Alexandro Colorado Grupo de Usuarios Linux Tabasco http://www.gultab.org OpenOffice.org Community Contact // Mexico http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Enhancement to Word: Difficnary
Forwarding your offer and suggestion to the lingucomponent project. If you join the list there, you will find a group interested in dictionaries; programmers and others. The URL for the list is on this page: http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/index.html saludos, Richard. j*s wrote: Hi- I started keeping track of words that I knew not the meaning of back in my university days of 1959. And slowly I kept adding more words as the years passed. It was a laborious task of using a loose leaf notebook. But with the advent of computers and me buying a laptop in 1998, the task became more productive. And, thus, I now have a small! dictionary of only difficult words: Difficnary (copyright). Using any Word program, I find certain limitations. The Thesaurus option does NOT give word meanings. Nor can I search for a word knowing only its partial meaning. And it lacks many difficult words and foreign phrases. So, after editing my growing Difficnary to just one line meanings, I started to use the Word FIND command to search for words or meanings in Difficnary itself. This method and Difficnary could be an addition to any electronic Word application. For example: if one has an electronic copy of Difficnary and uses the Edit command FIND, then one can seek on a key meaning (e.g., “slave”) and find its words whose one-line definition includes “slave”: chattel -n. slave; bondsman; belongings coffle -n. a slave caravan esne-n. a domestic slave helot -n. slave; serf manumission -n. formal liberation of a slave manumit -v. to release from slavery; to free as a slave thrall -n. a slave; bondman I’ve also included in Difficnary many mythology god names and foreign phrases that caught my interest. I am not a programmer, but I think it would be easy to add (for free) Difficnary word base to your Word product: a Find-by-Meaning. And its word base could be expanded as users themselves add more words with one-line definitions. Any interest? John S j*s - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Paul Maddison - openoffice phonetic guide enhancement
I have used openoffice.org over several versions and I think it is a good development The only thing that keeps me using Microsoft Word is the Phonetic Guide for Japanese. When I write Kanji (Japanese characters derived from China) I can click on the phonetic guide icon and a list of suggested phonetic characters appear that are accurate about 97% of the time. This feature really speeds up my work. Openoffice.org text writer has a phonetic guide but no suggestion appears. If the software could include this feature I would be able to convert completely to Openoffice.org writer and so would several of the people I research with: especially because there is a portable version that can be carried around in a USB chip (pendrive). Paul Maddison Australia
RE: [discuss] Paul Maddison - openoffice phonetic guide enhancement
You might consider investing the money that would otherwise be spend on upgrading MS office on hiring a consulting programmer to implement this feature. Also if enough people collaborate on providing the raw information needed for the guide then it may be implemented sooner. Try contacting the OO.o localization team for the Japanese language as they will understand the difficulties of implementing such a guide. If enough small and medium sized businesses sponsor specific features in the way that WordPerfect filters were sponsored the progress of Oo.o will be significantly improved. -Original Message- From: Paul Maddison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 8 September 2006 8:55 AM To: discuss@openoffice.org Subject: [discuss] Paul Maddison - openoffice phonetic guide enhancement I have used openoffice.org over several versions and I think it is a good development The only thing that keeps me using Microsoft Word is the Phonetic Guide for Japanese. When I write Kanji (Japanese characters derived from China) I can click on the phonetic guide icon and a list of suggested phonetic characters appear that are accurate about 97% of the time. This feature really speeds up my work. Openoffice.org text writer has a phonetic guide but no suggestion appears. If the software could include this feature I would be able to convert completely to Openoffice.org writer and so would several of the people I research with: especially because there is a portable version that can be carried around in a USB chip (pendrive). Paul Maddison Australia - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
