[users] Re: need help in email
Hello Ed, On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:44:13 -0400 Ed Faris shalho...@comcast.net wrote: when i type a document in OOo.org writer and convert it to Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (doc) And send it in my outlookexpress email program, no one can read it. Can you describe in more detail, how you converted your document? Did you write it and then went to File Save as...? Also, did you choose Word 97/2000/2003 as the wanted file format? And is the Automatic file extension set? (This is just a checkbox in the same dialog window, it must be checked!) AFAIK, Windows needs this extension, otherwise it can't decide what kind of file it is you're giving to it. what am I doing wrong? Hm, not sure what you're doing wrong, since I don't know exactly what you're doing. ;) Please help!! P.S. I did delete from the desktop and older version of OOo.org (en2.X ?)and that is when this problem started. What do you mean here? Did you just delet the file / icon? Or did you use the Add/Remove Software feature from Windows? To remove a program you can't just delete the icon, you'll have to use the Remove Software function, otherwise you'll get into some trouble. Do you still have the file in you wastebasket? If yes, then you could just undo the deletion and uninstall it properly. If you've emptied your wastebasket already, then I'm afraid you'll have to use a so called registry cleaaner to remove all the remains from the not properly deleted OpenOffice.org installation. I really need help and have used the comm forum for a couple hours, bu haven't bee able to see any solution thansk, thanks, and thanks. You're welcome. Sigrid -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: PDF problemen
Op 21 april 2011 13:49 heeft Rene Vanden Driessche rene.vanden.driess...@telenet.be het volgende geschreven: Kan ik van een PDF doc. een Open Office doc. maken. De scanner heeft onmiddellijk een PDF doc. gemaakt en ik krijg het wel open , maar het zijn allerlei lettertjes die op het scherm komen, maar niet de juiste mvg Rene Vanden Driessche Dag Rene, This is an English language users group. Please use the English language or go to gebruik...@nl.openoffice.org for the Dutch speaking users group (see also users groups at www.libreoffice.org). OP has problems opening PDFs in OOo. De bedoeling van een PDF is dat je een document hebt dat 'af' is en dat je bv. mee kan dragen (portable) om elders af te drukken. Het is dus niet echt de bedoeling dat je er gaat aan sleutelen. Dit gezegd zijnde... kan je er natuurlijk wel aan sleutelen. Sommige PDFs kan je gewoon tekst selecteren, kopiëren en plakken in een OOo/LibO document. Bij andere PDFs lukt dat niet - hangt er blijkbaar vanaf hoe ze gemaakt/bewaard werden? Met een extensie kan je PDFs importeren in OOo Draw: http://www.oooninja.com/2008/06/pdf-import-hybrid-odf-pdfs-extension-30.html http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport Je kan dan naar hartelust knippen en plakken - hoop ik. Succes ermee! -- Guy using LibO 3.3.2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Snow Leopard -- please reply only to us...@libreoffice.org / users@openoffice.org -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: need help in email
Ed Faris wrote: when i type a document in OOo.org writer and convert it to Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (doc) And send it in my outlookexpress email program, no one can read it. what am I doing wrong? How are you converting to doc? Are you just renaming the extension? If so, that will not work. The file has to be saved in doc format. Since you're emailing the document, you can click on File Send E-mail as Microsoft Word. -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Problem inserting graphics into a Writer document
I'm writing a development guide and I use a lot of screenshots. I use Insert-Picture-From File... to insert these screenshots. Often when I do so I get multiple blank pages before the screenshot, and sometimes the screenshot ends up appearing on top of another screenshot. Sometimes I can get the situation to correct itself by selecting the screenshot and then pressing the left arrow key on the keyboard (which appears to move the image a small amount - 1/2 inch? - to the left), followed by pressing the right arrow key on the keyboard. Sometimes, though, I have to play around with adding/removing text until suddenly the layout magically fixes itself. I searched Bugzilla for an issue like this and couldn't find one. I tried to add an issue, which required creating an account, but the account creation process failed. 1) Has anyone else seen this? Are there known reliable workarounds? 2) What's the story with the Bugzilla page and account creation? Using: OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 OOO330m20 (Build: 9567) MacOS X 10.6.7 java version 1.6.0_24 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07-334-10M3326) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02-334, mixed mode) -- Rick Genter rgen...@interactions.net *** This e-mail and any of its attachments may contain Interactions Corporation proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to the Interactions Corporation. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. Thank You. *** -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Problem inserting graphics into a Writer document
On 4/28/2011 11:29 AM, Rick Genter wrote: I'm writing a development guide and I use a lot of screenshots. I use Insert-Picture- From File... to insert these screenshots. Often when I do so I get multiple blank pages before the screenshot, and sometimes the screenshot ends up appearing on top of another screenshot. Sometimes I can get the situation to correct itself by selecting the screenshot and then pressing the left arrow key on the keyboard (which appears to move the image a small amount - 1/2 inch? - to the left), followed by pressing the right arrow key on the keyboard. Sometimes, though, I have to play around with adding/removing text until suddenly the layout magically fixes itself. I searched Bugzilla for an issue like this and couldn't find one. I tried to add an issue, which required creating an account, but the account creation process failed. 1) Has anyone else seen this? Are there known reliable workarounds? 2) What's the story with the Bugzilla page and account creation? Using: OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 OOO330m20 (Build: 9567) MacOS X 10.6.7 java version 1.6.0_24 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07-334-10M3326) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02-334, mixed mode) -- Rick Genter rgen...@interactions.net Check the anchoring for each picture. Change the anchoring to get the setup you need. Look in 'HELP' and type 'anchors' in search term, then choose 'options'. Good luck! Tom -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal), Roman Poet, late 1st, early 2nd century AD (Who will protect us from the protectors?) -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Problem inserting graphics into a Writer document
On Apr 28, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Tom Bell wrote: Check the anchoring for each picture. Change the anchoring to get the setup you need. Look in 'HELP' and type 'anchors' in search term, then choose 'options'. Good luck! Hi Tom, Thanks. Each picture was anchored using To Paragraph. I changed the anchoring to be As Character and the document now flows as expected. Is there a way to make the default anchoring be As Character? Thanks again. Rick -- Rick Genter rgen...@interactions.net *** This e-mail and any of its attachments may contain Interactions Corporation proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to the Interactions Corporation. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. Thank You. *** -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] OOo Writer: Assigning short-cut keys to user-created (custom) not possible?
Hi, all. When I tried to assign short-cut keys to some custom styles i'd created (via Tools-Customize-Keyboard), not only did the shortcuts not work, but the styles were actually wiped off the list. Does this mean that one cannot assign shortcut keys to trigger custom-made styles? Any help will be greatly appreciated. john herron _ Linux Kubuntu Lucid / Mint 9 xfce 2.6.32-21 generic OpenOffice v 3.2.0 (m12-Bld 9483) -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Small page
I used OpenOffice 3.2 after installing 3.3 and writhing several pages. The screen shows all pages at once. I have only one hand so it is slow to write. I have searched to try and find out why it dose this. I would like it to show only the page I am writing and scroll to the other pages if necessary. Can you help please. Regards Peter Howatson. -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] open office - help
helo i am liat dayan and doownload open ofice . i am so greatfull on this . thank you . i need help to make thing acept write letter - like to make calender . to make a list of my client and evrything ...and i dont know how to do it i will be happy to get from you some help pleas give me a telephone number - i prefer to talk to someone thank you liat dayan 0542175204 -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: What is openoffice.org-ure?
Hello John, On Wednesday 27 April 2011, 23:08, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.2.1 (OOO320m18 (Build 9502) on Fedora 14 x86_64. This is the version I downloaded from OOo, not the version in the Fedora repos. I do not wish to upgrade it. After installing it I added: exclude=openoffice.org* To /etc/yum.conf. This stopped the Software Update utility from constantly telling me there was a (supposedly) newer version available. All has been lovely in Fedora-land. But today Software Update announced that: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) Is available. I am perplexed why my exclude statement did not work on this package, but I added: exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* To the /etc/yum.conf file anyway. However, it had no effect. Software Update still stubbornly insists that I must install this update. openoffice.org-ure- is the a wrong package name, it won't match when excluding. The following line works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[users] Re: Problem inserting graphics into a Writer document
On 4/28/2011 12:27 PM, Rick Genter wrote: On Apr 28, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Tom Bell wrote: Check the anchoring for each picture. Change the anchoring to get the setup you need. Look in 'HELP' and type 'anchors' in search term, then choose 'options'. Good luck! Hi Tom, Thanks. Each picture was anchored using To Paragraph. I changed the anchoring to be As Character and the document now flows as expected. Is there a way to make the default anchoring be As Character? Thanks again. Rick -- Rick Genter rgen...@interactions.net Unfortunately, not to my knowledge. I have found nothing that allows changing the default. Someone else on the list may know, so wait a short while to see if anyone responds with a method. Tom -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal), Roman Poet, late 1st, early 2nd century AD (Who will protect us from the protectors?) -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Small page
On 4/28/2011 12:48 PM, Peter Howatson wrote: I used OpenOffice 3.2 after installing 3.3 and writhing several pages. The screen shows all pages at once. I have only one hand so it is slow to write. I have searched to try and find out why it dose this. I would like it to show only the page I am writing and scroll to the other pages if necessary. Can you help please. Regards Peter Howatson. I would say go to view-zoom-optimal or the option of your choice. Good luck! Tom -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal), Roman Poet, late 1st, early 2nd century AD (Who will protect us from the protectors?) -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: creating charts from base (oo3.3 - Linux)
hugh wrote: Hi, I am trying to create some charts using queries from base. Can someone please suggest a good method. Eventually I need to put the charts into a writer document, but I cannot seee how to link the data to writer, or form the charts once I have! Initially I tried to put the charts into a base report but I could not see any functionality in there to create charts. I have tried to link the query into calc and create the charts there, but I cannot set up a link. I have been able to copy the output of the queries into calc and do the charts, but I would really like them to update dynamically as I change the queries. Can anyone make a suggestion please? TIA Hugh http://openoffice.org/projects/documentation/downloads/directory/Base/Mid% 20level%20Base%20tutorial What you need is to add the Oracle Report Builder extension to OOo. Tools Extension Manager will open the Extension Manager dialog. You can do the things you want to do and probably more also. The documentation for this extension is Sun Report Builder/Documentation. You might have to do a web search for this. Recently, Oracle took over Sun Microsystem renaming this extension from Sun Report Builder to Oracle Report Builder. Dan Hi Dan, Sorry about the time to respond. I have read much of the tutorial and installed the report builder. Thank you it looks good, However I am having some trouble using it. Can anyone suggest further documentation or guidance on using it? I am particularly using the charts, which seem to be treated as a minor part in the documentation I can find. Thanks all, Hugh -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: What is openoffice.org-ure?
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:24:01 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: On Wednesday 27 April 2011, 23:08, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.2.1 (OOO320m18 (Build 9502) on Fedora 14 x86_64. This is the version I downloaded from OOo, not the version in the Fedora repos. I do not wish to upgrade it. After installing it I added: exclude=openoffice.org* To /etc/yum.conf. This stopped the Software Update utility from constantly telling me there was a (supposedly) newer version available. All has been lovely in Fedora-land. But today Software Update announced that: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) Is available. I am perplexed why my exclude statement did not work on this package, but I added: exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* openoffice.org-ure- is the a wrong package name, it won't match when excluding. The following line works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure Thanks for the suggestion, but it still does not exclude the package. I have tried: exclude=openoffice.org-ure exclude=openoffice.org-ure* exclude=openoffice.org-ure- exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* exclude=openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) In addition to the original exclude line that has been there for a long time: exclude=openoffice.org* And the Software Update utility still shows: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) As available for update. -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: What is openoffice.org-ure?
Hello John, On Thursday 28 April 2011, 20:09, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:24:01 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: On Wednesday 27 April 2011, 23:08, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.2.1 (OOO320m18 (Build 9502) on Fedora 14 x86_64. This is the version I downloaded from OOo, not the version in the Fedora repos. I do not wish to upgrade it. After installing it I added: exclude=openoffice.org* To /etc/yum.conf. This stopped the Software Update utility from constantly telling me there was a (supposedly) newer version available. All has been lovely in Fedora-land. But today Software Update announced that: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) Is available. I am perplexed why my exclude statement did not work on this package, but I added: exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* openoffice.org-ure- is the a wrong package name, it won't match when excluding. The following line works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure Thanks for the suggestion, but it still does not exclude the package. I have tried: exclude=openoffice.org-ure exclude=openoffice.org-ure* exclude=openoffice.org-ure- exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* exclude=openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) In addition to the original exclude line that has been there for a long time: exclude=openoffice.org* And the Software Update utility still shows: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) As available for update. this is quite strange, I only have this line and works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure on the PC, where I install dev-builds (3.4), and the ure package is the only one that conflicts in version mumber. On the notebook I have this line only: exclude=openoffice* and also works fine (Fedora 14, OOo 3.3). Try if it works leaving only that line. Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[users] Re: What is openoffice.org-ure?
I've tried unsubscribing to this e-mailing list at least five times. Now I'm just going to reply to everyone on everything. I'm sure that if I make a big enough pest of myself someone will take me off the list. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 28, 2011, at 6:25 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello John, On Thursday 28 April 2011, 20:09, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:24:01 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: On Wednesday 27 April 2011, 23:08, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.2.1 (OOO320m18 (Build 9502) on Fedora 14 x86_64. This is the version I downloaded from OOo, not the version in the Fedora repos. I do not wish to upgrade it. After installing it I added: exclude=openoffice.org* To /etc/yum.conf. This stopped the Software Update utility from constantly telling me there was a (supposedly) newer version available. All has been lovely in Fedora-land. But today Software Update announced that: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) Is available. I am perplexed why my exclude statement did not work on this package, but I added: exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* openoffice.org-ure- is the a wrong package name, it won't match when excluding. The following line works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure Thanks for the suggestion, but it still does not exclude the package. I have tried: exclude=openoffice.org-ure exclude=openoffice.org-ure* exclude=openoffice.org-ure- exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* exclude=openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) In addition to the original exclude line that has been there for a long time: exclude=openoffice.org* And the Software Update utility still shows: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) As available for update. this is quite strange, I only have this line and works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure on the PC, where I install dev-builds (3.4), and the ure package is the only one that conflicts in version mumber. On the notebook I have this line only: exclude=openoffice* and also works fine (Fedora 14, OOo 3.3). Try if it works leaving only that line. Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: What is openoffice.org-ure?
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:25:47 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: Hello John, On Thursday 28 April 2011, 20:09, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:24:01 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: On Wednesday 27 April 2011, 23:08, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.2.1 (OOO320m18 (Build 9502) on Fedora 14 x86_64. This is the version I downloaded from OOo, not the version in the Fedora repos. I do not wish to upgrade it. After installing it I added: exclude=openoffice.org* To /etc/yum.conf. This stopped the Software Update utility from constantly telling me there was a (supposedly) newer version available. All has been lovely in Fedora-land. But today Software Update announced that: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) Is available. I am perplexed why my exclude statement did not work on this package, but I added: exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* openoffice.org-ure- is the a wrong package name, it won't match when excluding. The following line works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure Thanks for the suggestion, but it still does not exclude the package. I have tried: exclude=openoffice.org-ure exclude=openoffice.org-ure* exclude=openoffice.org-ure- exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* exclude=openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) In addition to the original exclude line that has been there for a long time: exclude=openoffice.org* And the Software Update utility still shows: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) As available for update. this is quite strange, I only have this line and works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure on the PC, where I install dev-builds (3.4), and the ure package is the only one that conflicts in version mumber. On the notebook I have this line only: exclude=openoffice* and also works fine (Fedora 14, OOo 3.3). Try if it works leaving only that line. OK, I am figuring something out here, except I'm not sure exactly how it works. Apparently the /etc/yum.conf file can contain only a certain number of exclude lines, and maybe they have to be in a certain order. Or something. I actually have two things I want to exclude: One is anything relating to OOo, and the other is anything related to VLGothic fonts (for Japanese). I've tried all kinds of exclude lines, and no combination can seem to exclude everything. For years I had just: exclude=openoffice.org* Then I added just a few days ago: exclude=VLGothic-fonts-* After adding the VLGothic line is when the Software Update GUI started showing me the openoffice.org-ure package. My current theory is that it reads only the last exclude line and disregards all exclude lines before it. Here is the exact total of my /etc/yum.conf file: --- [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum keepcache=0 debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log exactarch=1 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1 plugins=1 installonly_limit=3 # This is the default, if you make this bigger yum won't see if the metadata # is newer on the remote and so you'll gain the bandwidth of not having to # download the new metadata and pay for it by yum not having correct # information. # It is esp. important, to have correct metadata, for distributions like # Fedora which don't keep old packages around. If you don't like this checking # interupting your command line usage, it's much better to have something # manually check the metadata once an hour (yum-updatesd will do this). # metadata_expire=90m # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo # in /etc/yum.repos.d #exclude=openoffice.org* #exclude=openoffice.org-ure* #exclude=openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) #exclude=VLGothic-fonts-* exclude=openoffice* exclude=VLGothic* --- And with the above settings the Software Update utility presents me with the openoffice.org-ure package, but not the VLGothic fonts package. If I reverse the last two exclude lines it shows me the VLGothic fonts package, but not the openoffice.org-ure package. So perhaps there is a bug in the way the Software Update utility reads the file, or in Yum, or someplace. Or maybe I need to change a setting somewhere to make it respect all the exclude lines. Or something else is wrong. At this point I think I need to take this to the Fedora forums, but if anyone can shed any light on the way the exclude lines work in /etc/yum.conf, I'd be delighted to know. -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: What is openoffice.org-ure?
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 28, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Mike Sokey mikewritesgoo...@hotmail.com wrote: I've tried unsubscribing to this e-mailing list at least five times. Now I'm just going to reply to everyone on everything. I'm sure that if I make a big enough pest of myself someone will take me off the list. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 28, 2011, at 6:25 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello John, On Thursday 28 April 2011, 20:09, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:24:01 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: On Wednesday 27 April 2011, 23:08, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.2.1 (OOO320m18 (Build 9502) on Fedora 14 x86_64. This is the version I downloaded from OOo, not the version in the Fedora repos. I do not wish to upgrade it. After installing it I added: exclude=openoffice.org* To /etc/yum.conf. This stopped the Software Update utility from constantly telling me there was a (supposedly) newer version available. All has been lovely in Fedora-land. But today Software Update announced that: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) Is available. I am perplexed why my exclude statement did not work on this package, but I added: exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* openoffice.org-ure- is the a wrong package name, it won't match when excluding. The following line works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure Thanks for the suggestion, but it still does not exclude the package. I have tried: exclude=openoffice.org-ure exclude=openoffice.org-ure* exclude=openoffice.org-ure- exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* exclude=openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) In addition to the original exclude line that has been there for a long time: exclude=openoffice.org* And the Software Update utility still shows: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) As available for update. this is quite strange, I only have this line and works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure on the PC, where I install dev-builds (3.4), and the ure package is the only one that conflicts in version mumber. On the notebook I have this line only: exclude=openoffice* and also works fine (Fedora 14, OOo 3.3). Try if it works leaving only that line. Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: What is openoffice.org-ure?
Hello John, On Thursday 28 April 2011, 22:48, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:25:47 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: Hello John, On Thursday 28 April 2011, 20:09, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:24:01 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: On Wednesday 27 April 2011, 23:08, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.2.1 (OOO320m18 (Build 9502) on Fedora 14 x86_64. This is the version I downloaded from OOo, not the version in the Fedora repos. I do not wish to upgrade it. After installing it I added: exclude=openoffice.org* To /etc/yum.conf. This stopped the Software Update utility from constantly telling me there was a (supposedly) newer version available. All has been lovely in Fedora-land. But today Software Update announced that: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) Is available. I am perplexed why my exclude statement did not work on this package, but I added: exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* openoffice.org-ure- is the a wrong package name, it won't match when excluding. The following line works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure Thanks for the suggestion, but it still does not exclude the package. I have tried: exclude=openoffice.org-ure exclude=openoffice.org-ure* exclude=openoffice.org-ure- exclude=openoffice.org-ure-* exclude=openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) In addition to the original exclude line that has been there for a long time: exclude=openoffice.org* And the Software Update utility still shows: openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) As available for update. this is quite strange, I only have this line and works fine: exclude=openoffice.org-ure on the PC, where I install dev-builds (3.4), and the ure package is the only one that conflicts in version mumber. On the notebook I have this line only: exclude=openoffice* and also works fine (Fedora 14, OOo 3.3). Try if it works leaving only that line. OK, I am figuring something out here, except I'm not sure exactly how it works. Apparently the /etc/yum.conf file can contain only a certain number of exclude lines, and maybe they have to be in a certain order. Or something. I actually have two things I want to exclude: One is anything relating to OOo, and the other is anything related to VLGothic fonts (for Japanese). I've tried all kinds of exclude lines, and no combination can seem to exclude everything. For years I had just: exclude=openoffice.org* Then I added just a few days ago: exclude=VLGothic-fonts-* After adding the VLGothic line is when the Software Update GUI started showing me the openoffice.org-ure package. My current theory is that it reads only the last exclude line and disregards all exclude lines before it. Here is the exact total of my /etc/yum.conf file: --- [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum keepcache=0 debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log exactarch=1 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1 plugins=1 installonly_limit=3 # This is the default, if you make this bigger yum won't see if the metadata # is newer on the remote and so you'll gain the bandwidth of not having to # download the new metadata and pay for it by yum not having correct # information. # It is esp. important, to have correct metadata, for distributions like # Fedora which don't keep old packages around. If you don't like this checking # interupting your command line usage, it's much better to have something # manually check the metadata once an hour (yum-updatesd will do this). # metadata_expire=90m # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo # in /etc/yum.repos.d #exclude=openoffice.org* #exclude=openoffice.org-ure* #exclude=openoffice.org-ure-1:3.3.3.0-20.5.fc14(x86_64) #exclude=VLGothic-fonts-* exclude=openoffice* exclude=VLGothic* --- And with the above settings the Software Update utility presents me with the openoffice.org-ure package, but not the VLGothic fonts package. If I reverse the last two exclude lines it shows me the VLGothic fonts package, but not the openoffice.org-ure package. So perhaps there is a bug in the way the Software Update utility reads the file, or in Yum, or someplace. Or maybe I need to change a setting somewhere to make it respect all the exclude lines. Or something else is wrong. At this point I think I need to take this to the Fedora forums, but if anyone can shed any light on the way the exclude lines work in /etc/yum.conf, I'd be delighted to know. try man yum.conf exclude List of packages to exclude from updates or installs. This should be a space separated list. Shell globs using wildcards (eg. * and ?) are allowed. notice the space separated list. So yours should be exclude=openoffice* VLGothic* Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata,
[users] Re: (SOLVED) Re: What is openoffice.org-ure?
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:07:49 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com dijo: At this point I think I need to take this to the Fedora forums, but if anyone can shed any light on the way the exclude lines work in /etc/yum.conf, I'd be delighted to know. try man yum.conf exclude List of packages to exclude from updates or installs. This should be a space separated list. Shell globs using wildcards (eg. * and ?) are allowed. notice the space separated list. So yours should be exclude=openoffice* VLGothic* That worked! I didn't know there was a man page for yum.conf. Thanks for figuring it out for me! -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
