Re: [tdf-discuss] Install path for LibreOffice under Windows

2013-03-11 Thread Andras Timar
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Pedro wrote: > > So my question is: is there any reason that LibreOffice under Windows does > not install to \LibreOffice\? > Not really. AFAIK it is just a legacy setting. Default install location can be changed either from installer UI, or by the INSTALLLOCATION p

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Joel Madero
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Charles-H. Schulz < charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Jim, > > I do not know who made these assertions to this entity, however it is > really important to understand that it was not the Document > Foundation. We have never been in contact with such pa

Re: [tdf-discuss] Experimental UI for LibreOffice proposal

2013-03-11 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> I'm working on a proposal for building an experimental new LibreOffice > toolbar / UI in Python: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:KeithCu Err, I would like to point out the fact that trying to emulate MS in any way is always a B-A-D idea. Especially, but not limited to GUI ergonomics,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Scripting for LibreOffice

2013-03-11 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> While working on my wiki page about a new Writer toolbar, I realized > that independently of my proposal, I believe it makes sense for > LibreOffice to prefer Python. I see how LO is heading in this > direction, but you could be explicit about it, create more workitems, > perhaps track it like yo

Re: [tdf-discuss] Macro Difficulties

2013-03-11 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Charles, *, On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Charles Jenkins wrote: > dim dummy() ' Empty array of parameters > > starDesktop = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop") > url = ConvertToUrl( ExcelPath ) > doc = starDesktop.loadComponentFromURL( url, "_blank", 0, dummy )

Re: [tdf-discuss] Google Summer of Code 2013

2013-03-11 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Immanuel, On 11/03/2013 16:13, Immanuel Giulea wrote: > Hello, > > There is one week left to the deadline to apply for GSoC 2013 > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013 > > Are there any plans to send an application for TDF and LibreOffice ? Information can be found here

[tdf-discuss] Google Summer of Code 2013

2013-03-11 Thread Immanuel Giulea
Hello, There is one week left to the deadline to apply for GSoC 2013 http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013 Are there any plans to send an application for TDF and LibreOffice ? Immanuel -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? ht

Re: [tdf-discuss] Macro Difficulties

2013-03-11 Thread Charles Jenkins
I'm making some progress. Here's my code so far: == Public Sub OpenExcelFile(excelPath As String) Attempt1: on error goto Fail1 ' The Excel method that doesn't work ' under LO, and which I don't own copyright to exit sub Fail1: resume Attempt2 Attempt2:

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Jim, I do not know who made these assertions to this entity, however it is really important to understand that it was not the Document Foundation. We have never been in contact with such parties. Let me stress again that it is necessary for this entity to contact us directly. Thanks, Charles.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Jim Jagielski
As stated, they contacted me because they had been told that such licensing was not accepted to BOTH parties, not just one. This should have been clear from my 1st post. That is why I asked both parties. On Mar 11, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > Hello Jim, > > There's something

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Jim Jagielski
Can someone from TDF confirm Simon's statement. If so, then I will point people to that email and we'll be done. On Mar 11, 2013, at 10:00 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > exhaustively, yes, but not concretely. The exhaustive reply > boils

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Jim, There's something quite wrong in this conversation. Some entity -a corporation or a government- has approached you and asked you questions on how to contribute to LibreOffice (by the way, please be so kind as using the term "LibreOffice" and not "LO"). As the Chairman of the Apache So

Re: [tdf-discuss] Scripting for LibreOffice

2013-03-11 Thread Keith Curtis
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Charles Jenkins wrote: > I'm with you on the UI design, Keith. The way software looks influences how > people perceive its capability, and LO looks like something from the 90's. I > like your design because it's attractive, yet leaves the menus in place for > th

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > exhaustively, yes, but not concretely. The exhaustive reply > boils down to "it depends", which is really no answer at > all. Furthermore, it implies that the simply inclusion of > the alv2 as part of the license suite *does* change > the dy

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Jim Jagielski
exhaustively, yes, but not concretely. The exhaustive reply boils down to "it depends", which is really no answer at all. Furthermore, it implies that the simply inclusion of the alv2 as part of the license suite *does* change the dynamic, since something provided under mpl-lgplv3 as not handed the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Macro Difficulties

2013-03-11 Thread Charles Jenkins
Thank you, everyone who offered help with my macro problem in trying to make a worksheet that will open another file as a worksheet. With the live doc link, I found what I think I need and altered the existing macro to try the Excel way first, then with the help of ON ERROR GOTO, try to open t

Re: [tdf-discuss] Scripting for LibreOffice

2013-03-11 Thread Keith Curtis
Hi; On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: > Hi Keith, > > On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 16:16 -0800, Keith Curtis wrote: >> I see how LO is heading in this direction, but you could be >> explicit about it, create more workitems, > > There always plenty of work-items and opinions;

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Simon Phipps
Since you answered a different question and continue to allege your question has not been answered, I will ask again: How could you infer *from any earlier answer* that triple-licensed contributions would be inherently refused as you allege? Like Andrew Pitonyak and Jonathon Blake I read exactly t

Re: [tdf-discuss] Scripting for LibreOffice

2013-03-11 Thread Charles Jenkins
I'm with you on the UI design, Keith. The way software looks influences how people perceive its capability, and LO looks like something from the 90's. I like your design because it's attractive, yet leaves the menus in place for those users who can't get into using the ribbon. Now on the idea o

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Jim Jagielski
"How could I infer"? Because, as I stated, it was *specifically* inferred to other entities who subsequently asked me if I knew the "real" answer. As such, I specifically asked the 2 controlling bodies of the 2 projects. I rec'd a responses quickly from AOO, but none was coming from LO, and theref

[tdf-discuss] feedback needed for TDF annual report

2013-03-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, one of the legal requirements of running a foundation is to send in an annual report. In fact, it's two reports: One financial report, which mostly Thorsten takes care of (thanks so much!), and one activity report, which is mostly on my desk at the moment. We need to list all activiti

Re: [tdf-discuss] Dual licensing of patches and code

2013-03-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Jim Jagielski wrote: > Bjoern Michaelsen wrote: > > That was not what either Florian or the policy said. This is a > > matter of community, not just of license. Such combinations of > > licenses do not lead to a contribution being automatically > > accepted or rejected, either at Apache or at TDF,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Scripting for LibreOffice

2013-03-11 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Keith, On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 16:16 -0800, Keith Curtis wrote: > I see how LO is heading in this direction, but you could be > explicit about it, create more workitems, There always plenty of work-items and opinions; the only shortage is of people to work on them. Working code speaks fa