P.S. what FOSS did you have in mind for form layout? >One more thing, and I should have said it before, why use a word processor to >write html when there are better FOSS programs available ?
On 18 October 2010 11:58, Paul A Norman <[email protected]> wrote: >>One more thing, and I should have said it before, why use a word processor to >>write html when there are better FOSS programs available ? > >>Andy > > I wanted to use the wysiwyg facilities of LibreOffice - whetjher I > "should" use a different FOSS or not is irrelevent, these are straight > forward things that are supposed to work in LibreOffice surely that is > what is important here for beta reports? > > With that knid of approach Oracle or some other corporation will just > waltz opver LO. > > I have had this experience - isn't that what matters? > > Not questioning me about why use LO to do something that it should do? > > You yourself asked me to save in .odt format or was that a different Andy? > > I am really worried that the whole culture of this kind of project is > too inbred. > There is no feeling that the Users' problems or experiences actually > really matter. > > I have had at least five significant problems - and this is what I get > - "use some other FOSS" > > Where is that going to get things? > > Paul > > > On 18 October 2010 08:47, Andy Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun Oct 17 2010 00:04:36 GMT-0700 (PDT) Paul A Norman wrote: >>> >>> This started as a thread on another list. >>> >>> This is from top to bottom with extraneous messages removed >>> >>> Issues covered include: >>> >>> 1. disappearing toolbars >>> 2. Document view changing from that expected when coming in and out of >>> HTML view >>> 3. Loss of web content when switching from HTML view >>> 4. Empty spans instead of label text >>> 5. .odt not being available as a Save As option when working on a >>> Writer/Web document >>> >>> Images mentioned: >>> >>> >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13401476/libre_office_where_have_web_tools_gone.png >> >> I am looking at OOo 3.2 and do not see any Web tools at all in either the >> HTML or Writer mode. >> >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13401476/libre_office_incomplete_save.png >> >> Not sure as I do not have a problem saving as an html document. I do like >> the option to "save as all formats", which your screen shot does not show. >> Are you using Beta2? >> >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13401476/libre_office_status_bar.png >> >> Looking at LibreOffice side by side with OOo Writer here, they are the same >> with no missing items. What is missing on yours is the Language indicator >> so that may be a local issue. Not sure where to look. >> >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13401476/libre_office_save_as_missing_odt.png >> >> Same in OOo 3.2. Not sure this is a bug as the purpose is different, as is >> with Writer and Calc. You can not see a 'Save as' ODS option in Writer. >> >>> >>> >>> Paul >> >> You seem to indicate that you were able to do these things in OOo, correct? >> >> One more thing, and I should have said it before, why use a word processor >> to write html when there are better FOSS programs available ? >> >> Andy >> >> >> -- >> E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe >> List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/users/ >> All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> > -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/users/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
