I’ve noticed that a number of tables in the Wikipedia are sortable. Further research found that it is implemented through client side javascript, when a table has the class=”sortable”. It is available in MediaWiki 1.9 or later. See the MediaWiki help on sortable tables. I have found adding the sorting to the OpenOffice.org Mac OS… Continue reading Sorting Tables in a MediaWiki
Category: Mac Port
The past 2 months
It has been a couple of months now since I’ve properly written a blog post. So here is a longish catchup post. I have been busy doing agency work mostly in staff restaurants as a Kitchen Porter. I’ve even bumped into the Lead of the Marketing Project in our home town, rather than having to… Continue reading The past 2 months
OpenOffice.org Aqua 2nd Preview Released
The second OpenOffice.org Aqua Preview is now available for download. There are a number of new features and bug fixes in this release. There is one major known regression, that will be fixed in a future development build. This time we have not hacked the source to include the Mac OS X native file picker.… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Aqua 2nd Preview Released
Carbon Apps produce preference files without developers doing anything
This evening I was speaking to Yvan Barthélemy (ybart on IRC) over IRC, when he pointed out something interesting about the preferences for the Aqua port. Even so the aqua port hasn’t specifically done anything to do so, Mac OS X has created the preferences file org.openoffice.script.plist. This contains information such as the last used… Continue reading Carbon Apps produce preference files without developers doing anything
New macport OpenOffice.org meta user
At today’s Mac Port meeting, Eric Bachard created a new meta user, macport, on the OpenOffice.org web site. This meta user is to be used for all unassigned issues relating to the Mac Port of OpenOffice.org. It is now the default owner of Mac Port issues. This means that the default owner for issues is… Continue reading New macport OpenOffice.org meta user
OpenOffice.org Aqua screenshots
Today I thought I would give you a sneak peek at the upcoming OpenOffice.org Aqua. I have 2 quick screenshots for you. First up is the OpenOffice.org Writer window after resizing, with a native Mac menu bar. From OpenOffice.or… Second is a menu. You can currently use both cmd or ctrl to activate the menu… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Aqua screenshots
Sun officially supports the Mac port of OpenOffice.org
This morning I woke up to some great news. Sun now have 2 full time employees with many years of experience in programming StarOffice and OpenOffice.org. Original Mail to the Mac Port list Original Blog post
OpenOffice.org Language Pack Revamp
As sent out to some of the OpenOffice.org mailing lists: At the moment there are a number of issues with the current language packs for OpenOffice.org. Some platforms such as Mac OS X don’t have language packs, instead they only have full installsets. The language packs currently have to be built on each platform individually.… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Language Pack Revamp
OpenOffice.org Mac Port timeline updated
Further to Eric Bachard’s mention on his blog. I have now updated the time line for the Mac Port of OpenOffice.org and added a new news item for it. We are currently looking at a May 2007 release for the Alpha of OpenOffice.org Aqua. Around the end of the year we hope to have a… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Mac Port timeline updated
X11 Installation instructions now has pictures
I have added some pictures to the X11 Installation instructions on the OpenOffice.org Mac Porting Pages. This should make it easier for users to follow and understand.