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.
Category: OpenOffice
OpenOffice.org 2.2 to Require Java 5 too
It looks like Java 5 and the latest software updates will be required if you want to use the next version of OpenOffice.org (2.2) on Mac OS X. For more information please read a post to the users list by James Mckenzie.
Frappr works on the Mac again
For a while it has been impossible to upload photos to Frappr maps using Mac OS X. The Frappr team have recently got it sorted out, so I can now add my updated photo the the current OpenOffice.org Mac OS X Porting Developers map.
QATrack Moved, but no RSS feed at it’s new home
It seems that the OpenOffice.org QATrack has moved from http://www.qatrack.org/ to http://qatrack.services.openoffice.org/ and has lost it’s RSS feed in the process.
Installing Inkscape on Mac OS X
I recently installed Inkscape. This was interesting for me because Inkscape is similar to OpenOffice.org on the Mac. It too needs X11 to run and has a special launcher to help integrate the program with the OS. They have the easy installation similar to what will be introduced in the next release of OpenOffice.org.What is… Continue reading Installing Inkscape on Mac OS X
Apple posts an FAQ about the X11 for Mac OS X
Apple have released Technical Note TN2165, an FAQ about the X window environment (X11) for Mac OS X. There are several interesting things in the tech note including: “OpenGL does not support off-screen rendering.” Even with OpenGL not being enabled in OpenOffice.org, I get redraw issues with part of the window being off screen. This… Continue reading Apple posts an FAQ about the X11 for Mac OS X
New Mac PPC Buildbot
There are now 3 Mac buildbots available for testing builds of OpenOffice.org. The latest addition is by audionuma (or in real life known as Manuel Naudin) from Paris, France, who has donated the processor time of his PPC Mac. He gave a short introduction about himself at yesterday’s Mac Port Meeting. His bot has the… Continue reading New Mac PPC Buildbot
How can you help the OpenOffice.org project?
I’ve come across the question of: I’m not a programmer, or use OpenOffice.org on my Mac as a normal course of business (though do use OpenOffice.org on other platforms); How can I help the OpenOffice.org Mac Porting Project? As a non programmer, and someone who doesn’t use OpenOffice.org on the Mac as a normal course… Continue reading How can you help the OpenOffice.org project?
My First CWS
I have now created my first CWS (Child Workspace) macosxdmgapplink. It only affect the Mac packaging. It is basically the patches that I created earlier at the Mac Port Meeting in Hamburg. I have updated the DS_Store file for OpenOffice.org 2.2. The extra functionality that you will get with this new CWS is an updated… Continue reading My First CWS
Record Number of Locales Passed QA for OpenOffice.org 2.1 on the Mac
At this writing there are currently 3 locales passed QA and available to download, for OpenOffice.org 2.1 Mac OS X Intel and 5 for the PPC Macs. That gives a total of 6 unique locales that have been passed QA on both the PPC and Intel Mac platforms for OpenOffice.org 2.1. This is a record.… Continue reading Record Number of Locales Passed QA for OpenOffice.org 2.1 on the Mac