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?
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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
2nd Mac Porters Meeting
I made the whirlwind trip to Hamburg for the 2nd Mac Porters Meeting at the Google offices there. I seem to have survived my first flying trip (in both senses). It was great to meet the porters in person again or for the first time. I really liked the Eurostar on my Lyon trip, far… Continue reading 2nd Mac Porters Meeting
Row span in Writer’s Tables
In one of my not so common moments of using OpenOffice.org Writer as a user, I recently came across an issue with the table layout. I did not have the flexibility to have table cells run over many rows in the way I wanted them to. To my delight, it would appear that this is… Continue reading Row span in Writer’s Tables
Buildbot has moved
The Mac buildbots have moved to a new build master, which should prevent the build master running out of space as has happened on a few occasions on the old build master. They are now located on the build master http://termite.go-oo.org/.
iBackup Now Supports OpenOffice.org 2
The easy to use and free for personal use backup program called iBackup now has a plugin, written by me, to allow the easy backup of your OpenOffice.org 2 preferences. I have also included the preferences for the upcoming native version of OpenOffice.org. They are in a separate location compared to the preferences for the… Continue reading iBackup Now Supports OpenOffice.org 2
OpenOffice.org now works again with X11 1.1.3
With the newly released X11 update from Apple, which fixes the font problems, OpenOffice.org no longer has an issue with starting. All OpenOffice.org users on the Mac should update to the latest version of X11, to fix any issues that they have with X11.
Support for Mac OS X 10.3 to be dropped after OpenOffice.org 2.1
As was discussed in tonight’s Mac Port Meeting for OpenOffice.org, the Mac Porting Team will be dropping support for Mac OS X 10.3.x after the release of OpenOffice.org 2.1. The reasons for the dropping of support of Mac OS X 10.3 include: Around the time OpenOffice.org 2.2 is due out, Mac OS X 10.5 will… Continue reading Support for Mac OS X 10.3 to be dropped after OpenOffice.org 2.1
Workaround for X11 not launching posted on Mac Porting Web Site
With the deluge of people complaining about the X11 update and OpenOffice.org not starting, I posted a news article detailing a quick workaround to get OpenOffice.org running again. It should be noted that the next release of (and current development builds) are not affected by the problematic fonts as there has been a change in… Continue reading Workaround for X11 not launching posted on Mac Porting Web Site