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On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 19:27, Mike Callaghan wrote:
<prob1> I've installed OO under Windows and Linux. In Windows, all users can access and run the program without problem. Under Linux & KDE, the user that installed OO can access and run the program. Other users can access it but can't run it. OO pops a box that says "can't find /home/<name of user>/.sversionrc" /home/<name of installer> contains said file. Copying the file to user directory solves that problem. </prob1>
If you run the installer like this ./installer /net It'll do a system wide install, then each user just needs to install a few files in their homedir for it.
<prob2> Any decent Windows install routine will add an entry to the Start menu. OO doesn't ... so that means manually configuring the menu. </prob2>
One of the reasons for this in my experience is the number of desktop environments/window managers available. Getting an installer to be able to cope with them all would be a pain. Interestingly however, Star Office 6 does add an icon for itself to the CDE bar when installed under Solaris.
<prob3> Windows proggies usually associate their extensions. OO doesn't. More manual work. </prob3>
I *think* this is to do with mime types (although I may be horribly wrong). It shouldn't be hard for the developers to have the installer do this. Also, should you install Open Office from a package provided by your distribution it might do this. Although I've not seen any distros that come with OO yet. So, yes things could be better. Alex. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.