OpenOffice - here comes my most dumb question to date....

[jenbass]

I just installed it, right (Debian potato), um , how do I, like, make it GO?

[WCox]

If my memory serves me correct, OpenOffice is the same as StarOffice over here in the U.S.A. My files are located at /home/bill/office52. This is were the GO file is located (soffice). :) Hope this helps.

:cool: Slackware :cool:
:) Debian (apt-get what?) :)

[jenbass]

urgh. "There is a bug in solaris sh that prevents the use of "$@" because it cannot cope with spaces in directory names" . Sigh. Nothing is easy, is it?

[Bradmont]

Why do you have directories with spaces in their names?

[XxMaCaBrExX]

just use _Scores. ;) Always works for me. :D

[bdg1983]

here comes my most dumb question to date....

No, it wasn't. I've seen some of your other ones. :D

Sorry, couldn't resist. It's Friday and I got through my first week since returning from disability. In a happy mood.
:p

[jenbass]

Heh heh! You are probably right, mdw. At least I spell correctly when I ask them though :)
Good to hear you've done a full week. Keep it up.
As for spaces between filenames, I really haven't the faintest idea, I certainly didn't put them there, whatever and wherever they are; I presumed this here office put them there then decided it didn't like them.
Can I search the system for filenames with spaces?

[nopun]

Change to the directory where you would like to begin the search ("/" to search everywhere), and type something like

ls -aR |grep '\ '

or maybe just

find . -name "* *"

would work? I don't know, it's Monday morning and my head hurts...

Edit: Hang on a minute, why is it going on about Solaris sh? Oh, no, my head hurts even more now.

[ 09 April 2001: Message edited by: nopun ]

[jenbass]

Hmmm, yes, there are loads, all in /var/lib/gnome/Debian/Apps and /games. If i put an underscore in place of each space, will the system still read them as the same file then?
Solaris sh? I have NO idea!
How is the hurting head? It's a bit grey and miserable, isn't it.
Thanks!

[nopun]

The answer there is no - if you change the filename, then applications expecting the "space" names will no longer be able to find their files. If you ca ascertain that certain files are used by Open Office only, then I guess you could give it a try.
You could try looking at the start script - look for the error text mentioned. This could give you some clues e.g. where is it looking when it is complaining about files with spaces. Maybe you could just comment out the bit that searches for and complains about filenames with spaces (being a simpleton, I'm thinking "this is Linux, right?" - presumably this is a generic script for all unix platforms)

[jenbass]

Hmmm, well it seems to be working today. I'm suspicious of things that you don't change then they suddenly work. I opened X, opened a terminal, then started soffice from there, and it has opened up a word doc of some sort. Perhaps i tried running the command from a console on Fri. Where is the spreadsheet and database stuff though? I'll have to search for sonme documentation on how to use it now it seems to be up and running. Thanks for the help!

[nopun]

Maybe you've found an application which requires a reboot upon installation (what a horrid thought ;))

[Molecule Man]

It definately needs to be run in X. And sometimes restarting your X server can fix some problems, mostly memory leaks.