[novalug] Re: OT: is it possible to click on a microsoft word icon and end up with OpenOffice?
Dave Aronson
tux2dave@davearonson.com
Fri Dec 29 20:13:28 EST 2006
Nino Pereira wrote:
> There's an X-11 version of OpenOffice for the mac, but installing
> this version of OpenOffice demands that you also install X11 on the
> mac. The blogs tell me that this is a laborious process,
Not really. Software installation on the Mac is generally trivial: open
the .dmg (Disk iMaGe) file that's the distribution package, and drag the
application (actually a directory) to your Applications folder. Done,
except maybe for setting up some preferences.
What's laborious is X itself. B-P
> And, the mac-native version (called Aqua if I understand this properly)
That's the Mac's latest UI interface (replacing Cocoa, not to be
confused with CoCo), not the version of OO.
> So, I'll wait for a few months, and hope to detox my spouse from word
> when the mac version runs smoothly.
Don't hold your breath. It reportedly sucked when I checked it out
about two years ago. If it still sucks, then rapid progres is not in
the proverbial cards.
-Dave
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