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OpenOffice.org Built with KDE and GNOME Support

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the jack-of-all-guis dept.

ks writes "Novell hacker Jan Holesovsky has released a build of OOo 1.1.3 that integrates with either KDE or GNOME depending on the environment it's running in. The build features KDE/GNOME look and feel, KDE/GNOME file dialogs and the Crystal icons. If you're running NLD, you have this already." Update: 11/27 18:13 GMT by T : Also on the OpenOffice.org front, the OO.o front page links to this interview with Debian ARM developer Peter Naulls, who has ported the suite to ARM processors. Hint: they're everywhere.

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  1. OpenOffice.org Built with KDE and GNOME Support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    OpenOffice.org Built with KDE and GNOME Support

  2. Article Text by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 with KDE integration is now available for download. It also features a lot of other improvements over the stock OOo (including the GNOME integration bits; but do not be afraid, it does not link against Gtk+ in KDE, and vice versa), because it is built from the ooo-build codebase.

    Download: Installation set for Linux i386 (~80MB).

    Features:

    • The current stable version of OpenOffice.org with many ooo-build patches and improvements
    • KDE Native Widget Framework
    • KDE (Crystal) icons
    • KDE file dialog (Open, Save As)
    • KDE splash screen by Dariusz Arciszewski
    • Gtk+ NWF and file dialog when executed in Gnome

    Known problems:

    • You need libstartup-notification installed, otherwise it fails to run with "no suitable windowing system found, exiting."
    • The KDE file dialog seems to hang OOo on Fedora Core 3 when it has Preview on (F11 in the dialog), but most probably it is a Fedora bug (treats unrecognized file types as sound).
    • The new systems that build their packages from ooo-build (e.g. SUSE 9.2) do not need this package; check whether you have the KDE file dialog in your OOo before installing.

    The project's homepage http://kde.openoffice.org is a bit outdated at the moment, but the work still continues. The main concern is OOo 2.0 now, see the ooo-build ChangeLog. Help of an artist is needed for OOo 2.0: It contains a lot of new icons, the default ones are not acceptable for modern KDE desktop. Please drop me a mail if you are able (and willing) to draw some of them. :-)