Does anyone know where the source files are for openoffice for os/2?
I know the apps themselves are for purchase, and i'm ok with that - but the source files should be available to the public right, since it's open source?
Not sure,but maybe the same code as for Win,Linux,Mac versions...
But if it's under (L)GPL License maybe it could copying from someone who bought it for non-commercial use? Isn't it? Maybe that man is fool if copy it to you because he paid for it, but he (maybe) can do it if it's under non-modified free open source license (GPL,BSD...)...My opinion...
OpenOffice has turned into LibraOffice. Look it up.
The basic OpenOffice for eCS is the windows version, and that part is free, and available from the OpenOffice web site (if it still exists). The additional stuff to make it work properly in eCS is NOT free. You need to buy it if you want it (OpenOffice 3.2 is included as part of eCS 2.1, so if you have that, it is on CD #3, or you can download it from the Mensys login site). The additional stuff is also not (L)GPL, and the source is closed AFAIK.
FWIW, you can do your own development on what is available for windows, but I think it would be a big job.
Hi Doug,
Open Office is still going - it was handed over to the Apache foundation.
As you say LibreOffice has most of the development at the moment and, in my opinion, leaves OpenOffice for dead.
ivan
Hi
From what I had read the OS/2 source code of OpenOffice should be included on the OpenOffice Apache Incubator site.
You can surf the source code here: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/ooo/trunk/ (http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/ooo/trunk/)
The code on the repository seems to have also some recent changes (or upload) from Yuri Dario.
But I'm not a developer, I don't know if it contains the full source code or if it lacks something.
Sorry Doug, but what you say hasn't been true since the old Innotek port of OO 1.x – OpenOffice.org for OS/2 is a fully-native application. Also, OpenOffice.org didn't "turn into" LibreOffice, LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org by a bunch of people who got turned off by Oracle's (mis-)management after the latter bought Sun. As Ivan says, OpenOffice.org has since been turned over to the Apache Foundation and is being maintained there. OpenOffice and LibreOffice are essentially two competing products now.
In response to the original question: the source code for OpenOffice.org, including the OS/2 port, is in the public source repository. Anyone's free to download, compile or even help work on it – a point that Yuri made at a Warpstock Europe presentation a couple of years ago.
Quote from: ALT on 2012.03.04, 13:25:47
In response to the original question: the source code for OpenOffice.org, including the OS/2 port, is in the public source repository. Anyone's free to download, compile or even help work on it – a point that Yuri made at a Warpstock Europe presentation a couple of years ago.
Thanks for the info. Is this the location of the public source repository?:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/ooo/trunk/
Or is it somewhere else.
Regarding open office being "dead". I don't think it's dead at all. Development slowed a little with the oracle debacle but work is still progressing.. and IBM recently added their own developers to the mix to help it.
Personally I still prefer openoffice under Apache to Libreoffice.
Also I understand that after LibreOffice forked they did a bunch of code cleanup which included removing the OS/2 code.
I think that OpenOffice is not dead, it is just what people say when the focus of a product change in some way and there is a group of people with different interests. I will consider it a dead project when there will be nobody left coding for that software, and that is not the case now.
IBM, Oracle are working on OpenOffice and switch the license of the project to the Apache license. Some months ago some people from the OpenOffice community came to Ecuador and told me that there have a lot of work consolidating the Lotus Symphony code and Oracle code to the Apache project.
Regards.
The full OS/2 source code for Apache OpenOffice for OS/2 is committed to the Apache OO incubator project,
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/ooo/trunk/
You can grab it with
svn co http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/ooo/trunk/
and build yourself, provided you have all the required system tools and libraries in place. Everything is available in the netlabs rpm repository.
Weekly dev builds are published here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.4+Unofficial+Developer+Snapshots
Quote from: dryeo on 2012.03.04, 18:57:10
Also I understand that after LibreOffice forked they did a bunch of code cleanup which included removing the OS/2 code.
That's always been a bit unclear. When it was discussed a few months ago ISTR the prevailing theory was what they removed was some old stuff from OS/2 StarOffice 5.x which hasn't been used in years.
I've never seen any confirmation either way.
Thanks, Yuri, for posting the developer snapshot. It's great to have you working on a new OpenOffice! I find the current release makes life with eCS much better. I can't wait to see the new one.
Thanks for the dev build link! FWIW, after installing all the requirements listed in the readme, I can't get any of the apps to start. I always get this popuplog:
03-10-2012 11:38:40 SYS2070 PID 0067 TID 0001 Slot 00a2
C:\PROGRAMS\OPENOFFICE3\PROGRAM\SOFFICE.BIN
COMPHELP->CPPUH3.__ZN3com3sun4star3uno19WeakReferenceHelperaSERKNS2_9
127
------------------------------------------------------------
03-10-2012 11:38:40 SYS3170 PID 0067 TID 0001 Slot 00a2
C:\PROGRAMS\OPENOFFICE3\PROGRAM\SOFFICE.BIN
c0010001
16395d4f
EAX=00000000 EBX=00000000 ECX=00000000 EDX=00000000
ESI=1641948c EDI=00000000
DS=0053 DSACC=d0f3 DSLIM=5fffffff
ES=0053 ESACC=d0f3 ESLIM=5fffffff
FS=150b FSACC=00f3 FSLIM=00000030
GS=0000 GSACC=**** GSLIM=********
CS:EIP=005b:1cc7b78c CSACC=d0df CSLIM=5fffffff
SS:ESP=0053:0012fce8 SSACC=d0f3 SSLIM=5fffffff
EBP=0012fcf0 FLG=00010206
COMPHELP.DLL 0001:00055d4f
------------------------------------------------------------
03-10-2012 11:38:40 SYS2070 PID 0067 TID 0001 Slot 00a2
C:\PROGRAMS\OPENOFFICE3\PROGRAM\SOFFICE.BIN
ICUIN42->ICUUC42.__ZN7icu_4_27UMemorynwEj
127
This looks suspiciously like I am still missing a dll....
The ic*.dlls pack is missing among the zip-packages. I took them from my OO32 and that worked fine.
Quote from: David McKenna on 2012.03.10, 18:50:04
COMPHELP->CPPUH3.__ZN3com3sun4star3uno19WeakReferenceHelperaSERKNS2_9
it seems to me that it finds some other OOo dlls around.
Quote from: melf on 2012.03.10, 19:13:28
The ic*.dlls pack is missing among the zip-packages. I took them from my OO32 and that worked fine.
thanks for spotting this, I have uploaded to netlabs also the latest zip files.
I installed everything using RPM/YUM (per the readme). I also downloaded all the zips mentioned and checked that I had all the dlls installed (I did). I also tried copying the icu*.dlls from version 3.2 into the new one but it made no difference - I got the same popuplog. OpenOffice is not in the LIBPATH or PATH environment, so I don't see how my installation of 3.2 could interfere. I checked for duplicate dlls on the LIBPATH and I did find one - C:\mmos2\dll\sw.dll exists and conflicts with a dll of the same name in OpenOffice, but I would think melf would have the same problem I have if that was the culprit. I'll keep searching...
BTW... I have only one partition - C: - and everything is installed there: RPM/YUM, eCS 2.1, and all apps.
I dumped all the dlls in the OO program directory and it worked.
OK... duh!
I had the OpenOffice quick start running for 3.2. Turned that off and now 3.4 starts up. Now I'll lean on it a bit and see how it works.
BTW... will this work with the next Java6 when it comes out?
Incidentally, I tried running this snapshot a few days ago (as recommended in a ticket I have open), and while it runs, it crashes instantly when I try to go into a number of the properties/setup windows.
My POPUPLOG has this entry for every crash:
03-09-2012 15:42:24 SYS2070 PID 0178 TID 0001 Slot 009c
G:\OOO_3.4.0_OS2GCCI_INSTALL-ARC_EN-US\OPENOFFICE.ORG 3\PROGRAM\SOFFICE.BIN
SWUI->SW.__ZNK9SwFEShell10GetFrmTypeEPK5Pointh
127
I'll put this in my ticket as well, but just thought I'd mention it here in case others have seen it.
Hi All
Is there a new build of OO somewhere? - I ask in the hope that it may work as neither OO310/320 work without crashing constantly.
Regards
Pete
Pete,
There is a link to a dev build in Yuri's first post on this thread...
I copied all *. dll from folder OO3.2 different of the 3.4 ver., but I get a message on the ecs2.0 system:
Return code2
Failing module:MMAP
and:
Return code2
Failing module:JPEG
on the my ecs2.1 system
any suggestion
Regards
Davorin
Hi David
I've now downloaded and unzipped OOo_3.4.0_os2gcci_install-arc_en-US.zip
Sad to say that this is worse than previous builds as any attempt to get this running results in this message onscreen:-
Unable to start OpenOffice.org!
Execution failed! Contact technical support.
Return code: 2
Failing module:LIBXML2
Looks like there is at least 1 DLL file missing from the package as searching for LIBXML2* does not find any files with that filename in the OO340 directory tree.
I copied the LIBXML2.DLL file from my unreliable OO3.30 installation and tried again. The result suggests that more DLL files are missing:-
Unable to start OpenOffice.org!
Execution failed! Contact technical support.
Return code: 2
Failing module:ICUUC42
Guess I'll wait and see if OO340GA works...
Still using OO115 for Windows running via ar5os2.exe as that is the only version of OO that does not crash when I try to use it.
Regards
Pete
Pete, you have to add a lot of dlls. This is mentioned in the readme, I think. I don't remember where I found them but that may also be in the readme. I don't have the installation left, I'll await the GA. Remember this is a "developer's snapshot". Don't know exactly what that means, but at least you should expect some troubles ;-) .
Hi melf
Not spotted in the various readme files included with this build.
It looks like, from an earlier post in this discussion, that the dll files may be somewhere on netlabs. I've not spotted them though.
I did try copying all ic*.dll files not present in 3.4.0 from 3.2.0 which now leaves me looking for jpeg.dll ... and possibly other files.
Guess I'll just wait for the GA and see if that works properly.
Regards
Pete
Hi Melf, Hi David
How do you manage to run an Open Office?
I spent the day trying to start oo3.4. After seeking additional DLL (jpeg.dll libxml2.dll icudt42.dll icuuc42.dll mmap.dll and pthr01.dll) I have a situation, that OO does not require other threads, but not even start.
regards
Davorin
Seems to me having DLLs with names like jpeg.dll and libxml2.dll is a recipe for disaster. How many versions of jpeg.dll are floating around and how many are incompatible with OO? eg the other day someone uploaded the glinks web browser along with it's dlls to hobbes. I'm pretty sure that includes a jpeg.dll built with emx so if that one is already loaded OO will crash. Libpathstrict or RUN! should workaround the issue though.
Quote from: hecom on 2012.04.18, 21:45:53
Hi Melf, Hi David
How do you manage to run an Open Office?
I spent the day trying to start oo3.4. After seeking additional DLL (jpeg.dll libxml2.dll icudt42.dll icuuc42.dll mmap.dll and pthr01.dll) I have a situation, that OO does not require other threads, but not even start.
regards
Davorin
In fact I didn't do anything special. I downloaded the required dlls (from where I do not remember..) and dropped them all in the oo3.4 program directory. It worked directly. However I deleted it the same day, so I can't help you more than that.
/M
After experimenting with different versions of those dll, the best result I managed to get so far is the following message:
The application cannot be started.
exception occured raising singleton
"/singletons/com.sun.star.deployment.ExtensionManager":
loading component library failed:
file://F:/(...)/OPENOFFICE.ORG%203/PROGRAM/../program/deploy.dll
Quote from: Pete on 2012.04.18, 19:18:59
Not spotted in the various readme files included with this build.
It looks like, from an earlier post in this discussion, that the dll files may be somewhere on netlabs. I've not spotted them though.
Peter, the ReadMe.TXT file I got with it says the following:
Quote
- the following packages must be installed (dll only)
libc 0.6.4
gcc 4.4.6
gcc 4.4.4
ssl
curl
jpeg
xslt
libicu
z
xml2
stdcpp
mmap
pthread
urpo
These files can be installed with the following command:
yum install libc gcc-4.4.4 gcc-4.4.6 openssl curl libjpeg libxslt libicu zlib libxml2 stdpp mmap pthread urpo gcc-stdc++-shared-library
if you have a valid rpm/yum installation.
Otherwise you can grab the corresponding zip files from
http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/zip/
Only the dlls are needed.
That said, hunting down and extracting them all is a bit of a PITA so I bundled them up here:
http://www.altsan.org/os2/ooo34prev_reqdll.zip
It should be noted that this version does
not fix the log-less crash that occurs when trying to set the page properties or create a new business card document.
Hi Alex
Looks like there is an OS/2 specific readme missing from the package I downloaded then as searching through the 3 read*.txt files included only mentions something about requiring msvc90.dll and possible problems with mapi dll - both related to a windows installation.
As it seems likely that this version does not fix the myriad problems that I've experienced with OO3.x releases so far I'm not going to be pursuing this further. I can only hope that the problems get fixed before a GA - if not I will have to really consider whether to continue using an operating system that does not have a working "office package".
Regards
Pete
I have installed OO3.2 on a desktop computers and a laptop and I use them every day. It's very rarely crashes, maybe once every few months. It's stable like ver. oo3.1, 2.4, 1.15.
In version 3.2 missing a few filters (e.g. PCX) to import the graphics files.
In ver. oo3.4 Scalc is stable than other modules...
I just noticed there is a new OO3.4 developer snapshot here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.4+Unofficial+Developer+Snapshots. I'm downloading now...
OK... had a chance to try it and this one seems better than the last. I was able to open files easily and print and save with no trouble. Help seems to work well and setting preferences. A little disappointed Java still does not work. The biggest issue so far is on program shutdown I always get some kind of POPUPLOG (not consistent) and sometimes it actually hard hangs the computer...
Hi David
I gave this build of OO a try as well.
Sorry to say there is no improvement over the earlier OO3 builds here - the application is unstable and crashes frequently.
Back to OO115 for Windows running using ar5os2.exe as this is the most stable and reliable OO available...
Regards
Pete