From 98ae2efee18d34fc7bac09ffc0cb693ed765ea9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomas Groth Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 22:26:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated faq. Removed references to OOo and XP. Added som Mac-impress-powerpoint answers. --- manual/source/faq.rst | 31 ++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual/source/faq.rst b/manual/source/faq.rst index e21a7fe..96676df 100644 --- a/manual/source/faq.rst +++ b/manual/source/faq.rst @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ What operating systems will OpenLP 2.2 support? ----------------------------------------------- OpenLP 2.2 is designed to be cross platform. Currently it has been known to run -on Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10), Linux (Ubuntu/Kubuntu, Fedora), FreeBSD & Mac OS X. +on Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 10), Linux (Ubuntu/Kubuntu, Fedora), FreeBSD & Mac OS X. `Please let us know `_ if you've successfully run it on something else. @@ -135,15 +135,21 @@ appropriate checkbox(es). Check the applications you require, and then restart OpenLP for the change to be detected. Note, PowerPoint Viewer 2010 is not yet supported, use 2003 or 2007. -Why is there no presentations plugin available on OS X? -------------------------------------------------------- +Why can LibreOffice Impress not be used on Mac OS X? +---------------------------------------------------- -Currently the presentations plugin is not bundled with OpenLP on OS X. The -reason for that is that the OpenOffice.org version on Mac OS X does not contain -the (more exact: does only contain a broken) interoperability component (the so -called pyuno bridge) which could be used by OpenLP. As soon as the -interoperability component works on OS X we can re-enable the plugin and bundle -it. We are really sorry for that. +Currently the presentations plugin does not support Impress on OS X. The +reason for that is that the interoperability component (pyuno) in LibreOffice on +Mac OS X cannot be used by OpenLP due to incompatibilities between the version +of Python used by LibreOffice and the Python version used by OpenLP. + +Why can MS PowerPoint not be used on Mac OS X? +---------------------------------------------------- + +Currently the presentations plugin does not support PowerPoint on OS X. The +reason for that is that so far we have found that the available method to +control PowerPoint on OS X is not good enough for integration with OpenLP. +If this changes we will look at including this feature. I'm on Windows and PowerPoint is installed, but it doesn't appear as an option ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -285,9 +291,9 @@ Version of OpenLP Steps to Reproduce The exact steps the developers need to follow in order to reproduce the bug. -Version of MS Office or OpenOffice +Version of MS Office or LibreOffice If you're using the song imports or the presentation plugin, you'll need to - supply the version of Office, OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice. + supply the version of Office or LibreOffice. Bible Translation and Source If the bug occurred while you were working with Bibles, specify the @@ -423,8 +429,7 @@ follow the instructions on `this bug report