Small changes to "futureproof" NeoOffice

[pluby]

While working on implementing Mac OS X's application sandboxing, I found a few places in the NeoOffice code that uses Mac OS X functions that Apple has marked as "deprecated".

Usually, when Apple marks a function as deprecated, it means that the function will likely be removed in a future version of Mac OS X so, to be safe, we reimplement any code that uses deprecated to help ensure that NeoOffice will be able to run on future versions of Mac OS X.

In the following test patch, I have reimplemented the following NeoOffice code:

- Resolution of Finder alias files
- Determining the correct folder for NeoOffice Mobile and patch checking downloads
- Launching NeoOffice without reexecuting the soffice.bin command

If anyone can you install the following test patch and tell us if NeoOffice no longer launches or you are unable to download documents from within NeoOffice Mobile, that would be greatly appreciated:

Intel:
http://sally.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-2-Test-5-Intel.dmg

Patrick

[djpimley]

Installed, launched NeoOffice and opened some documents. No issues on 10.8.2.

Mobile not tested.

[ovvldc]

Same on 10.6.8 for me .

[pluby]

FYI. I found that the code in the last test patch causes a slight decrease in file access speed so in the following test patch, I tweaked my code changes to match the speed of the old code:

Intel:
http://sally.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-2-Test-7-Intel.dmg

Patrick

[ovvldc]

Well, it still opens files and does so quite smoothly and quickly, so I am pretty happy with it .

Do I need to test saving and/or converting as well?

[djpimley]

Latest patch is good for me, as before.

[pluby]

FYI. I found a few more Mac OS X functions that NeoOffice uses that Apple has marked as deprecated. So, I have reimplemented the following NeoOffice code to help ensure that NeoOffice will be able to run on future versions of Mac OS X:

- Loading of OpenSymbol font bundled with NeoOffice as well as any custom fonts in the user's ~/Library/Preferences/NeoOffice-3.0/user/fonts folder

- Detecting adding, removing, enabling, or disabling of fonts in the Font Book application

- Hiding the Mac menubar and Dock when running a slideshow in Impress

- Detecting the user's double-click time interval as set in the System Preferences application

If anyone can you install the following test patch and tell us if NeoOffice displays the wrong or no symbol for the bullet symbol in lists in Writer, if the Mac menubar and/or Dock appear when running a slideshow in Impress, or if double-clicking is much faster or slower than in Apple applications, that would be greatly appreciated:

Intel:
http://sally.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-2-Test-8-Intel.dmg

Patrick

[ovvldc]

I tested all three of the things you asked for and they seem fine on my OS X 10.6.8 machine .

[pluby]

FYI. I found a bug in the native open and save dialogs in the last test patch. When the current folder in either dialog had a softlink or alias that linked to a non-existent file or folder, our code would go into an infinite loop and NeoOffice would hang so I have fixed this bug and the fix is in the following test patch:

Intel:
http://sally.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-2-Test-12-Intel.dmg

Patrick

[pluby]

FYI. I found a few more bits of code that NeoOffice uses that Apple has marked as deprecated. So, I have reimplemented the following NeoOffice code to help ensure that NeoOffice will be able to run on future versions of Mac OS X:

- The Gestalt() function (which Apple still has no official replacement for) is now dynamically loaded and reasonable default values are used if it doesn't load (because Apple has removed it).

- Apparently Novell has let the go-oo.org website die and so all of the OpenOffice.org extensions URLs that Novell's Go-oo engineers changed to go-oo.org URLs now fail so I added code to detect and replace any go-oo.org URLs with their matching OpenOffice.org URL

If anyone can install the following test patch and tell us if any extensions or other URLs load non-existent web pages, that would be greatly appreciated:

Intel:
http://sally.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-4-Test-2-Intel.dmg

Patrick

[pluby]

I found a few deprecated functions in our code that plays video and so, in the following test patch, I have made a few small changes to that code to eliminate all deprecated functions.

If anyone who can test both playing a video in Writer and Impress documents and tell us if their videos still work, that would be very much appreciated:

Intel:
http://sally.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-4-Test-3-Intel.dmg

Patrick

[ovvldc]

hey Patrick,

I tried with two video files, once the .mov files you can download from http://vimeo.com/1211060, and one a video message I recorded with photo booth for my cousin when I couldn't attend his wedding.

Unfortunately, they refused to play both in Writer and Impress. In both cases, I would click the play button in the small toolbar, and even though the speaker plops ever so slightly to indicate audio is activated, the stop button never releases and no media play .

Using the latest NeoOffice with your patch on OS X 10.6.8. I get the following messages in my console.log:

[pluby]

[pluby]

I think I found a way to get videos to play in a document for Mac OS X 10.6 users without triggering the Snow Leopard QuickTime bug.

Can you install the following test patch and try playing videos? Note: when the "stop" button is set, to play a video you must move the slider to the left of the stop button to a non-zero time first. Then pressing the "play" button will work:

Intel:
http://sally.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-4-Test-4-Intel.dmg

Patrick

[ovvldc]

OK, I cannot get the movies to play in a text document or while preparing a presentation, but they start just fine when I run a slide show and open a slide with a movie.

And now I just noticed your new test patch, which I will go and install and try again.