From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 8 15: 4:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CE2737B567 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 15:04:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [12.21.241.164] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id ca048622 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:04:07 -0500 Received: from Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA00319; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:03:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) From: Walter Brameld To: sergio lenzi , Harry Woodward-Clarke Subject: Re: staroffice 5.1 my solution Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:02:38 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Danny , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <38BF28B4.6E451487@S1.com> <20000304.15262300@mis.configured.host> In-Reply-To: <20000304.15262300@mis.configured.host> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00030818035903.00230@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, sergio lenzi wrote: > > > Hello all. > > I have the same kind of problems when using StarOffice 5.1 with linux > port and FreeBSD. > > My solution was to install Linux, install staroffice from the original > CD, > than take a "snapshot" from it with the libraries and make a "freebsd > package" along with the linux libs. This libs make staroffice respond > to accent characters like: ç ã õ... indeed I am using starmail to put > this email in the list. > The Staroffice (in pkg_add format are at: > ftp://200.215.24.176/packages/All/Staroffice-5.5.1.tgz) > along with the linux-base 5.2 and the linux-compat-br-1.0 package that > make staroffice accent. > > Of course, this Staroffice is for my native language (portuguese), but > if you need and english version I can build one next week. (please > bother me). > > Hope this can help. > I don't use Staroffice myself but I just had to say, it's people like yourself and others that restore my faith in humanity. Judging by the mail I've read, a lot of people will be head-over-heels to get this. -- Walter Brameld Join the Army. Meet interesting people. Kill them. TANSTAAFL To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message