Issue 11771 - Please make he applescript launcher editatble
Summary: Please make he applescript launcher editatble
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: Installation
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: current
Hardware: Mac Mac OS X, all
: P5 (lowest) Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: bettina.haberer
QA Contact: issues@installation
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Reported: 2003-02-24 03:56 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2007-02-05 03:56 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description Unknown 2003-02-24 03:56:35 UTC 
There is a liitle applescript launcher for OOo that starts X11 and launches OOo. I guess it uses a shell script in X11..? 

I was curious, not knowing much about X11 and tried to open the cript with script Editor but it's run-only. Can it be made open source? I'd like to be able to modify it. For example, so that I don't end up with an Xterm window open every time I start OpenOffice. Looking at the script would be educative as well, for those who like to hack.

And another very minor UI thing. I have two monitors and the spalsh screen and default window position is right in the middle of the two, ie split between the two screens. Mildly annoying.

Love your work.
-stephen
Comment 1 Olaf Felka 2003-02-24 12:30:21 UTC 
Hi Bettina,
do you  handle feature requests for OOO Mac versions?
Comment 2 terryt 2003-04-07 08:41:30 UTC 
There are several different launchers, some using AppleScript, 
to launch OpenOffice.org on Mac OS X.

I am responsible for one of them - "Start OpenOffice.org" - it is 
currently not open-sourced, but you would normally be able to 
edit and modify the AppleScript, by opening the file :

"Start 
OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/Application.scpt
"

in Script Editor (or similar AppleScript editor). The code is 
compiled code, not run-only.

However I believe there is a problem in doing this with the 
current version of "Start OpenOffice.org" (v1.0b7), because I think 
the script size has exceeded 32 K. Other AppleScript editors may 
not have this limit. I plan to do something to fix this.

Feature requests for "Start OpenOffice.org" can be sent directly 
to me. I can't help you with other launchers.
Comment 3 terryt 2003-05-10 09:50:54 UTC 
I have fixed "Start OpenOffice.org" v1.0b8 to avoid the problem 
with Script Editor not being able to open a large script.
Comment 4 ed 2003-08-17 23:49:59 UTC 
Start OpenOffice.org is an external project and not in the purvue of OpenOffice.org.
Comment 5 jjmckenzie 2007-02-05 03:56:31 UTC 
Closing issue. There are further issues about editing the Applescript launcher
that was created by OpenOffice.org after the passing of Terry Teague, the
creator of Start OpenOffice.org.

James McKenzie