Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Geekdom at its worst

OK, great, I can execute a python macro from a calc cell.  No IDE for Python? Great, didn't want one I can select my own.    Put my script in my own directory? Not a problem, until I read the instructions from Open Office:


OpenOffice.org's user directory
This is the standard place for self written python scripts. The script files are simply stored within the file system. The directory location depends on the used OpenOffice.org version and the operating system. Some examples are:
OpenOffice 2.x
  • windows - C:\Documents and Settings\<current-user\>Application Data\OpenOffice.org 2.0\user\Scripts\python
  • unix - ~/.openoffice.org.2.0/user/Scripts/python~/.openoffice.org.2.0/user/Scripts/python
OpenOffice 3.x
  • windows 7 - C:\Users\<current_user>\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice.org\3\user\Scripts\python
  • unix - ~/.openoffice.org/3/user/Scripts/python

OK, see that Windows 7 directory?   That current user is me, I control anything below that directory, and if Office org ever built that multi-level set of folders inmy directory, well its long sincve been deleted.

I regularly go though and delete all the icrosoft, Apache, google crap in my own directory.  So, no can do, I need a menu item that lets me choose the folder, in my directory.  I like Open Office, but there is a boundary between their stuff and my stuff.

I even deleted my desk top folder, the easiest way to eliminate the clutter.

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