On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 05:27:38PM +0100, Matthias Kilian wrote: > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 04:43:16PM +0100, Samir SAADA wrote: > > > Great fun: you have to enable the pdfimport extension using something > > > like > > > > > > /usr/local/openoffice.org3/program/unopkg add > > > /usr/local/openoffice.org3/share/extension/install/pdfimport.oxt > > > > > > then you get the contents of pdfimport.oxt (which is a zip file) > > > unpacked somewhere under ~/.openoffice.org > > > > > Or open in tools menu the extension manager. > > point it to the extension (*.oxt) you need. > > done. > > That does the same as the above command ilne, except that you have > to actually scroll down through the whole GPL with your mouse before > you can click on `accept'. > I completely agree. I guess openoffice users are required to be used to mouse acrobatics...
> > well looks like Firefox's plugin manager and others' > > They install binaries in the users home directory that then can't > be automatically updated when a new version of the program (like a > version with some security fixes in the extension/plugin) is > installed? > As I remember they usually offer an update system, binares or not.
