Always starts in Recovery mode when footnotes, endnotes

users
#1

Any word on when bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39510 will
be fixed? Writer in 3.4.2 is very tough to use with footnotes or endnotes.
Closing any document crashes! The crash and recovery can be ignored, as an
annoyance, if editing a single document, but if you have multiple documents
open you never know if you have made all your saves. The crash is silent but
leaves behind lock files.

Hard to believe this bug was changed from a blocker to critical, just
because it had existed in 3.4.0. Many users were still on the 3.3.x train. A
word processor must be able to handle footnotes.

#2

HI :slight_smile:
I agree with the assessment of "not a blocker" as i can write letters and short
documents quite happily without needing footnotes at all. I don't even see it
as critical tbh. There does seem to have been a lot of work done on it just a
few weeks ago. Perhaps the devs list needs a nudge to see how it's going? Can
you add a comment to the bug-report to give it a bump? Anything useful to add
that would be a good excuse for bumping it?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

I guess you are joking that a word processor does not need to handle
footnotes and endnotes.

#4

kitchin wrote (15-08-11 14:23)

Any word on when bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39510 will
be fixed? [...]

Hard to believe this bug was changed from a blocker to critical, just
because it had existed in 3.4.0.

Not "just because"... apparently the bug is not occurring that often, that it was discovered early.

Many users were still on the 3.3.x train. A word processor must be able to handle footnotes.

Yes of course.

#5

Thanks, you can tell I want to be on the 3.4 train, not 3.3!

#6

Also, users may not understand the bug is caused by footnotes. Any document
with more than one footnote or endnote in a paragraph will crash every time,
from what I understand. But to diagnose the bug, you have to Google and
Nabble and Bug search on "recovery" or "lock file" because you have no idea
it is the footnotes causing the crash. In fact, if you only have one
document open, it does not even seem like a crash. The only evidence of the
crash is that you do not return to the Libre Office main screen, but that
would be normal in MS Word, for example. You are left with a lock file, and
on restart you have a confusing choice about Recovery - it may actually be
best NOT to do the recovery, assuming you saved your file before the crash.

So how could people complain about this bug, if they do not know it is
caused by footnotes? I was a very diligent bug hunter, so I found it.

#7

It does not seem like a crash, because it only happens after you close the
document. Sorry for the multiple posting.

#8

I was aware of the bug before trying to upgrade to 3.4 because it is written in plain text on the release notes of 3.4.2. Since I am writing a thesis with a lot of footnotes, I didn't had the choice to return back to 3.3 until the issue is properly resolved. I think that it is unprofessionnal to leave a bug in a software that is supposed to be a direct competitor of ms office.
Simon

#9

Hi
You can have both the 3.3.3 and the 3.4.2 installed alongside each other and
open the same document with either. It is not easy and there is a guide on how
to do it because the straight-forwards route can create problems. I don't have
the address of the guide easily available here :frowning:
Apols and regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#10

are you talking about this--
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
regards,

#11

Hi

are you talking about this--
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
regards,

    Yes, they are the instructions.

#12

Hi :slight_smile:
Yes, thanks chaps :slight_smile: Hopefully that lets the original poster to re-install the
3.3.3 (or 3.3.4 now) so that he can use footers.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#13

OK, bug fixed and will be in LibreOffice 3.4.3 rc2! Good news, thanks to the
team. Now I just need to figure out why my endnotes change from 1,2,3,4,5 to
i,ii,iii,iv,v, when I export to doc.

#14

Hi :slight_smile:
That should be congrats to the devs but there are a couple of devs on this list
so i am sure they will pass it on :slight_smile:

Congrats to you too, for spotting and reporting the bug so that the devs knew it
needed fixing! :slight_smile:
Thanks and regards from
Tom :slight_smile: