openoffice.org-1.1.3-5.5.0: bug or feature?

[Arthur Pemberton]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:

> I just yumed my way to the latest FC3 release of OpenOffice 
> (BTW...thanks to whoever fixed the paste bug). After yum was all done 
> I went ahead and start Calc from the menu (I use KDE). Calc loaded 
> very quickly ( I estimate that the splash screen lasted for only about 
> 25% of it's previous times). However Calc loaded to this very scary 
> screen. I used kSnapshot and uploaded the result: 
> http://pembo13.dalive.com/snapshot-oocalc-1.1.3.png . Now normally, 
> loading an OpenOffice program from the menu leads to a new document 
> being opened up for the approprate app. So I had never before seen 
> this screen. Having been in windows for awhile (3.1 to WinME) bad 
> habits die slow, so I rebooted the machine. I know I don't have to 
> reboot to implement an upgrade but still. Came back up, and got the 
> same result. I decided to open a document, since the simple file menu 
> in oocalc was active, and it open the file as normal. Was also able to 
> open a new doc etc.
>
> But what I want to know is is thsi new behavior correct? It certainly 
> isn't user friendly. I don't won't to go filing  abug report prematurely.
>
> Thank you.
>
I just discovered that the ability to start a new instance by launching 
a different OO app is gone. For example, before, if I had OO Writer 
open, and then I launched OO Calc, it would. Now just places a button on 
the taskbar for awhile, then dissappears, with no apperent effect; as if 
I'd done nothig. Open a spreadsheet from the file menu in Writer, does 
open a Calc interface with the approriate document however, as it should.