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

[Arthur Pemberton]

Thoralf Polet wrote:

>Try 
>
>oowriter -writer
>oocalc -calc
>
>etc. to have an empty document and all the menus
>again.
>
>oowriter -help
>
>etc. may help you. 
>
>  
>
I just tried that. And while it does work and 'solve' the problem. With 
all due respect, it seems a little stupid that I have to pass writer 
(for eg.) a parameter to open writer. Also, this seems to slow starup 
back to how it was before.