[ale] oocalc: a sad story from a oocalc newbie

[lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey)]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Okay,
> 
> I'm sitting at the command prompt in a given directory.  I want to
> create a spreadsheet.
> 
> I try "oocalc abc.xls"  and I get abc.xls does not exist. :<
> 
> I try oocalc -? to see the override switch.
> 
> It recommends (or that's how I read it)
> 
> soffice -calc abc.xls
> 
> I try that and give it a minute or two to open, still nothing.  I control-c.
> 
> I try oocalc with no args at all.
> 
> It just returns with no verbal info at all, and no gui.
> 
> I go to my vmware XP install and launch excel....
> 
> The end of my sad story.

Both of the following work for me:

soffice file.xls
soffice --oocalc file.xls

Are you sure you just didn't wait long enough for it to start up?

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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