Re: [gentoo-user] Libreoffice and pasting HTML from web pages.

[james]

On 3/2/20 6:07 PM, Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I don't use LOo a whole lot but several months ago, I noticed a
> problem.� Sometimes I go to a electronic type website that has info on
> circuits and how something works.� Those pages usually contain text,
> pics and such.� I highlight what contains the info I want, which may
> include some things I don't, then copy it to my clipboard.� I then go to
> LOo and paste it as HTML since that's what it is.� Once pasted, I remove
> things I don't want, such as social media icons and other unwanted
> things.� I also make some images larger, make text larger and such as
> well.� When I get it right, I print it as a pdf file or save it as a LOo
> document.� That's how I did it in the past.� When I would paste the
> contents, it would include images and all and would be done in seconds,
> well under a minute for sure.
>
> When I paste the content now, it doesn't include pics.� The boxes is
> there and text for the link to the image but no image.� It also locks
> LOo up for minutes.� If I try to scroll up or down, it locks up again.
> Even with all that, it never loads the images.� I end up killing the
> process.� I think this started when the 6.3.* versions came out.� I
> would normally go back to a older version but those are no longer in the
> tree. I'm wondering if a USE flag could make it work again.� I used euse
> -i to see what each flag does but I'm not seeing anything that would
> change it.� What I think the problem could be, LOo can't reach the
> network anymore.� In the past when I pasted content, I could see
> activity on the network.� I think LOo was fetching the pics and maybe
> even some other info as well.� Thing is, I don't see why it can't now.
> Again, USE flag maybe???
>
> Here is the info for libreoffice.
>
>
> root@fireball / # emerge -av libreoffice
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild�� R�� ~] app-office/libreoffice-6.3.5.2::gentoo� USE="cups dbus
> gtk java kde mariadb pdfimport -accessibility -bluetooth -branding
> -coinmp -debug -eds -firebird -googledrive -gstreamer -gtk2 -ldap -odk
> -postgres -test" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="-nlpsolver -scripting-beanshell
> -scripting-javascript -wiki-publisher" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_6
> -python3_7 -python3_8" 233,805 KiB
>
> Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 233,805 KiB
>
> Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] n
>
> Quitting.
>
> root@fireball / # equery list -po libreoffice
>  �* Searching for libreoffice ...
> [-P-] [� ] app-office/libreoffice-6.3.4.2-r1:0
> [IP-] [� ] app-office/libreoffice-6.3.5.2:0
> [-P-] [ -] app-office/libreoffice-6.3.9999:0
> [-P-] [ -] app-office/libreoffice-9999:0
> root@fireball / #
>
>
> Anyone have a clue how to fix this?

I use LO quite a lot; but it is a beast and they are constantly 
'tweaking' small details........

SO, you are not alone. If you'll post and example download and a brief 
example guide to what use to work and what does not work now, I'll see 
if I can duplicate the problem. Here is my current LO setup:

  Installed versions:  6.3.4.2-r1^t(02:24:34 AM 02/11/2020)(branding 
cups dbus gstreamer gtk java ldap mariadb odk pdfimport postgres

and

app-office/libreoffice-l10n
  Installed versions:  6.3.4.2    ... en

I'm interested in more advanced viewing of any and all sorts of 
electrical/electronic file viewing.....

curiously,
James