OpenOffice is really slow when saving a file

[Alan Dacey]

On Saturday, September 25, 2010 09:01:12 am Clay Weber wrote:
> On Friday, September 24, 2010 11:54:43 pm Alan Dacey wrote:
> > Does anybody else have a problem with OpenOffice where it takes a couple of
> > seconds for it to do anything after each mouse click when saving a file? 
> > When I save a file in Writer the save dialog comes up but is not entirely
> > drawn for a few moments.  Then when I change to a folder another few
> > seconds.  Then when I click on a file with a similar name to what I want,
> > another few seconds.  Using KDE 4.5.1 on Kubuntu 10.04 and OpenOffice 3.2
> > from the repros.
> > I also am using the latest Nvidia driver from Nvidia, 256.53, and all the
> > eye candy Kwin has to offer.  It still happens when I turn it off so that
> > is not the problem.
> > 
> > Alan
> 
> It may be the KDE integration
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32784
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/590406
> you could try uninstalling the package openoffice.org-kde. This will revert back 
> to the standard openoffice file dialogs and theme, however.
> 
> Clay
> 
> 

i didn't think about that.  The thing is I would rather have a slow save than the 
uglyness of GTK.  It looks like somehting out of the 90's no matter how much 
you dress it up.

Thanks for the links.

Alan