On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:36:54 +0200, Stephane Guedon wrote:

> In libreoffice, which I have had compiled several months ago, the small
> help text is not readable. It appears in grey, as you can see in the
> caption.

Are you using KDE?

> I don't know how to solve it !

There's a tweak in KDE's systemsettings, although I can't remember what I
had to do now.


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Le lundi 30 avril 2012 12:50:48 Neil Bothwick a écrit :
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:36:54 +0200, Stephane Guedon wrote:
> > In libreoffice, which I have had compiled several months ago, the small
> > help text is not readable. It appears in grey, as you can see in the
> > caption.
>
> Are you using KDE?
>
> > I don't know how to solve it !
>
> There's a tweak in KDE's systemsettings, although I can't remember what I
> had to do now.

Yes, i am in kde. And libreoffice have the useflag.
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On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 08:06, Stephane Guedon <stephane@22decembre.eu> wrote:
> Le lundi 30 avril 2012 12:50:48 Neil Bothwick a écrit :
>> On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:36:54 +0200, Stephane Guedon wrote:
>> > In libreoffice, which I have had compiled several months ago, the small
>> > help text is not readable. It appears in grey, as you can see in the
>> > caption.
>>
>> Are you using KDE?
>>
>> > I don't know how to solve it !
>>
>> There's a tweak in KDE's systemsettings, although I can't remember what I
>> had to do now.
>
> Yes, i am in kde. And libreoffice have the useflag.
> --
> Stéphane Guedon *| *www.22decembre.eu
>
> Protegez vos courriers sur internet aussi, utilisez gpg !
> http://www.22decembre.eu/2012/02/27/proteger-vos-courriels-avec-gpg/

Well, for a shot in the dark, lacking both kde and libreoffice on this
system to check,

"System Settings.
Application Appearance -> Colours -> Colours -> Colour set:Tooltip ->
Normal Background "

source: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=123684

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AtÂ*2012-04-30Â*20:55:47,"JoshuaÂ*Murphy"Â*<poisonbl@gmail.com >Â*wrote:
>OnÂ*Mon,Â*AprÂ*30,Â*2012Â*atÂ*08:06,Â*StephaneÂ*G uedonÂ*<stephane@22decembre.eu>Â*wrote:
>>Â*LeÂ*lundiÂ*30Â*avrilÂ*2012Â*12:50:48Â*NeilÂ*Bo thwickÂ*aÂ*écritÂ*:
>>>Â*OnÂ*Mon,Â*30Â*AprÂ*2012Â*12:36:54Â*+0200,Â*St ephaneÂ*GuedonÂ*wrote:
>>>Â*>Â*InÂ*libreoffice,Â*whichÂ*IÂ*haveÂ*hadÂ*com piledÂ*severalÂ*monthsÂ*ago,Â*theÂ*small
>>>Â*>Â*helpÂ*textÂ*isÂ*notÂ*readable.Â*ItÂ*appear sÂ*inÂ*grey,Â*asÂ*youÂ*canÂ*seeÂ*inÂ*the
>>>Â*>Â*caption.
>>>
>>>Â*AreÂ*youÂ*usingÂ*KDE?
>>>
>>>Â*>Â*IÂ*don'tÂ*knowÂ*howÂ*toÂ*solveÂ*itÂ*!
>>>
>>>Â*There'sÂ*aÂ*tweakÂ*inÂ*KDE'sÂ*systemsettings, Â*althoughÂ*IÂ*can'tÂ*rememberÂ*whatÂ*I
>>>Â*hadÂ*toÂ*doÂ*now.
>>
>>Â*Yes,Â*iÂ*amÂ*inÂ*kde.Â*AndÂ*libreofficeÂ*have *theÂ*useflag.

I use KDE and I faced the same problem few months ago, I solved it by add
export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
in my .bashrc.Â*

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:55:47 -0400, Joshua Murphy wrote:

> Well, for a shot in the dark, lacking both kde and libreoffice on this
> system to check,
>
> "System Settings.
> Application Appearance -> Colours -> Colours -> Colour set:Tooltip ->
> Normal Background "

That's the one.


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it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way
is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.
The first method is far more difficult" -C.A.R. Hoare