LibreOffice Lands Built-In Support For Bitcoin As Currency (phoronix.com) 32
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phoronix: Merged yesterday to the latest development code for the LibreOffice open-source office suite is now recognizing Bitcoin "BTC" as a supported currency for use within the Calc spreadsheet program and elsewhere within this cross-platform free software office suite. Stemming from a recent bug report requesting Bitcoin as an official currency option within LibreOffice Calc, the necessary additions are now in place so it's a built-in preset like USD and EUR. Thus easier managing of Bitcoin transactions and the like from within LibreOffice Calc.
Tulips are next? (Score:5, Funny)
When are they going to add the Trump coin or the Melania coin? Or bored ape NFTs? If you are going to go crypto bro on us, don't do go halfway.
Use Your Imagination (Score:1)
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I mean, realistically, if you're trying to implement such a thing, might as well dump every coin symbol from an online coin ticker.
Makes sense (Score:4, Informative)
Bitcoin has an official symbol present in Unicode, many people use Bitcoin in some form or another, consider it a legitimate currency, and want to put it in a spreadsheet.
LibreOffice is productivity software, not a political statement about cryptocurrencies, so if people need it, just add it to the list. As for the others, again, it depends on usage.
Re: Makes sense (Score:3)
It really ought to allow the user to just add new currencies of their choice.
BTC does make sense for inclusion, though, since it is popular.
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It really ought to allow the user to just add new currencies of their choice.
It does just it is not persistent https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/... [libreoffice.org]
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That's a good workaround, but it's not what's actually called for.
LibreOffice Calc is full of compromises like that. Look how hard it is to split up a string with a formula, you need to use a regex! That's insane. (There's a split function for scripts, but not a formula.)
Read it and W33p. (Score:2)
Bitcoin has an official symbol present in Unicode..
(Slashdot Users) Wait, what?
[SlashCode] Fuck m3 sid3w@ys..
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Or maybe they chose to pay for Collabora Online (cloud version of LibreOffice) https://www.collaboraonline.co... [collaboraonline.com]
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What if you just prefer to not post all of your data up to the cloud?
Switching from Notepad.exe immediately (Score:2, Offtopic)
Why can't Windows have innovating features like this?
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It is not built to serve the person using it it is built to extract value from them. truly innovative features come from systems that prioritize user freedom and collective input which is why open source environments like linux consistently outpace windows in real utility.
anti-capitalist values shared progress over
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Don't worry, LibreOffice runs on Windows just fine.
When are they going to fix the shit interface? (Score:2)
Libre, Open, Star... terrible interface all along.
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Have you tried ONLYOFFICE? Its UI is much better IMO.
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Failed the first test: Does it have robust autocorrect including for spelling? No. It has basic autocorrect with their small database and then I'd have to type in every additional autocorrect I want.
Failed the second test: Is there a keyboard shortcut for turning track changes on and off?
Not gonna bother to keep going.
Re: When are they going to fix the shit interface? (Score:3)
What do you consider a good interface? The stupid ribbon thing where you have to futz around with tabs to find the oversided icon (that may have a dropdown) to the thing you need, that may or may not switch you to a completely different window?
The LibreOffice UI is much more efficient and intuitive for users. It looks better, too.
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https://linux.slashdot.org/com... [slashdot.org]
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You linked to a post you made that has nothing to do with the UI. Your gripes are oddly specific and probably only apply to you. But your original post blasts LibreOffice for having a "terrible interface."
It's kind of a dick move to discourage people from using FOSS that provides a viable alternative to the proprietary nightmare that is MS Office because it lacks a KEYBOARD SHORTCUT you like and you have some weird complaint about its autocorrect (I won't pretend to understand that one, as I find autocorrec
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It either works or it doesn't. People use track changes all the time. People use autocorrect constantly. Libre failed the same tests every time I tried them. Haven't bothered in a year. Is it better now? Probably not. Google also fails.
Re: When are they going to fix the shit interface? (Score:2)
I prefer GNOME Office that comes with Abiword.
Eww (Score:2)
Well that sucks.
Helping Terrorists & Criminals Plan their Budg (Score:1)
..Nice.
LIbre (Score:2)
Libre as in free from bugs? Haha.
Bitcoin transactions (Score:2)
When I first read the headline, I thought it was saying that LibreOffice was somehow enabling Bitcoin transactions. What???
And then I realized it was just saying it could treat the Bitcoin symbol as a currency symbol. Well, OK. Not so weird or mind-blowing.