On 25 Mar 21:51, samwise wrote:
By the way, on a not unrelated topic, how do I figure out what the process id is? it's been crashing rather a lot recently. I don't get the info from
ps aux | grep -i libreoffice
back in neat columns which makes working out what number to type in tricky.
Bev.
Hi, Bev.
I've always found openoffice, libreoffice and even the various versions of MS Office render documents slightly differently ... so I think you're just stuck with trying the various alternatives, whether they are desktop (e.g. the Calligra Suite) or online (e.g. Google Docs).
As for identifying the PID, this should give you the various processes:
ps -ef | grep office | grep -v grep
Or, just: ps auxww | grep [o]ffice
Or, if you really do just want the pid: pgrep office
pgrep is in the procps package on Debian systems and is highly likely to be installed per default.
I haven't yet found anything that takes .docx and reliably renders it, but libreoffice is currently the closest to it. Unfortunately the .docx spec is not the lightest read in the world!
Cheers,