[karmic] gnome-do doesn’t open OOo-Documents

[Patrick Schlieker]

Binary package hint: gnome-do

Ubuntu 9.10
Gnome Do Version is 0.8.2
package is gnome-do_0.8.2+dfsg-0-9.10~ppa1
same behavior in gnome-do_0.8.2+dfgs-1_i386.deb (universe)

When typing the name of an OOo-document ("foo.odt") it is properly displayed with the assotiated icon in the gnome do searchbox, but when hitting enter gnome do won’t start OpenOffice.org writer and open the document as expected. Nothing happens, there are also no error messages in the terminal.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

Works fine for me. My guess is your xdg-open (part of the xdg-utils package) is not working.

Type 'xdg-open foo.odt' and see if it works. If it does not, then the problem is with your XDG configuration and not with GNOME Do.

[Patrick Schlieker (patrick-schlieker)]

Thanks for your reply.

'xdg-open ~/foo.odt' works fine.

I had the same problem in jaunty with the latest ppa version on a different machine. The universe package in jaunty isn’t affected though. So my guess would be that the problem is caused by gnome do or the files and folders plugin. But maybe i’m wrong and my OOo-documents just don’t love me anymore.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

What action are you performing? It may be defaulting to something like 'Copy' instead of 'Open'. After you type the filename, hit tab and itll show the action.

[Patrick Schlieker (patrick-schlieker)]

Ahh, that’s it. It shows 'run' as default. If i change it to 'open' it works. But where are the default settings stored?

Sorry, i know this isn’t a support thread.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

It will learn your common actions, so if you choose 'open' enough times that will become the default.

[Aethralis (aethralis)]

Learnt from previous comments the solution. But I still think this is a usability bug, as there is no visible way to bind OOo documents to the "open" command. Also I would imagine that it should not be too hard to set it for such filetypes as default.

[Alex Launi (alexlauni)]

Don't put executable permission on your documents. Your document has the
executable bit set, so it makes sense that we should let you try and run it.
It could easily be a python or bash script.

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--Alex Launi

[Chris S. (cszikszoy)]

If I recall correctly, the executable bit gets set if you transfer
that file to a FAT partition (like a flash drive). I forget why this
happens.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Alex Launi <email address hidden> wrote:
> Don't put executable permission on your documents. Your document has the
> executable bit set, so it makes sense that we should let you try and run it.
> It could easily be a python or bash script.
>
> --
> --Alex Launi
>
> --
> [karmic] gnome-do doesn’t open OOo-Documents
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434859
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> Status in “gnome-do” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-do
>
> Ubuntu 9.10
> Gnome Do Version is 0.8.2
> package is gnome-do_0.8.2+dfsg-0-9.10~ppa1
> same behavior in gnome-do_0.8.2+dfgs-1_i386.deb (universe)
>
> When typing the name of an OOo-document ("foo.odt") it is properly displayed with the assotiated icon in the gnome do searchbox, but when hitting enter gnome do won’t start OpenOffice.org writer and open the document as expected. Nothing happens, there are also no error messages in the terminal.
>

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Chris S. <email address hidden> wrote:
> If I recall correctly, the executable bit gets set if you transfer
> that file to a FAT partition (like a flash drive).  I forget why this
> happens.

This would be because FAT doesn't support permissions at all, so "rwx"
permissions are invented by the kernel. These get copied when you
copy the files...

[Isny (isny)]

The executable bit was the problem for me: after I did "chmod 666 <filenames>", gnome Do worked OK and began opening the documents with openoffice.