[Upstream] [hardy] Feature Request: Read-only document should be editable
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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OpenOffice |
Confirmed
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Unknown
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: openoffice.org
When opening a document from a source such as e-mail in Evolution, the file is a read-only copy. However, sometimes, it is worthwhile to be able to make edits to the document, and then save it as a new file. For example, let’s say someone sends me a spreadsheet with the financials of a company contained in it, and I would like to key in some equations to do some analysis on those figures. As it stands presently, I have to either (a) save the attachment from within Evolution to my home folder and then open it from within OOo or the file manager or whatever, or (b) open the attachment from within Evolution, save a read-write copy of the file, and then proceed to work on it.
When an attempt is made to edit the file, OOo pops up a dialog stating that the “Document opened in read-only mode.” Instead, it should probably say something like, “The document you are attempting to edit is read-only. Would you like to work on a copy?” with a yes/no option. If the user selects “Yes,” then OpenOffice could disassociate the document in memory with the one it originally opened on disk, treating the document as an unsaved document without a file name, and then permit the user to go about their business and save the file if they want. I know that for me, I sometimes want to make minor changes to get a number out, and then toss the document away—so saving it as an intermediary file is really not optimal.
I know that this is the way it works for files in Writer and Calc. I am assuming that this is the same across the board in all of the portions of OOo.
Changed in openoffice.org: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | Needs Info → Confirmed |
Changed in openoffice: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in openoffice: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
Changed in openoffice: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in openoffice.org: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
tags: | added: hardy |
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
Thanks for your report.
I just attempted e-mailing myself a document and I was able to edit it, then I realized it wasn't read-only but located in tmp. So I created a new file and performed a chmod 444 to make it read only to everyone and opened that file. I can confirm you can't write in it, but at the same time as soon as you go and "save as" to something else, the file then becomes editable. I would imagine this is how it is meant to be.
If you could reply with the version of Ubuntu/OpenOffice you are using and if this performs differently then the above, I would appreciate it.