Re: lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli
On 2 September 2022 8:17:17 AM UTC, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
>On 2022-09-02, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Fri 02 Sep 2022 at 01:02:10 (+0000), jindam, vani wrote:
>>> i am trying to open pdf file from cli:
>>> $ /usr/bin/lowriter --inputfilter="*.pdf" /home/user/file.pdf
>>
>> ↑↑↑
>>
>>> the above command fails to open pdf file
>>>
>>> what am i doing wrong?
>>
>> Try removing the characters "put": it's --infilter.
>>
>> Note that I don't know what kinds of string are expected as an
>> argument to infilter, but *.pdf worked for me in your example.
perhaps, you have libreoffice draw. if
possible can you confirm.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David.
>>
>>
>
>
>I tried with the --infilter flag. lowriter does nothing different here
>with or without that flag; it opens the raw pdf file.
>
>What's supposed to happen?
Eyal Rozenberg explanation on lo bugzilla
issue (1): The reason is that when you
open a PDF file in LO, regardless of
which app you opened it with - it gets
opened in LO Draw.
(1) https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141732
regards,
jindam, vani
The man page says
>
> --infilter="<filter>"
> Force an input filter type if possible. For example
> --infilter="Calc Office Open XML"
> only
>
>I'm afraid I'm uncertain what that means.
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