Bug#293176: Setting system wide defaults.
Package: openoffice.org
Version: 1.1.2dfsg1-3
Severity: wishlist
I need the ability to set system wide defaults.
Currently set things like default fonts, data sources and autosave.
I suspect others with an enterprise environment would find this useful.
I have tried a couple things over the years but nothing has been 100%
satisfactory.
Current I'm running rh7.3 with a generic openoffice 1.1.0.
I'm switching to debian sarge and want to use the the debian packages.
What I currently do is to edit the xml files
/usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/share
Can get away with this because I have complete control over the
installation.
I'm sure I could so the same with in /usr/lib/openoffice/share but I
assume my changes would be killed
with every update as I doubt it is anticipated that these files will be
edited. If charges are checked for, that may be a possibility, but
really do not like config files in /usr
As far as I can see openoffice merges the configurations from
/usr/lib/openoffice/share with the users personal install user/ files. A
really nice solution would be to merge in configs from /etc/openoffice.
Another method that I have done is to add a hook in the install part of
openoffice startup program to copy in additional configuration data into
the personal install.
I need some sort of solution very soon.
Is there something in place that I'm not aware of?
Any plans?
I need to do it anyway I can contribute what I do.
Appreciate any comments or suggestions on the best way to proceed.
John
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