Bug#401901: openoffice.org: oocalc script hides useful -calc option

[Stuart Prescott <debian-expires2006@nanonanonano.net>]

Hi Jim,

> > Unfortunately, the oocalc program itself doesn't work in this way and
> > the feature is lost. Neither of these work in the desired way:
> >
> >     oocalc foo.dat
> >     oocalc -calc foo.dat
>
> I think this relates to the upstream features. Can you report what
> happens if the file is re-named to foo.csv before opening?

If renamed to csv, then the file is always opened in oocalc. Even if you 
specify 

	oowriter foo.csv

if is openned in oocalc :(

I guess the problem is that the openoffice package provides a set of programs 
(oocalc, oowriter, etc) that claim that they will open your file in the 
specified component when in actual fact they do not. They just open the file 
in openoffice and let it work out which component the files should be opened 
in which it only does by file extension and not by what you actually want to 
do with the file.

If you want to open it in a component then you have to use the (undocumented) 
soffice program, as pointed out to me by upstream:

	http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=72325

Are oocalc etc Debian-isms or are they from upstream? If they are from 
upstream, then perhaps we should reopen the above bug with the additional 
details. (Or open a new bug report)

cheers
Stuart

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Stuart Prescott                 www.nanoNANOnano.net