Bug#892136: /usr/bin/loimpress: Libreoffice Impress sometimes silently deletes a slide from the presentation
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On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 12:27:22AM +0100, Wojciech Zabołotny wrote:
> Package: libreoffice-impress
> Version: 1:6.0.1-1
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/loimpress
Ehm, I don't think so.
> I can't isolate the problem. Usually I notice it only after a longer
> edition,
Thhen we need more info.
> when I see, that my presentation contains less slides than it should
> contain.
> Probably certain user activity (a special dragging the slides in the left
> pannel, or using a special key sequence?) causes Impress to delete a
> slide without any warning or confirmation request.
> I find this feature (or bug?!) extremely dangerous. Usually i have to
Would you also file the same bug if people using vi would do 10000dd
or %y or so blindly in command mode and wondering whether 10000 lines or your
file contents are gone?
> It should be possible to switch an obligatory warning/confirmation request
> before any deletion of a slide or group of slides.
I'd consider it annoying if valid slide deletions would always need to
be deleted. Would you also do it in every cell in calc? In every word in
writer?
Regards,
Rene
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