Bug#1087383: libreoffice: does not start if a soffice.bin process is running

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>]

On 2024-11-13 11:15:43 +0100, René Engelhard wrote:
> >Am 13. November 2024 01:25:35 MEZ schrieb Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>:
> >>No, it does *not* behave as documented. See the "libreoffice --help"
> >>output.
> >>
> >>"Using without special arguments:
> >>Opens the start center, if it is used without any arguments."
> >>
> >>Other usages such as providing a file argument or using --writer to
> >>create an empty Writer document have no effect either, while a window
> >>should have been opened.
> >
> >All that implies a not yet running LO.
> 
> Or at least not a LO hot "hidden"/headless.

This is not what the "libreoffice --help" says. It says nothing about
running LO.

In any case, in these days of multitasking, this is horribly broken.

On 2024-11-13 08:59:26 +0100, René Engelhard wrote:
> >The fact that LibreOffice is already running in the background is just
> >internals. It still needs to behave as documented and in a useful way.
> >With the current status, there is no way to open a LibreOffice window.
> 
> Kill the stray soffice.bin?

Well, this is not something the end user is expected to do.

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