Brian Clark wrote:
Yes, although it will work, surely that isn't the best solution.
It is a common thing to do, but...
Unless I've done something else wrong, I'm starting to think it's a bug.
...I have just read the documentation and tested this method. It does indeed not work. I seems that "/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin" does not even try to read either "/etc/openoffice/openoffice.org", or "/etc/openoffice/openoffice.conf", so no wonder it does not work.
It is possible that I overlooked something while debugging OpenOffice, but I am pretty sure this _is_ a bug. Feel free to report it, otherwise I will do it.