Re: KDE, openoffice bug
> I am not sure if it's an OOo issue; it might be. HOWEVER, the KDE
> system/environment DOES recognize Firefox as the default for web addresses
> from inside all other KDE and non-KDE programs, e.g. Thunderbird, audio and
> video programs, and so on. It's ONLY inside OOo that Firefox is not
> recognized as the system default.
>
It does appear to be a KDE issue. I've filed a bug report. However,
OOo has it's own share of issues regarding support for system
settings:
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=102517
That is one of tens that I know about.
> Sorry, what is "the right way," that Tom suggested? Can you send me a link
> to those instructions or block quote them below? (Thank you.)
>
update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
> (Another probram I have with OOo, which MAY or MAY NOT be related is
> something that also developed late in my use of Mandriva 2008 version. I
> used that prior to switching to Debian Etch (and now Lenny) about 2 years
> ago. I frequently cut and paste from web pages into OOo writer --- as a way
> of saving data and notes, all in one document. But if there are little
> yellow cells, or "notes" embedded in the web pages, when I paste them onto
> an OpenOffice writer doc, the whole OOo program crashes. In Mandriva, this
> was a CRITCAL issue. It was the final straw that drove me away from
> Mandriva. In Debian, it's only started recently, and is infrequent --- but
> still troubling.)
> The main issue for the moment, though, is getting OOo writer to open links
> with the default Firefox browser I have designated.
See if config-x-www-browser helps, and let us know!
>> If the file is HTML, what program would you expect to open it other
>> than Firefox?
>
> No other program, that is the point. I want Firefox to be my default browser
> for all web-based URLs, no matter what program I use.
>
Including ODF files? For that you will need another suggestion of
Toms': the mozilla-openoffice.org plugin.
> It's CRITICAL you know --- I never had this problem in earlier versions of
> KDE, when I was working on the Mandriva distribution.
>
I know that it can be annoying.
> (I had LOTS of other problems with Mandriva (!) which is why I finally quit
> using that distribution. There were massive numbers of bugs. But this
> problem was not one of them. That's another reason I am not sure it is a KDE
> bug --- unless it's a bug that developed in the later KDE 3.2 and 3.5
> versions.
>
It is present in KDE 4.3 RC, that is enough to file an issue on. I
don't use links in my ODF files, so I never noticed it in KDE 3.x.
> Again, I don't think the problem is KDE. All the other programs I'm running,
> including non-KDE programs like eg Thunderbird, and audio and video
> programs, recognize Firefox as the system default.
>
That is good to know. Maybe it is an OOo issue.
> I am REALLY a novice when it comes to editing system or /etc files. My
> personal "Linux guru" (mentioned above) warned me NEVER to do this without
> his supervision, or I could break the whole system.
>
That is usually good advice! What did he say when you asked him about
this issue?
> So, please be very specific, because I'm not a total techi -- and certainly
> not when it comes to editing system setting files!!!! I respectfully request
> instructions in steps, 1) 2) 3) (and so on) with basic layman's English ---
> and no technological jargon or "shortcuts." I don't understand the meaning
> of half the "Linux-only" words.
>
I'm not on the Debian partition right now, but it will be very straightforward.
> Many many kind and gracious thanks to one and all!
--
Dotan Cohen
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