Dotan Cohen wrote:
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.
INTERESTING!!!! At LAST I found someone who sees that it's not just my
own personal "little black cloud" causing these issues!!! (LOL)
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
Okay, well I used that command. BUT, it DOES NOT list FIREFOX as one
of the alternatives. There are only 4 listed:
1 /usr/bin/konqueror
2 /usr/bin/iceape
3 /usr/bin/opera
4 /usr/bin/iceweasel
And I don't want any of those. I want Firefox to run from my personal
directory, within home.
Is there any way to ADD that to this program as an "alternative"
browser?????
Now, it MIGHT be possible to choose /usr/bin/iseweasel IF I can trick
the "iceweasel" virtual link into redirecting the system to the
/home/.../Firefox/Firefox program I WANT to raise?
Any suggestions about how I could do that????
Or anything else?
(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.
Yes, including ODF and DOC files. Writers pretty much need this
feature. It's critical!!!! (Not just personal fancy or choice;
CRITICAL!!!!)
A couple of weeks ago, I installed that mozilla-openoffice.org plugin.
HOWEVER, the "mozilla" or "Firefox" option that was supposed to then
appear in the OppenOffice writer tools --> options --> internet
--> subdirectory did not appear. It still shows ONLY ---> Proxy,
---> search and ---> E-mail.
No mozilla, no Firefox. No change!
I still have the plugin. MAYBE I should copy it to another directory.
If so, however, I don't know where to find the plugin --- or where to
copy it to.
I also considered upgrading to OpenOffice 3 from 2.4.1, but THAT seemed
like it might louse up other programs, and adversely affect
dependencies, so I removed OpenOffice3 and all the related libraries
etc.
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?
He threw up his hands. It's a lot of complication, and it's not
something he could easily fix remotely. Plus, I don't want to trouble
him with something like this. It's critical to me; to him, it's just an
annoyance, and he doesn't have time to try and figure it out. He has no
clue about the cause. Everything he suggested --- changing the Kcontrol
path etc. --- did not work.
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!
Any more suggestions are more than welcome. I'd file an OpenOffice bug
comment if I could figure out how to use that system, but it's "Greek"
to me (no offense meant, and I hope none taken, to any Greeks on this
list)!
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