Finally got the latest updates and KDE 4.8 from Eric's courageous efforts (Thanks Eric) but having a problem with mime type/file associations. But only with LibreOffice spreadsheets with the .ods file extention.

Specifically, clicking on a spreadsheet with this extension launches FF instead of LO. Googled and tries all the advice I could find vis-a-vis deleting kde cache files etc both locally and in /var/tmp/kdecach-me.
Done the usual rename of /home/me/.kde, logged out and back in thus completely recreating kde's hidden directory to cure another problem, so I suspect something else is wrong.

Right clicking shows the prompt in the drop down menu to open with localc, and checking through system settings, the only entry for file associations for types ending with .ods is LibreOffice calc, but when just clicking on the file (either from the desktop or within dolphin) tries to open the file with FF.

Saving the file as (gasp!, shock, horror) a Microsoft .xls file allows LO to open it as one would expect.

I know it's not a big thing but it's really annoying.

Anyone any ideas.

TIA

I have the same issue. It is also true of text files (odt).

Brian

I can not reproduce this.

I am running slackware64-current, enhanced with my KDE 4.8.0 and my Libreoffice 3.4.5 package.
I have a .ODS file somewhere below my homedirectory. When I open this directory in Dolphin and hover the mouse over the .ODS file, the status bar of Dolphin says "OpenDocument Spreadsheet". When I click the file, LibreOffice starts and the file opens in localc.

What version of LibreOffice and which kind of package do you have installed? The official binaries, or my package?

Eric

Hi Eric,

Currently using LibreOffice 3.3.1 compiled by your good self. Will try the upgrade to 3.4.5 and let you know the result.

Cheers

Vic

I started adding the mime type definition files to my LibreOffice packages with the start of the 3.4 series... I guess there's at least part of the cause of your issue.

Eric

Ok, I have upgraded to 3.4.5, and there is definitely some improvement. Now at least from within Dolphin, clicking on the file now launches LO calc, but strangely enough, creating a link to the desktop and clicking on it from there causes the previous behaviour of opening with FF.
One thing I forgot to mention is that previously, if I used Konqueror as a file manager there was no issue, just with Dolphin and desktop links. So the current state of play is that only files clicked on via the desktop, (just tried with both a link, and a directly stored file on the desktop), does the FF issue happen.

Vic

I cannot reproduce this either.
I opened Dolphin, and dragged the .ODS file to the desktop, thereby creating a "shortcut" to the file in my homedirectory.
When I click that shortcut, LibreOffice Calc opens as expected and shows me the content of the spreadsheet.

Eric

Upgrading to 3.4.5 solved the Dolphin issue for me too, but as with vdemuth the odts and odss are opened in firefox if launched from the desktop. Actually libreoffice does get launched as well, but the document only opens in firefox.

BTW, I also tested 3.5 from slackbuilds.org and it exhibits the same behavior.


Brian

Try removing the "libreoffice-mozplugin" package.

Eric

Actually I had not installed libreoffice-mozplugins at all. So I did install it and it did not change the behavior. (Well, it did slightly, because for the ods, but not the odt, when it started to open in firefox I got a dialog box saying I was trying to open a binary file and asking if I wanted to save it.) Subsequently deleting the package did not change the behavior (except the Save dialog box went away).

Brian

Have you tried selecting a .odt or .ods file in Dolphin, right clicking and selecting Open With -> Other... and choosing the LibreOffice option as well as selecting the remember this association check box?

Removing libreoffice-mozplugin did the trick for me at least. I'll leave this as unsolved for now though as Brian (BCarey) is having similar problems.

Thanks again to Eric for his hard work and assistance.

Vic