Comment 8 for bug 752814

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Marcus Haslam (marcus-haslam) wrote : Re: [Bug 752814] Re: Impress not the default app for ODP documents

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 20 Apr 2011, at 10:40, Launchpad Bug Tracker <<email address hidden>
 > wrote:

> ** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/desktop-file-utils
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/752814
>
> Title:
>  Impress not the default app for ODP documents
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  New
> Status in “desktop-file-utils” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
> Status in “desktop-file-utils” source package in Natty:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “libreoffice” source package in Natty:
>  Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: libreoffice
>
>  1) lsb_release -rd
>  Description:        Ubuntu Natty (development branch)
>  Release:        11.04
>
>  2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-impress
>  libreoffice-impress:
>    Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu2
>    Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu2
>    Version table:
>   *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu2 0
>          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386
> Packages 100
>  /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>  apt-cache policy evince
>  evince:
>    Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12
>    Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12
>    Version table:
>   *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu12 0
>          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386
> Packages 100
>  /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>  3) What is expected to happen in Ubuntu 11.04 is when one opens an
>  .odp file via double clicking the icon or secondary clicking icon ->
>  click first entry at the top, it opens it with LibreOffice Impress.
>
>  4) What happens instead is that either opens in Evince (Document
>  Viewer).
>
>  WORKAROUND: Secondary click the icon -> Open With -> LibreOffice
> Impress.
>  WORKAROUND: Secondary click the icon ->click  Open With -> Other
> Application -> highlight LibreOffice Impress -> check the Remember
> this application for "OpenDocument Presentation" files checkbox ->
> click Open button.
>  WORKAROUND: Open the file via the Terminal: loimpress -nologo
> example.odp
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: libreoffice (not installed)
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Wed Apr  6 14:43:29 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64
> (20100901.1)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: libreoffice
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-04 (2 days ago)