Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Showing hidden files/folders

On 2011-12-06 02:40, Scott Castaline wrote:
> On 12/04/2011 11:51 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > On 12/04/2011 06:35 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> > > On 12/04/2011 04:59 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > > > On 12/04/2011 06:56 AM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> > > > > Does anyone know how to turn on "Show Hidden Files/Folders"? The 
> > > > > LO Save
> > > > > or Save As does not appear to have the option to enable it. There 
> > > > > used
> > > > > to be a way in the Options Dialogue under General to select System 
> > > > > Wide
> > > > > Dialogues which in the past worked for this problem, but I can't 
> > > > > seem to
> > > > > find that anymore.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have LO ver. 3.4.4 on Fedora 16
> > > > ...
> > > > Tools|Options|General|Open/Save dialogs|uncheck 'Use Libreoffice
> > > > dialogs'. File|Open|right click in the file section&   click on 'Show
> > > > Hidden Files'.
> > > It's not there. I can remember it being there in older versions, but 
> > > for
> > > some reason not this one. I have gone through each section under
> > > options, thinking that maybe I didn't remember it right, even went to
> > > tools->customize, and of course it wasn't there. I am using the version
> > > as available on the Fedora 16 repo, which is what I've always done once
> > > LO replaced OOo on Fedora, but that shouldn't matter.
> > Ah. It's a distro issue. I just brought up Linux Mint 12 LO 3.4.4 and
> > the option is missing there as well. Fired up Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) and
> > the option is there with LO 3.3.4 (distro version). I reckon that the
> > distro packagers are trying to dumb down everything... including LO.
> > File an LO bug in both Fedora and LO.
> >
> > Note: installing directly from LO (3.3.4 or 3.4.x) has the option, so
> > it's definately a distro packaging issue.
> >
> > [TAG] LibreOffice linux distribution versions missing
> > 'Tools|Options|General|Open/Save dialogs' option.
> Yep, that's what I was beginning to think. I don't know why unless 
> they want LO to maintain its own environment? Not sure if that is 
> phrased correctly. Or maybe something has changed in the way LO 
> requests that dialogue and the way the system responds to the request. 
> I wonder if completing the change over to systemd has anything to do 
> with it. If someone has Fedora 15 that was the last version before 
> everything was cut over to systemd.
>
> Based on that I am planning on filing a bug report with Fedora for 
> removing that option and with LO for not allowing the ability to do 
> from their own dialogue. Would you mind replying with a link for doing 
> the LO bug report? 
In Suse/kde I  get the KDE (dolphin?) file dialogue. Top right that has 
the settings icon with normal show/hide hidden files option.

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