Hi :) Sorry about all that! Ubuntu tends to be a lot cleaner than Windows, as Anthony points out there are no desktop.ini files and no thumbnail files (other than those you deliberately save because you want them). The cookies and other invisible files we all get from normal use are much less likely to achieve any dodgy aims they might have. It's easier to clear out all the junk from Ubuntu and Ubuntu has a "Janitor" to make it even easier to clean. Regards from Tom :) --- On Fri, 14/9/12, Anthony Easthope <antisocky@myopera.com> wrote: From: Anthony Easthope <antisocky@myopera.com> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Friday, 14 September, 2012, 8:12 Forgive me in asking, But only windows to my knowledge has a desktop.ini settings file and Enda said earlier on in the thread that the OS they had was ubuntu? surley ubuntu does not use a windows registry file for a settings store? On Thu, 13 Sep 2012, at 05:45 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :) +1 Do you delete cookies, temp-files, history, cache, desktop.ini, thumbnails and so on too? It all seems too much effort and too likely to create problems. Regards from Tom :)________________________________ From: Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012, 15:11 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing What does it prevent you from doing? Are you trying to open this file more than once? You see, I'm confused why you need to override this function of LO. Since the dot files are hidden anyway, I don't see what difference the existence of these files make. The answer to my questions might enlighten me. --Dan On 09/13/2012 10:00 AM, Enda wrote:I am the only user on the system. When I view a file, a dot file (like .~lock.file.doc#) is created. How can I override (stop) this in LibreOffice? - Enda ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing On 09/12/2012 09:23 AM, Enda wrote:OS: Ubuntu Calligra does not create a dot file when viewing files, is there an option to turn this off in LibreOffice? - EndaDo you want multiple users to be able to edit the file at the same time? I think this is causing confusion on the list. Often a program will create a lock file to prevent other users from modifying a file while someone is editing the file. This is a fairly common procedure and in some programs can be over ridden. A "dot" file can also refer to the MSO XP Word template with *.dot extension.----- Original Message ----- From: Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewingAm 11.09.2012 18:01, Enda Noname wrote:Can Libreoffice not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing? .~lock.file.doc#Is it really that difficult to tell us exactly about the situation? We don't even know the operating system. Is it really that difficult to copy some documents into a test directory, display hidden files and open them read-only? 4 tests on Linux: 1) libreoffice -view blah.odt [no lock file] 2) chmod -w blah.odt libreoffice blah.odt [no lock file] 3) menu:File>Open... [X] Read Only [no lock file] 4) menu:Save As... [X]Password blah2.odt with a read-only password close, re-open blah2.odt [creates a lock file]-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
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