Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: mimetype=text/csv opened in writer

On 09/16/2015 07:11 AM, Cley Faye wrote:
> 2015-09-16 10:50 GMT+02:00 Kamil Jońca <kjonca@o2.pl>:
>
> > Are there any rules which decide "this csv is to open with writer, and
> > that by calc?"
> ​On what OS ?​
> At least on Windows and most Linux, it' the OS that decide what application
> is used to open a file. On Linux it's mostly driven by mime types, while on
> Windows the filename extension play a major role.
> As far as I know, after installation, LibreOffice will not register itself
> to handle different file types.
> ​For example, on one of my installation (Debian Linux with KDE), the
> text/csv file type is associated with, in that order, LOCalc​, some basic
> text editors, LOWriter, some file viewers. LibreOffice have no saying in
> this.
>
> ​To help, it would be useful to know more about your system, and if you did
> install/uninstall software recently that might have caused this behavior.
> In any case, the fix most likely lies in the system configuration.​

I have had an issue a few days ago with Win10/home.  For some reason, I 
lost Writer's association with the .doc files.  This may be somewhat 
related to the file association issue you have experienced, but in 
reverse.  I think it might have been a Win10 issue, instead of LO's 
problem.  I have not seen that issue with Ubuntu-based Linux for many years.

When we install LO, we are asked if we want to associate the MS Office 
formats with LO, but for some reason it got changed.  Then LO "tells" 
the OS it "wants" to be associated with those file/mime types.  IF a 
different package/app seems to want to be associated to the lost file 
type, as far as the OS is concerned, then it may be changed without your 
knowledge and/or permission.

I know that Win10 "sometimes forgets" that I associate .jpg files to 
GIMP as its default app over their internal app or associate them to the 
Corel Paint Shop Pro version I have installed.  I have lost that 
.jpg/GIMP association several times in the past month or so.  Last week 
was the first time I lost the .doc/LO association.  Of course, when that 
happens, I have found that Win10 sometimes does not show GIMP or LO in 
the list of possible packages that could be associated with the file 
type association that was lost. It took a lot of effort/work, the last 
time I had to re-associate .jpg with GIMP.









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