Re: [libreoffice-users] weirdness in save dialogue box

sudo dpkg -iR /Downloads/<package>

I don't see that as any harder than using the system package manager and 
repositories.

Peter HB

On 31/07/2023 20:26, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> I was thinking also to try direct from the LO site, it is just so much 
> easier to install/remove upgrade/downgrade using the system package 
> manager and repositories.
>
> On 31/07/2023 22:56, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > It seems that you have not yet installed directly from the LibreOffice 
> > download site. Many years ago, when I still thought Ubuntu was a 
> > viable option for me, I had problems with their variant of 
> > LibreOffice. Installing the real thing eliminated the problems.
> >
> > Best wishes.
> >
> > Peter HB
> >
> > On 31/07/2023 09:14, Mike Scott wrote:
> > > On 30/07/2023 21:17, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > > .....
> > > > >
> > > > I just switched from the KDE file manager (Dolphin) to the LO file 
> > > > load/save dialogues, there is definitely an issue with LO when using 
> > > > Dolphin that is not evident with other apps using Dolphin.
> > > > Philip, are you using LO from their site or an Ubuntu packaged version.
> > >
> > > > Mike, you say both machines are Mint, MATE or Xfce? Did you install 
> > > > from a PPA or the LO website.
> > >
> > > Mint Mate; versions 21 and (iirc) 20.2 on the lappy.
> > >
> > > LO is installed from the relevant ubuntu PPA. This machine (mint 21) 
> > > says (synaptic) 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.0.4.3, but I think the other 
> > > machine is on LO 6.something (IMBW) from the ub PPA. They have the 
> > > same issue.
> > >
> > > I do find the unpredictability rather concerning. I've just had to 
> > > hunt for a "failing" file, but did find one. 'Save As' consistently 
> > > (well, for the moment anyway!) adds the file extension in the 
> > > dialogue. I switched to LO style dialogue boxes, and they behave as 
> > > expected (file name given, no extension) - switching back to system 
> > > style dialogues restores the wrong behaviour.
> > >
> > > BTW, of two files -- an original plus a copy made with Caja (^C and 
> > > ^V) -- they consistently (for now) behave in the two different ways.
> > >
> > > Thanks all for more comments. I hesitate to raise a bug report over 
> > > this; for one thing the LO web bug page I found last time pretty 
> > > incomprehensible, but for another it's really not repeatable enough. 
> > > I'm not really sure where to go from here.


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