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Gerald Leppert wrote:
      * I share the concerns stated by the others with regard to the
        ".od?.pdf" file extension - especially since most people might
        still not know what the "od?" stands for. I'm unsure about the
        real impact. An alternative may be to change the given file name
        to something like "-embeddedODF.pdf". Users might then consider
        to change that manually ...
If I understand your idea correctly, then you propose to use the
file endings ".embeddedOD?.pdf" instead of ".od?.pdf"? Sounds good
to me. This would be a solution to three problems: Firstly, windows
users would not be confused by files called "filename.odt" with a
PDF icon. Secondly, users could identify the existence of a
hybridPDF. Thirdly, it would be possible to integrate HybridPDF file
types into the operating system resulting in: double click opens LO
if installed. Or, double click opens PDF viewer, if LO is not
installed.

cutting down Cc list -

Hi Gerald,

I think getting "you should install LibreOffice" somehow encoded
into the filename is an ill-advised, ugly solution to the wrong
problem.

I don't like disguising marketing strategies in how my software
behaves. For the acedemic setting you work in, surely using personal
relations, some explanations in emails etc etc works much better
than the proposed solution (and also offers opportunities to grow
community, not only user base).

My 2 cents,

-- Thorsten

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