[tdf-discuss] Re: Change executable names

On 12/20/2010 12:19 PM, Charles Marcus wrote:
> On 2010-12-17 8:09 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > - LO takes over all OOo application defaults & icons.
> > - LO uses the same executable names as OOo (soffice.exe, swriter.exe,
> > etc). This makes it impossible to select an .odt and re-associate it
> > with OOo.
>
> While I absolutely agree that the executable names should be changed,
> file associations needs a bit more than that, I was very glad to see
> that LibO brought back the ability to choose file associations for Word,
> Excel and Powerpoint file types at install time, but more is needed -
> the associations for the newer XML formats need to be treated
> separately, so, instead of just 3 associations, there would be 6.
>
> With that one difference in mind, I'd *love* to see LibO implement
> something along the lines of my long-standing request (77257) for a
> proper 'File Extension Manager' (which was created long before the new
> XML formats):
>
> http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77257

Have a look at:
<http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.devel/4130>
You'll need to click on the "(Continue reading) to get the full details,
but if you look at the last:
<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.devel/4360>
you'll see that executable names between OOo and LibO is a serious problem.

And BTW: +1 on 77257 and a proper 'File Exension Manager'.




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