Re: [libreoffice-users] desktop-integration

Heinrich,
I am sorry.  I misunderstood your intent.  Yes, it does seem like a bug 
and should be addressed. 

I cannot shed any light on this specific subject, since I am not using 
any 4.x LO version.  I am keeping with the stable 3.6+ series until 
4.1.4+ is released.  Then I may try it, depending on the complaints I 
see on this forum.  That is just my computer policy.

As for desktop integration (DI) being kde-specific, I don't think that 
is the case.  Yes, there were, and still are in the 3.6 series, several 
versions of desktop integration for the different desktop environments 
(DEs).  However, I just checked my 3.6.6.2 version and there are now 
only three: freedesktop, mandriva, and suse.  There is no kde or 
gnome-specific version and the freedesktop DI seems to be the coming 
standard  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/ , with mandriva and suse the 
final holdouts in the 3.6.6.2 case.  So, I suspect if you select 
freedesktop for your gnome DE, it should work for you.  It works for my 
KDE DE.  In fact, gnome and kde are now so similar in API (Application 
Programming Interface) that they will run each others' apps (kde and 
gtk) and share the desktop directories/links, if not the menus.  You may 
have also read the reply to this thread that the LO 4.1 series no longer 
has separate DI rpm package files, but has the DI integrated into the 
main package. I suspect that integration is the freedesktop DI, but that 
is just a guess.

The bottom line is that this problem you are experiencing - not being 
able to run the main LO program or any of the sub-apps -  does seem like 
a bug to me.  Not being able to select a particular DI, may not be a 
bug, but just evolution.

Hope this helps.
Girvin Herr


sun shine wrote:
> Girvin
>
> This is a topic I have some interest in and have been following.
>
> While I am aware of the capacity to run the soffice script from the 
> terminal and even creating a custom launcher for the Gnome, XFCE4 and 
> in Mint, Mate panels, what I am curious about is exactly why doing so 
> is even necessary in the first place?
>
> This will have been the first time in my experience of using OOo and 
> now LibO that doing this manually is necessary, and it makes me wonder 
> what value the desktop-integration package has if the user still needs 
> to do this customised approach to get the application to work.
>
> Are you able to shine any light on the matter? Is this an oversight 
> from the 4.1. beta developers, a bug, or - a feature? Similarly, any 
> ideas about why this desktop integration (which doesn't) is only 
> geared for the KDE and not for Gnome (and Gnome-like) DEs?
>
> Thanks for any insights you can share.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 21/07/13 20:47, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
> > Heinrich,
> > Have you tried bringing LibreOffice up with "soffice" in a terminal 
> > shell, or unambiguously, "/opt/libreoffice4.1/program/soffice" (less 
> > quotes, of course)?
> > If that works, then you could manually add a link in your menu or at 
> > least an icon on your desktop.
> > soffice is the main libreoffice program or, more accurately, script, 
> > that invokes the other programs (Writer, Calc, etc.). If that program 
> > is not run first, then the others may not be initialized properly to 
> > run.
> >
> > You could also run writer, calc, etc. from a terminal and see what 
> > messages are output from it. They may give you a clue as to why it 
> > isn't running properly. But my bet is on soffice.
> >
> > FYI: "soffice" is a legacy name from the StarOffice days. Maybe some 
> > day the devs will get around to changing that - unless it would break 
> > something.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Girvin Herr
> <snip>

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