On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 03:09:11PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > Got remooved upstream.
means that you're going to release a new version without such email settings pane? how direct sendmail will be handled then? > So it doesn't need a manpage. And it's a debian-ism anyway. nevertheless, OOo help should mention it, so that user knows what the 'hack' it means > You probably use GNOME and have evolution installed... Or just fall into the > fallback. not at all, evolution(1) is there 'cauz of crazy dependnecies > (Which BTW should be the fallback app in your opinion?) there are sensible-browser, sensible-editor, sensible-pager, so why not a sensible-[mailer|mua] which get its defaults environ(7)? Regardless, the point is that there's no clue about that, OOo2 decides, period. > > > for configuring it. > > Wrong. If you can't think of the possibility to simply add whatever you like > in that box, I am sorry, but. Because that is what the senddoc script checks: > > looking at senddoc.sh, It knows about: where is such senddoc.sh? is it a user config file? # locate senddoc.sh # find /usr/lib/openoffice/ -name senddoc.sh # zgrep senddoc.sh /usr/share/doc/openoffice.org*/* nothing at all. So, pls explain how a user is supposed to 'simply add whatever he likes in that box'; the only box avail is that for the program name/path; also pls explain how a user can figure out that: > sensible-ooomua) > iceape | mozilla | netscape | icedove | thunderbird) > kmail) > evolution) > sylpheed) are the only 'supported' ones. > > user's setting/setup; second, and most important, what the heck means > > That setting never was a conffile system-wide, and the user profile dir > changed. it's imported by OOo2 from OOo1, hence it's expected to keep its meaning/use. > > 'supported'? OOo should be neutral wrt helper apps - if it knows exactly how > > to pass args to a handful progs, fine (but may put maint. overhead), like > > That's exactly what senddoc does. except that noone knows about that. > > must be a generic opt for the generic emailer/helper the end-user wants to > > use, which would be called by > > This *is* what we try with this. At least for the generic desktop users. I > don't like it does *not* do that: if it doesn't like the program name the user set in the path box, it just bails out saying it's 'unsupported'. > that vbery much either but what should you default to?` as said, the default should be the safest, dumbest thing: % email-helper-program 'path-to-temp-file' surely not 'unsupported'. thanks -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
