https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165860
Bug ID: 165860
Summary: /home/<user>/Templates (XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR) must not be
used in LibreOffice's Templates configuration to store
its templates (like OTT)
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
URL: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/issue-when-creating-temp
lates-on-linux-mint/119843/
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Installation
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Ref:
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/issue-when-creating-templates-on-linux-mint/119843/
In *some* distributions, the default LO user profile has "Templates"
directories configuration like
/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice/4/user/template;/home/<user>/Templates
The addition of the latter "/home/<user>/Templates (i.e., XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR) is
wrong and breaks the intended Templates directory usage. XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR is
*intended* for files that are *copied* verbatim, when user uses a file
manager's New functionality. On the other hand, LibreOffice's own internal
Templates directory is used for storage of true template files (like OTT),
which differ from normal documents not only in the file extension, but also in
the MIME and ODT type (stored inside the package). When configured like shown
above, the user's templates created in LO and stored there using the normal
'File->Templates->Save as Template' would appear then in file manager's New
menu, and copied to the chosen location as is (as e.g. OTT), breaking the
workflow.
I don't know what's responsible for the configuration (my personal LO on
Ubuntu-under-WSL has no such config - but on Ask, I see that a user with Mint
has it); maybe it's a specific distro's problem (and so it would be NOTOURBUG),
but let me file it here for now. :)
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