[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-24 Thread pwaring
I know this has been marked as 'wishlist', and perhaps it's not an issue for most people, but I've had to revert to using the .deb because this bug breaks my workflow every day (I receive and open lots of documents via email and through websites using Firefox). -- You received this bug

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-09 Thread Heather Ellsworth
In order to use portals, the Libreoffice upstream source needs to change their file dialogs to the newer gtk native APIs: https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk3-GtkFileChooserNative.html So instead of using GtkFileChooserDialog, we should implement GtkFileChooserNative. Since this is

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-06 Thread Heather Ellsworth
** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881603 Title: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail To manage

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-06 Thread pwaring
The problem is if you have LibreOffice installed as a snap and try to open an attachment in Thunderbird, LibreOffice will generate an error message saying that it can open the file because it does not exist (in reality it does exist but LibreOffice can't read it, so the message is a bit

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-06 Thread pwaring
Sorry, that should be: LibreOffice will generate an error message saying that it *can't* open the file (Launchpad really needs a comment edit function!) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-06 Thread Sebastien Bacher
The issue is fixed now, the current snap revision uses the desktop portals which provides a picker on the real filesystem which allows to access any location the normal user can browser (the program still doesn't have access so it can't go read things it shouldn't, it requires user interaction to

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-06 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Sorry I mixed my tabs and though that was about thunderbird, libreoffice should probably start using portals as well to resolve the issue ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-06 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Or wait, you try to open the file from thunderbird in an email and it fails to open in libreoffice's snap (but works with the deb?) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881603 Title:

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-06 Thread pwaring
In case anyone else hits this problem and is wondering about the root cause, it seems to be because snaps generally can't access data from other applications, so when Thunderbird drops a file into /tmp LibreOffice can't "see" it. This isn't unique to LibreOffice, it causes problems for other snaps

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-11-06 Thread pwaring
In case anyone else hits this problem and is wondering about the root cause, it seems to be because snaps generally can't access data from other applications, so when Thunderbird drops a file into This doesn't happen with the non-snap version of LibreOffice distributed through the Ubuntu archive

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-06-24 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Tags added: snap -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881603 Title: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1881603] Re: [snap] Cannot open attached file from e-mail

2020-06-22 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881603 Title: