On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 13:10 +0530, Pramathesh Ambasta wrote:
> I have mentioned the OS: Mandrival Linux Limited Edition 2005. OOo
> Version 2.0.2 did not come bundled with this distribution (they had an
> earlier version). I downloaded this from one of the OpenOffice FTP
> sites.
> I will file the issue soon. The peculiar thing is that writer actually
> imports the file and just as it is about to display it, it gives this
> error message.

Very definitely file that issue. I have not been able to reproduce the
problem on my system using 2.03.rc5.

> Thanks
> Pramathesh Ambasta
> On 6/14/06, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 11:14 +0530, Pramathesh Ambasta wrote:
> > > I have tried to open several latex source files as plain text files in
> > > OpenOffice 2.0.2 (Writer on Mandriva Linux LE 2005). I mean simply
> > > open - NOT IMPORT - them. Just as Writer opens several other plain
> > > text files (and source code files for C etc.).
> > > However, every time I try to do this, I get a message "General Error:
> > > Input Output Error" and the file does not open. This happens only with
> > > LaTeX/TeX source files (i.e. marked .tex) not with any other file. I
> > > have opened several files, whose formats are not known to writer
> > > without importing them without facing this problem.
> > > I tried to rename the files without the default extension (.tex) and
> > > the files opened! But this is not really an option because a lot of my
> > > source files have the .tex extension. How can I get writer to ignore
> > > the .tex extension and open the file as if it were any other file
> > >
> > > thanks in advance for help
> > >
> >
> > You haven't mentioned your OS but from the above I would suspect
> > Windows.
> >
> > In any case, as near as I can tell OOo IMPORTS these as text files and
> > presents them with fixed fonts and all the commands visible. Since you
> > are not seeing this behaviour, I suggest that you enter an issue into
> > Issue Tracker as this is the best way to have problems such as this
> > evaluated.
> >
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> >
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> >      4. Once you have confirmed, go to www.openoffice.org again
> >      5. And click on the "My Pages" tab from which you can file and find
> > issues.
> >
> > Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It is particularly important
> > that you attach any examples with the issue to ensure your need is
> > understood.
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