On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:25:49 -0600 jimw wagner wrote: > I am using the official downloaded version of OpenOffice 2.2.0, > working on Ubuntu linux. > > The problem is that double-clicking on an .odt file does not open it, > not unless I put in the exact path to the program. > > This is an annoyance, though I haven't felt sufficiently annoyed to > complain about it until now. It is a bit of a pain to have to either > open OpenOffice and track down the path to the document, or click on > the document and put in the path to OpenOffice. > > It was working the same in the previous versions of OpenOffice as > well. > > Is this a problem brought about by not using the Ubuntu build of > OpenOffice? I hesitate to go to the Ubuntu build because they always > build in a lot of bugs. >
Possibly. The ability to start a program from the MIME type is a function of the OS, not OO.o, or more correctly in Ubuntu, a function of Gnome itself. I use IceWM so i cannot direct you to the exact place for setting up file associations in Gnome. -- Michael Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
