Public bug reported:
By default Xubuntu opens all OpenDocument MS Office and other word
processing and spreadsheet files in Abiword and Gnumeric. That's fine on
a default installation where only Abiword and Gnumeric are installed.
However when the user installs LibreOffice, these files are still being
opened by Abiword and Gnumeric. This leads to the strange situation that
if you save a text document in LibreOffice in its default OpenDocument
format, and you double click on the file in XFCE later on to continue
working, the file is opened in Abiword, causing loss of formatting. At
least OpenDocument should be opened by LibreOffice if it's installed, as
OpenDocument is a first class citizin in LibreOffice, while it's not in
Abiword and Gnumeric. As LibreOffice also has excellent support for MS
Office file formats and others, these should be assigned to LibreOffice
too.
I attach a patch to /usr/share/xubuntu/applications/defaults.list which
changes most formats to LibreOffice if the user installed it. On a
default installation, nothing changes and Abiword and Gnumeric are still
default.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: xubuntu-default-settings 12.10.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-5.10-generic 3.8.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Feb 9 19:14:33 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-09 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130209)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: xubuntu-default-settings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring
** Attachment added: "Patch to xubuntu's default list to prefer LibreOffice
over Abiword/Gnumeric if LibreOffice is installed"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1120704/+attachment/3522587/+files/xubuntu-prefer-lo-if-installed.patch
** Summary changed:
- Xubuntu does not open OpenDocument in MSOffice files in LibreOffice if
installed
+ Xubuntu does not open OpenDocument and MSOffice files in LibreOffice if
installed
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