[K12OSN] OOo default save format

[Huck]

So, if users were created BEFORE the running the MS-Defaults script...
then they have personal settings of OO defaults eh?

That's likely wherein my problem lies.

--Huck

Eric Harrison wrote:
> Michael Blinn wrote:
>> After upgrading to K12v6 my OOo defaults to saving as .odt, not .doc 
>> (word97). I re-ran the script at 
>> /opt/ltsp/templates/k12ltsp/openoffice-ms-format-defaults.sh however 
>> this didn't work. Examining the script I found that the patches are 
>> looking for .xcu files in 
>> /usr/lib/openoffice.org2.0/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/Setup 
>> however the file in there are:
>>
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1636 Feb 20 09:51 Setup-calc.xcu.orig
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root  598 May 11 13:55 Setup-calc.xcu.rej
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1669 Feb 20 09:51 Setup-impress.xcu.orig
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root  646 May 11 13:55 Setup-impress.xcu.rej
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4161 May 29 15:43 Setup-writer.xcu.orig
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root  607 May 11 13:55 Setup-writer.xcu.rej
>>
>> The .rej are the patch rejects. - I removed the .orig from the .xcu 
>> files, then deleted the .rej, and re-ran the script. Though the 
>> patches applied cleanly and the defaults are set in the .xcu files to 
>> 'MS Word 97', OOo still saves as .odt -- Has something changed in the 
>> move up to OOo 2.0.4 or am I screwing something up with my manual 
>> fiddling?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>  Michael
>>
> 
> Interesting. I just checked the K12LTSPv6 box I have at home and it 
> works just fine.
> 
> Note that if you run the openoffice-ms-format-defaults.sh script more 
> than once, it will generate the *.rej files (it cannot patch an already 
> patched file). The *.rej files themselves are not necessarily an 
> indicator of a problem.
> 
> One way to check that they were patched correctly is to cd to the 
> directory and run diff on the files:
> 
>> # cd 
>> /usr/lib/openoffice.org2.0/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/Setup
>> #  diff -u Setup-writer.xcu.orig Setup-writer.xcu
>> --- Setup-writer.xcu.orig       2007-04-17 10:47:17.000000000 -0700
>> +++ Setup-writer.xcu    2007-05-29 22:03:06.000000000 -0700
>> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
>>            <value>writer8_template</value>
>>          </prop>
>>          <prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryDefaultFilter">
>> -          <value>writer8</value>
>> +          <value>MS Word 97</value>
>>          </prop>
>>          <prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryEmptyDocumentURL">
>>            <value>private:factory/swriter</value>
> 
> 
> If you see the same output, the openoffice-ms-format-defaults.sh script 
> did indeed change default format from odt to doc.
> 
> Note that this sets the DEFAULT format. Users can change their own 
> settings. Changing the default settings has no effect on personal 
> settings. When I am testing the default settings, I just rename (or 
> totally nuke) my ~/ .openoffice.org2.0  directory - the next time your 
> run an OO.o app it will use all of the default settings (you'll lose all 
> of your custom settings, of course ;-)
> 
> Oh, and just to make sure this is not a versioning issue, I'm using the 
> openoffice.org 2.0.4-5.5.22 packages and the ltsp_config 
> 0.0.41-k12ltsp.6.0.0 package.
> 
> -Eric
> 
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