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Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults

Subject Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
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From Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
Message-ID <3s_eP.378756$DPl.186629@fx13.iad> (permalink)
Organization usenet-news.net
Date 2025-01-06 19:21 -0500

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On 2025-01-06 18:14, DFS wrote:
> 
> 1) click a file type with a default app and it opens in that app
> 
> 2) install LibreOffice 24.8.4.2 for Windows (typical install)
> 
> 3) click a file type (with a default app) that can also be opened by LO
>     and now I'm asked which app to open it with
> 
> And, all document types that LO handles that were not assigned a default 
> app were assigned to LO without my permission.
> 
> 
> LibreOffice: just say no.

What did you expect it to do (in 3) if the operating system suddenly has 
more than one application that can open a particular file? The operating 
system has no idea why you installed the new one and is merely asking 
you to confirm. I don't see how this is an issue.

As for LibreOffice setting itself to be the default for formats not 
handled by any other application, I'm fairly sure that LibreOffice only 
communicates that it can open them to the operating system, but doesn't 
set them. I think the operating system itself is what decided that 
LibreOffice should open those formats.

This is the strangest thing to be whining about.

-- 
Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
Telegram: @AndrzejMatuch
Zephyrus G14 GA401QM on Fedora 41
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LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-06 18:14 -0500
  Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-06 19:21 -0500
  Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-07 05:02 +0000
  Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Nick Charles - 2025-01-07 00:20 -0500
    Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-01-07 08:46 -0500
      Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-07 09:19 -0500
        Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Nick Charles - 2025-01-08 08:06 -0500
          Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-08 13:52 -0500

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