[Tfug] OOCalc opens OOWriter

[Claude Rubinson]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:26:38PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Claude Rubinson wrote:
> 
> >I've got a tab separated dataset in plain text named, e.g., `foo'.  If
> >I try to open the file by invoking `oocalc foo', OOo decides that
> >since it's a plain text file, it should open the file in OOWriter.  To
> >open the file in OOCalc, I need to rename the file `foo.csv'.  Does
> >anyone know how to work around this brain-dead behavior (i.e., "use
> >the app that I specified to open this file")?
> > 
> >
> You may have to change a link or more.  On my system the following 
> explains what you are seeing:
> 
> paul at bliss:~$ file `which oocalc`
> /usr/bin/oocalc: symbolic link to `ooo-wrapper'
> paul at bliss:~$ file `which oowriter`
> /usr/bin/oowriter: symbolic link to `ooo-wrapper'

Nice thought.  But it turns out that the OOo developers are craftier
than that.  I just tried opening a plain text file (with no extension)
from *within* OOCalc.  It still opens the file in OOWriter.  So if
this behavior is to be fixed, it seems that it's got to be from within
the OOo suite.

Claude