Bug 1065807

Summary:	[fix available] Usability - libreoffice does not search XDG defined "Templates" directory
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh>
Component:	libreoffice	Assignee:	Caolan McNamara <caolanm>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0	CC:	dtardon, ghelleks, jkoten, lkolacek, vbenes
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Description Subhendu Ghosh 2014-02-17 02:39:36 UTC

Description of problem:

The default search path for libreoffice templates includes the system directory and $USER/.config/....

It does not include the "Templates" directory as created for new users using the XDG-user-dirs spec.

The defaults for libreoffice should match gnome defaults.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-0.10-3.el7.x86_64
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-writer-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-math-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-ure-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-draw-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-pdfimport-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-impress-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-pyuno-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-graphicfilter-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-core-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-calc-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-4.1.4.2-2.el7.noarch
libreoffice-langpack-en-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-emailmerge-4.1.4.2-2.el7.x86_64


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create user
2. /home/$user/Templates is not in LibreOffice search path for Templates.
3.

Actual results:

The Templates directory is not used

Expected results:

The Templates directory is used as specified in Gnome


Additional info:

Comment 1 Caolan McNamara 2014-02-21 14:01:38 UTC

It should be possible to do this, just need to figure out the blasted officecfg syntax for running it through the right backend to expand that

Comment 2 Caolan McNamara 2014-02-25 10:49:26 UTC

implemented this upstream now

Comment 3 Caolan McNamara 2014-03-04 13:55:31 UTC

And fixed a pile of bugs that this triggers. So its a nice feature but IMO too risky for 7.0 for little gain, lets punt to 7.1

Comment 6 Jiri Koten 2014-11-19 13:29:10 UTC

I don't see files from Templates xdg dir in LibreOffice Templates Manager. To be precise, I see the file when I choose to File > Templates > Save as Template - the file is in My Templates. But not in Manage or File > New > Templates - My Templates is empty.

Path list for Templates contains:
/home/test/.config/libreoffice/4/user/template
/home/test//Templates

Reproducer:
1) Save file in Templates xdg dir.
2) run libreoffice
3) Go to Templates
4) Select My Templates

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-05 08:50:09 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0377.html