On Tuesday 21 Jun 2011 17:43:33 Kim Leyendecker wrote:

Am 21.06.2011 17:52, schrieb Bob Williams:

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I don't know the answer to your question, but I have observed that Libre Office cannot find files which do not have an .od? extension, even though though are perfectly respectable odf files.

I have observed that my LibreOffice can. But Windows can´t.

thanks

Curious... On closer inspection, it seems to depend on Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Open/Save dialogue boxes > Use LibreOffice dialogue boxes. Setting that option allows it to see files without an extension. Interesting. Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.4 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop, KDE 4.6.3 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 22 Jun 2011 18:16:45 Kim Leyendecker wrote:

Am 21.06.2011 19:54, schrieb Bob Williams:

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Curious...

On closer inspection, it seems to depend on

Tools> Options> LibreOffice> General> Open/Save dialogue boxes> Use LibreOffice dialogue boxes.

Setting that option allows it to see files without an extension.

Well, I ordered openSUSE preinstalled on my new machine. Maybe they chnaged some cinfiguration on their own, because they offers you "a Linux system which could be use right now after plug in".

=== Test on a fresh installation with the openSUSE 11.4 Box by open-slx ===

Nope. You still can open documents which leave out the .odt-suffix.

hope this helps,

Have you got the option I mention above _unset_? i.e. no tick/checkmark in the box. Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.4 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop, KDE 4.6.3 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

On 22/06/11 15:08, Malte Gell wrote:

Will Stephenson wrote

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On Tuesday 21 Jun 2011 17:25:08 Malte Gell wrote:

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When I remove e.g. the .odt extension from a file, KDE still recognizes it as an Open Document file. So, am I right this means KDE also uses Linux´ magic numbers system to detect file type Yes. Interesting. On the other hand you can fool KDE by changing the extension, when I change the .odt to .jpg KDE thinks it´s an image, it does not do a double check whether the extension is correct so you can fool KDE with a wrong extension.

Malte

Look in /usr/share/mime to understand how Linux determines file types. It can be determined via the first few bits or filename globbing and the different rules have different priorities. So in some cases changing the filename extension will fool the DE, in some cases it won't, depends on the specific filetype. (This is not in any way KDE specific) Regards, Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org