Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 2059
hide the OpenOffice.org folder in user's home directory
Last modified: 2006-09-27 21:10:31 UTC
All preferences folders in Linux are by convention stored in hidden directories (e.g., beginning with a dot). However, OpenOffice does not hide its user-level config directory. Provided that the default My Documents directory is changed to the user's home directory (Issue 2058), OpenOffice should follow the standard convention and hide its config directory (by making it begin with a dot). I use Linux, but I suppose this is an issue for other UNIX-like systems as well.
Reassigned to Thorsten.
Maybe worth for a change in our behaviour to show folders and files in the file-open dialog ?
This issue is re-assigned to Christian Jansen for further evaluation.
Has to be evaluated, but in general you are right.
Reassigned to Bettina
Red Hat has a patch in their version of OO.o 1.0.1 that changes the install directory to ~/.openoffice, which sounds like what you suggest. I think they also make sure that the open/save dialog never defaults to a location inside ~/.openoffice . This seems reasonable, though perhaps made an installer option.
Hi, I think we can close this issue now...
hmmm, the Office (SO8PU3v2) doesn't show hidden files in the FileOpen-Dialog and the user-level configuration folder is hidden... I'm going to close this issue...
closing...