Hi! I am unsure why but with my configuration, I can't open a LibreOffice odp file.
By default, Emacs was showing me the content of the odp file as a ZIP file, which is technically true but not helpful. John Kitchin suggested setting org-file-apps manually. Here are the results: (setq org-file-apps '( ("\\.odp" . "/usr/bin/xdg-open %s") ;; Running xdg-open /home/user/path/2008-06-17_Bachelor_II.odp...done -> nothing opens ;;("\\.odp" . "/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice %s") ;; opens LibreOffice with General I/O Error ;;("\\.odp\\'" . default) ;; runs odp2txt without any resulting file ;;("\\.odp" . "/home/vk/myodp.sh %s") ;; see below ("\\.png\\'" . default) ;; works: geeqie ("\\.jpg\\'" . default) ;; works: geeqie ("\\.jpeg\\'" . default) ;; works: geeqie (auto-mode . emacs) ;; whatever ;-) ("\\.pdf\\'" . default) ;; works: okular )) As you can see, graphic files and PDF files works as expected. The file "/home/user/path/2008-06-17_Bachelor_II.odp" exists and works with manually invoking "xdg-open" or "libreoffice". The configuration with "default", "open", or "xdg-open" writes a success message but nothing happens: no app opens. As you can see, I also tried a self-written wrapper script to debug the situation: ,----[ myodp.sh ] | #!/bin/sh | | echo "===========================================" >> ~/myodp.log | echo "${1}" >> ~/myodp.log | echo "DISPLAY: $DISPLAY" >> ~/myodp.log | date >> ~/myodp.log | /usr/bin/xdg-open "${1}" 2>&1 >>~/myodp.log | date >> ~/myodp.log | echo "end" >> ~/myodp.log `---- Its log output does not look suspicious nor is an error logged. The two date outputs are always to the same second. No time-out or similar in between. ,----[ content of myodp.log ] | =========================================== | /home/user/path/2008-06-17_Bachelor_II.odp | DISPLAY: :0.0 | Mon Jan 2 20:55:05 CET 2017 | Mon Jan 2 20:55:05 CET 2017 | end `---- Do you have an idea what I can do to kick-start LibreOffice? -- get mail|git|SVN|photos|postings|SMS|phonecalls|RSS|CSV|XML into Org-mode: > get Memacs from https://github.com/novoid/Memacs < Personal Information Management > http://Karl-Voit.at/tags/pim/ Emacs-related > http://Karl-Voit.at/tags/emacs/