https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159880
--- Comment #3 from Martin Guy <martinw...@gmail.com> --- > what if you want to open foo.txt but mistakenly type fu.txt? Then it will open a blank document called fu.txt and the careless user will figure out they typed it wrong > Some hints on how to achieve your goal in this thread I've been using text editors and word processors from the command line for 40 years, and they have all created an empty file of the requested name, which is why I expected lowriter to do the same. If libreoffice wants to be bizarre and awkward, apparently with no reason, I guess it can continue to be so. Yes, I do know how to create an empty text file. Not an empty ODT though, and telling me to keep an empty ODT document handy in case I want another one is bordeding on folly. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.