[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129713] soffice --cat option doesn't output document text contents when there is another instance running

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--- Comment #11 from kolAflash  ---
WORKAROUNDS

Either use another tool like:
  odt2txt
  unoconv --format=txt --stdout


Or for your Git config (for diffing ODF files):

[diff "odf"]
textconv = "bash -c 'td=\"$(mktemp -d)/\"; loffice --convert-to txt
--outdir \"${td}\" \"${0}\" || true; cat \"${td}\"*; rm -Iv \"${td}\"*; rmdir
-v \"${td}\"'"
# NOTE: The -I for rm is important for safety reasons. DONT REMOVE THE
-I!!!

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--- Comment #10 from Stephan Bergmann  ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #7)
> Possibly there should be passing of the --cat and the like back to the
> caller

Yes, that's apparently missing in

"fdo#70625 Add --cat parameter to make git diffs pretty".

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129713] soffice --cat option doesn't output document text contents when there is another instance running

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[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129713] soffice --cat option doesn't output document text contents when there is another instance running

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Mike Kaganski  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW
 Ever confirmed|0   |1
Summary|soffice.exe --cat option|soffice --cat option
   |doesn't output document |doesn't output document
   |text contents   |text contents when there is
   ||another instance running

--- Comment #9 from Mike Kaganski  ---
(In reply to Brad from comment #8)
> Is there anyway to use this command with an instance running without a bit
> of programming?

Yes: you may use a different (e.g., temporary) user profile [1] for the task,
and that would create a separate process which will not offload its task to the
already running instance: see -env:UserInstallation sample in help [2]. Note
that, although you may use empty temp directory each time for the task, it will
create significant overhead because of the need to initialize new profile; so
better create a dedicated profile once, and then reuse it.

> I would argue that it's a big limitation and makes the
> commands usefulness questionable.

... which is why I didn't close it - see first sentence of last paragraph of
comment 7.

[1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile
[2]
https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/start_parameters.html

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