Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

2011-11-09 Thread David S. Crampton

Mike,

I fully agree that it should be made as an optional behavior. I don't know  
how to submit that idea. As a "feature request" perhaps in Bugzilla?


On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:26:22 -0800, Mike Moratz-Coppins  
 wrote:


 If the behaviour I'm seeing is the intended behaviour, then an option  
to configure that behaviour between 'default documents folder' and 'last  
used folder' would be much appreciated.



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

2011-11-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Errr, either Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.10 but sometimes Xp, all 32bit.  In the Save or 
Open dialogue boxes there is a panel on the left that has either places or a 
tree/explorer/folders.  Can you bookmark/favourites the main folders you use so 
that they show-up in there easily?
Regards from
Tom :)

--- On Wed, 9/11/11, Mike Moratz-Coppins  wrote:

From: Mike Moratz-Coppins 
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder 
I was in (open/save dialog)
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Wednesday, 9 November, 2011, 16:26

On 09/11/2011 16:15, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :) I couldn't find a setting in Tools - Options - Load/Save

Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General:

"use LibreOffice dialogs"

> and i hunted around in the other pages in there too.  It might be
> worth posting a bug-report and put "wishlist" in the subject-line
> along with a couple of words to describe it.
>
> I really like the default but it might be nice to have a choice of
> being able to change that.  Perhaps googling it might give a good
> link?  There might be a blog or guide or something written for
> OpenOffice and that would probably work in LibreOffice too.

Which behaviour are you seeing (and what OS), out of curiosity?

> Sorry i haven't been particularly helpful!  I guess try posting a
> bug-report as a wishlist item and then if you find a better answer
> you could always give the link and close the report. Regards from Tom
> :)
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 9/11/11, David S. Crampton
> wrote:
>
> From: David S. Crampton Subject: Re:
> [libreoffice-users] Problem:  LibreOffice remembers the last folder I
> was in (open/save dialog) To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date:
> Wednesday, 9 November, 2011, 15:57
>
> I wish to comment on this issue. It' more in the nature of how to
> design the UI rather than a defect in the Suite. I used MSO both in
> corporate environments and personally for many years. Rarely did I
> use M$'s "My Documents" as the storage location for any document. In
> MSO, it is "My Documents" that is the default location for any "File
> Open" or "File Save" operation. MSO insistence on having "My
> Documents" be the default location was a universal hindrance. We in
> IT constantly struggled to thwart it. The most we could do was
> redirect it to a networked share.
>
> It is not clear in Mike's posting what exactly he would like the
> behavior to be. I would hope Mike is not requesting the M$ paradigm.
> I prefer the existing behavior in LO.
>
> Mike's suggestion about "an option somewhere to control this
> behaviour?" is very worthy. Some will like the "My Documents"
> paradigm; me, not so much.
>
> I most frequently use the "Recent Documents" list within LO.  The 10
> listed items there are just right historical coverage.
>
> Respectfully blustering, --David S. Crampton
>
> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:13:41 -0800, Mike
> Moratz-Coppins  wrote:
>
>> Platform:  Win7 SP1 64-bit LibreOffice 3.4.3 release (though I have
>> had this problem with OpenOffice and LibreOffice since I started
>> using Win7)
>>
>> If I do File>  Open and open a document from there (which isn't in
>> the default documents folder), then close LibreOffice, re-start it
>> and do File>  Open again, it opens the location that I went to for
>> the previous document. The same applies for the save dialog. My
>> workaround at present is to enable 'use libreoffice dialogs' in
>> Tools>  Options, but that is quite a feature-light UI in
>> comparison.
>>
>> It doesn't matter whether I use Writer, Calc or Impress.  Also, if
>> I start by using Writer but close LO and move on to say Impress,
>> then Impress remembers the path I last loaded/saved in with
>> Writer.
>>
>> I've also seen this behaviour on more than one fresh install Win7
>> 64-bit / OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and while I haven't tested it
>> for this behaviour on every OS install I've done that includes
>> Open/LibreOffice, on every one I've tested it, it had the problem.
>>
>> Is there an option somewhere to control this behaviour?
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

2011-11-09 Thread Mike Moratz-Coppins

On 09/11/2011 15:57, David S. Crampton wrote:

I wish to comment on this issue. It' more in the nature of how to design
the UI rather than a defect in the Suite. I used MSO both in corporate
environments and personally for many years. Rarely did I use M$'s "My
Documents" as the storage location for any document. In MSO, it is "My
Documents" that is the default location for any "File Open" or "File Save"
operation. MSO insistence on having "My Documents" be the default location
was a universal hindrance. We in IT constantly struggled to thwart it. The
most we could do was redirect it to a networked share.

It is not clear in Mike's posting what exactly he would like the behavior
to be. I would hope Mike is not requesting the M$ paradigm.  I prefer the
existing behavior in LO.


I was under the impression that the behaviour I'm seeing with LO on Win7 
was a bug, as it didn't happen for me at all on WinXP.  So to begin 
with, what you refer to as the MS paradigm is what I'm used to, partly 
through using MSO and partly through OO/LO on what I think the behaviour ought to be in this paragraph btw, just 
stating how I'm used to things.


When using the LO dialogs, trying to open a document or save a new one 
opens the default documents folder.


I've previously asked for help when I was using OpenOffice, and it 
seemed to be the case that some people were seeing the same behaviour 
that I was and others weren't:

http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=104648&highlight=

If the behaviour I'm seeing is the intended behaviour, then an option to 
configure that behaviour between 'default documents folder' and 'last 
used folder' would be much appreciated.



Mike's suggestion about "an option somewhere to control this behaviour?"
is very worthy. Some will like the "My Documents" paradigm; me, not so
much.

I most frequently use the "Recent Documents" list within LO.  The 10
listed items there are just right historical coverage.

Respectfully blustering,



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

2011-11-09 Thread Mike Moratz-Coppins

On 09/11/2011 16:15, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :) I couldn't find a setting in Tools - Options - Load/Save


Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General:

"use LibreOffice dialogs"


and i hunted around in the other pages in there too.  It might be
worth posting a bug-report and put "wishlist" in the subject-line
along with a couple of words to describe it.

I really like the default but it might be nice to have a choice of
being able to change that.  Perhaps googling it might give a good
link?  There might be a blog or guide or something written for
OpenOffice and that would probably work in LibreOffice too.


Which behaviour are you seeing (and what OS), out of curiosity?


Sorry i haven't been particularly helpful!  I guess try posting a
bug-report as a wishlist item and then if you find a better answer
you could always give the link and close the report. Regards from Tom
:)



--- On Wed, 9/11/11, David S. Crampton
wrote:

From: David S. Crampton Subject: Re:
[libreoffice-users] Problem:  LibreOffice remembers the last folder I
was in (open/save dialog) To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date:
Wednesday, 9 November, 2011, 15:57

I wish to comment on this issue. It' more in the nature of how to
design the UI rather than a defect in the Suite. I used MSO both in
corporate environments and personally for many years. Rarely did I
use M$'s "My Documents" as the storage location for any document. In
MSO, it is "My Documents" that is the default location for any "File
Open" or "File Save" operation. MSO insistence on having "My
Documents" be the default location was a universal hindrance. We in
IT constantly struggled to thwart it. The most we could do was
redirect it to a networked share.

It is not clear in Mike's posting what exactly he would like the
behavior to be. I would hope Mike is not requesting the M$ paradigm.
I prefer the existing behavior in LO.

Mike's suggestion about "an option somewhere to control this
behaviour?" is very worthy. Some will like the "My Documents"
paradigm; me, not so much.

I most frequently use the "Recent Documents" list within LO.  The 10
listed items there are just right historical coverage.

Respectfully blustering, --David S. Crampton

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:13:41 -0800, Mike
Moratz-Coppins  wrote:


Platform:  Win7 SP1 64-bit LibreOffice 3.4.3 release (though I have
had this problem with OpenOffice and LibreOffice since I started
using Win7)

If I do File>  Open and open a document from there (which isn't in
the default documents folder), then close LibreOffice, re-start it
and do File>  Open again, it opens the location that I went to for
the previous document. The same applies for the save dialog. My
workaround at present is to enable 'use libreoffice dialogs' in
Tools>  Options, but that is quite a feature-light UI in
comparison.

It doesn't matter whether I use Writer, Calc or Impress.  Also, if
I start by using Writer but close LO and move on to say Impress,
then Impress remembers the path I last loaded/saved in with
Writer.

I've also seen this behaviour on more than one fresh install Win7
64-bit / OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and while I haven't tested it
for this behaviour on every OS install I've done that includes
Open/LibreOffice, on every one I've tested it, it had the problem.

Is there an option somewhere to control this behaviour?


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

2011-11-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
I couldn't find a setting in 
Tools - Options - Load/Save
and i hunted around in the other pages in there too.  It might be worth posting 
a bug-report and put "wishlist" in the subject-line along with a couple of 
words to describe it.  

I really like the default but it might be nice to have a choice of being able 
to change that.  Perhaps googling it might give a good link?  There might be a 
blog or guide or something written for OpenOffice and that would probably work 
in LibreOffice too.  

Sorry i haven't been particularly helpful!  I guess try posting a bug-report as 
a wishlist item and then if you find a better answer you could always give the 
link and close the report.  
Regards from
Tom :)



--- On Wed, 9/11/11, David S. Crampton  wrote:

From: David S. Crampton 
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem:  LibreOffice remembers the last 
folder I was in (open/save dialog)
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Wednesday, 9 November, 2011, 15:57

I wish to comment on this issue. It' more in the nature of how to design the UI 
rather than a defect in the Suite. I used MSO both in corporate environments 
and personally for many years. Rarely did I use M$'s "My Documents" as the 
storage location for any document. In MSO, it is "My Documents" that is the 
default location for any "File Open" or "File Save" operation. MSO insistence 
on having "My Documents" be the default location was a universal hindrance. We 
in IT constantly struggled to thwart it. The most we could do was redirect it 
to a networked share.

It is not clear in Mike's posting what exactly he would like the behavior to 
be. I would hope Mike is not requesting the M$ paradigm.  I prefer the existing 
behavior in LO.

Mike's suggestion about "an option somewhere to control this behaviour?" is 
very worthy. Some will like the "My Documents" paradigm; me, not so much.

I most frequently use the "Recent Documents" list within LO.  The 10 listed 
items there are just right historical coverage.

Respectfully blustering,
--David S. Crampton

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:13:41 -0800, Mike Moratz-Coppins 
 wrote:

> Platform:  Win7 SP1 64-bit
> LibreOffice 3.4.3 release (though I have had this problem with OpenOffice and 
> LibreOffice since I started using Win7)
> 
> If I do File > Open and open a document from there (which isn't in the 
> default documents folder), then close LibreOffice, re-start it and do File > 
> Open again, it opens the location that I went to for the previous document. 
> The same applies for the save dialog. My workaround at present is to enable 
> 'use libreoffice dialogs' in Tools > Options, but that is quite a 
> feature-light UI in comparison.
> 
> It doesn't matter whether I use Writer, Calc or Impress.  Also, if I start by 
> using Writer but close LO and move on to say Impress, then Impress remembers 
> the path I last loaded/saved in with Writer.
> 
> I've also seen this behaviour on more than one fresh install Win7 64-bit / 
> OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and while I haven't tested it for this behaviour on 
> every OS install I've done that includes Open/LibreOffice, on every one I've 
> tested it, it had the problem.
> 
> Is there an option somewhere to control this behaviour?

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

2011-11-09 Thread David S. Crampton
I wish to comment on this issue. It' more in the nature of how to design  
the UI rather than a defect in the Suite. I used MSO both in corporate  
environments and personally for many years. Rarely did I use M$'s "My  
Documents" as the storage location for any document. In MSO, it is "My  
Documents" that is the default location for any "File Open" or "File Save"  
operation. MSO insistence on having "My Documents" be the default location  
was a universal hindrance. We in IT constantly struggled to thwart it. The  
most we could do was redirect it to a networked share.


It is not clear in Mike's posting what exactly he would like the behavior  
to be. I would hope Mike is not requesting the M$ paradigm.  I prefer the  
existing behavior in LO.


Mike's suggestion about "an option somewhere to control this behaviour?"  
is very worthy. Some will like the "My Documents" paradigm; me, not so  
much.


I most frequently use the "Recent Documents" list within LO.  The 10  
listed items there are just right historical coverage.


Respectfully blustering,
--
David S. Crampton

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:13:41 -0800, Mike Moratz-Coppins  
 wrote:



Platform:  Win7 SP1 64-bit
LibreOffice 3.4.3 release (though I have had this problem with  
OpenOffice and LibreOffice since I started using Win7)


If I do File > Open and open a document from there (which isn't in the  
default documents folder), then close LibreOffice, re-start it and do  
File > Open again, it opens the location that I went to for the previous  
document. The same applies for the save dialog. My workaround at present  
is to enable 'use libreoffice dialogs' in Tools > Options, but that is  
quite a feature-light UI in comparison.


It doesn't matter whether I use Writer, Calc or Impress.  Also, if I  
start by using Writer but close LO and move on to say Impress, then  
Impress remembers the path I last loaded/saved in with Writer.


I've also seen this behaviour on more than one fresh install Win7 64-bit  
/ OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and while I haven't tested it for this  
behaviour on every OS install I've done that includes Open/LibreOffice,  
on every one I've tested it, it had the problem.


Is there an option somewhere to control this behaviour?


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[libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

2011-11-09 Thread Mike Moratz-Coppins

Platform:  Win7 SP1 64-bit
LibreOffice 3.4.3 release (though I have had this problem with 
OpenOffice and LibreOffice since I started using Win7)


If I do File > Open and open a document from there (which isn't in the 
default documents folder), then close LibreOffice, re-start it and do 
File > Open again, it opens the location that I went to for the previous 
document. The same applies for the save dialog. My workaround at present 
is to enable 'use libreoffice dialogs' in Tools > Options, but that is 
quite a feature-light UI in comparison.


It doesn't matter whether I use Writer, Calc or Impress.  Also, if I 
start by using Writer but close LO and move on to say Impress, then 
Impress remembers the path I last loaded/saved in with Writer.


I've also seen this behaviour on more than one fresh install Win7 64-bit 
/ OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and while I haven't tested it for this 
behaviour on every OS install I've done that includes Open/LibreOffice, 
on every one I've tested it, it had the problem.


Is there an option somewhere to control this behaviour?

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