https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161249
Bug ID: 161249
Summary: Extending safe mode
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 24.2.3.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: u20230...@gmail.com
Created attachment 194323
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Safe-Mode dialog (German)
I had two problems that I could not solve easily, but I think safe-mode could
help there:
The situation was that the last portable version 6 had corrupted its extension
management somehow: I could not remove or install extensions cleanly.
In contrast I had another portable version 24.2 installed that could add the
same extensions that version 6 could not.
What I'd like to have done is migrating some of the version 6 user settings to
version 24 (like appearance, ans recently used-files).
I think safe mode could help there, if extended a bit (mostly because
registrymodifications.xcu is not user-maintainable (using an editor)):
* When restoring from backup (first radio button), a finer-grained choice would
be helpful by allowing more "components" to select (I don't really know the
internal structure, so the developers might create a nice set)
* When resetting to factory dafaults (forth radio button), some finer-grained
selection might be helpful as well
* For the optional "Erweitert" item, naming the profile to archive (to create
more than one) might be helpful as well.
Specifically for portable installations, it would be nice if the user could
restore selected configuration items (or "sections") from a different archived
profile. In the case depicted I could have restored my visual preferences and
personal data from version 6 (that did not work correctly) to version 24 that
worked, but lacked all my personal preferences. See also bug 161237.
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