Ubuntu
gnumeric package

Set Open Document ODS as default save format instead of GNUMERIC

Bug #1237406 reported by tuxmartin
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gnumeric (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Gnumeric's default .gnumeric format is only used by Gnumeric. Microsoft Office and Open/LibreOffice can't open Gnumeric files.

Is it possible to set ODS (Open/LibreOffice OpenDocument Spreadsheet ODS) format as default Gnumeric format?

It is simple:
just change

<service type="file_saver" overwrite_files="TRUE" mime_type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet" id="odf" format_level="auto" file_extension="ods">

to

<service type="file_saver" overwrite_files="TRUE" mime_type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet" id="odf" format_level="auto" file_extension="ods" default_saver_priority="100">

in file

/usr/lib/gnumeric/1.12.1/plugins/openoffice/plugin.xml

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: gnumeric 1.12.1-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/lib/gnumeric/1.12.1/plugins/openoffice/plugin.xml]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.330
Date: Wed Oct 9 13:20:56 2013
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130423.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnumeric
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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tuxmartin (tuxmartin) wrote :
tuxmartin (tuxmartin)
description: updated
penalvch (penalvch)
Changed in gnumeric (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Andreas J Guelzow (aguelzow) wrote :

Note that you will be losing various Gnumeric features if you round-trip through any of the ODF formats available in Gnumeric.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

tuxmartin, doing what you are requesting would be diverging from upstream, so either they would have to make this change, or it would be have to carried and maintained downstream. I'll mark this Triaged so the discussion may continue on this.

Changed in gnumeric (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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