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mole
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 Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 9:50 am Post subject: Using KDE file picker in libre office |
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I'm trying to set all applications to use the KDE file picker using
| Code: | | XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE |
with kde-plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde-6.2.2 and sys-apps/xdg-desktop-portal-1.18.4 installed.
This works for Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Thunderbird, but not for Libreoffice-bin.
The kde USE flag wasn't set, and rebuilding it with the kde USE flag only makes the overall appearance look like something from 2001. Also the option to use the inbuilt file picker or not disappeared (I had unset it previously).
doesn't work either.
I suspect it's missing KDE libraries? I use KDE apps with Openbox, a lot of the KDE libraries are pulled in, kwin and kdewindowsystem are installed but Libreoffice maybe needs something else?
I've not tried installing the source libreoffice version due to the compile time.
Has anyone had success with this? Or know of anything to try? |
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asturm
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Using KDE file picker in libre office |
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| mole wrote: | The kde USE flag wasn't set, and rebuilding it with the kde USE flag only makes the overall appearance look like something from 2001. Also the option to use the inbuilt file picker or not disappeared (I had unset it previously).
doesn't work either. |
Your description just sounds like LO is started with the wrong VCL plugin at runtime, even if a KF-based VCL exists. LO will on startup make assumptions about what VCL plugin to choose depending on some crude environment detection, and probably simply dismisses "kf5" or "kf6" when faced with Openbox.
Use SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN to override that detection and force your VCL plugin of choice:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Environment_variables |
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mole
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2024 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Using KDE file picker in libre office |
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| asturm wrote: |
Your description just sounds like LO is started with the wrong VCL plugin at runtime, even if a KF-based VCL exists. LO will on startup make assumptions about what VCL plugin to choose depending on some crude environment detection, and probably simply dismisses "kf5" or "kf6" when faced with Openbox.
Use SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN to override that detection and force your VCL plugin of choice:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Environment_variables |
Thanks for the info, I was waiting for a world update to finish to try it out.
Unfortunately using | Code: | | SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kf6 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE loffice |
doesn't change the dialogue boxes. The environment variable is picked up by LO, as using qt5 or kf5 gives an error; using qt6 or kf6 doesn't.
Rebuilding LO-bin without the kde USE flag restores the "Use Libreoffice dialogue boxes" option and the modern appearance, but then SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN is probably ignored, as there's no errors when it's set to kf5 or qt5.
When re-emerging LO the following is shown: | Code: | | QA Notice: Symbolic link /usr/lib64/libreoffice/sdk/classes points to /usr/share/libreoffice/sdk/classes which does not exist |
with a similar error for idl.
I tried resetting the symlink classes -> /usr/share/doc/libreoffice-7.6.7.2/sdk/docs/cpp/ref and /usr/share/doc/libreoffice-7.6.7.2/sdk/docs/cpp/ref/search (and similar for idl) as classes files exist there but that didn't help, with or without the kde USE flag.
Using the --backtrace option didn't show anything | Code: | Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin...
(No debugging symbols found in /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin)
log will be saved as gdbtrace.log, this will take some time, patience...
Warning: 'set logging on', an alias for the command 'set logging enabled', is deprecated.
Use 'set logging enabled on'.
set logging enabled on
(gdb) set logging enabled on
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gdbtrace.log after using file open dialogue, restarting LO and repeating:
| Code: | [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22076)]
[New Thread 0x7fffed2796c0 (LWP 22077)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe72bb6c0 (LWP 22078)]
[Thread 0x7fffe72bb6c0 (LWP 22078) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffe72bb6c0 (LWP 22079)]
[Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22076) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22080)]
[Detaching after vfork from child process 22081]
[New Thread 0x7fffe6aba6c0 (LWP 22083)]
[Thread 0x7fffe6aba6c0 (LWP 22083) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22080) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22086)]
[Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22086) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22087)]
[Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22087) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22088)]
[Thread 0x7fffe72bb6c0 (LWP 22079) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffeda7a6c0 (LWP 22088) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffed2796c0 (LWP 22077) exited]
[Inferior 1 (process 22073) exited normally]
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/gdbtrace:9: Error in sourced command file
No stack.
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Line 9 of /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/gdbtrace contains bt - the only file named bt on my system is /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/bt (edit - presumably bt is for backtrace; gdb does have bt.py)
I can't think of anything else to try other than emerging the libreoffice source package. |
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mole
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2024 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Using the source package app-office/libreoffice-24.2.7.2 the UI appears like Plasma, including the file picker, but the Libreoffice file picker is always used, irrespective of whether the "Use Libreoffice dialogue boxes" is checked or not. Disbaling the gtk USE flag doesn't change anything
| Code: | | XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE loffice |
gives a modern UI with a LO file picker that looks like Windows 95
and
| Code: | | SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kf6 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE loffice |
gives the modern UI with a Plasma-style LO file picker.
So SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kf6 sets the style OK, but it's not using the KDE picker.
Think that's about as far as I'm going to get |
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