GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 316937
When compose is called externally (ie nautilus-sendto or OO.o2) the attachment bar is not shown
Last modified: 2013-09-10 14:03:53 UTC
Please describe the problem: When attaching a file (PDF/.dot) from OO.o 2 (1.9.129) under 2.4.0 on ubuntu breezy beta, the file is not shown in the compose UI. The attachment is there, and is shown if you add another attachment. Took me a while to figure out what was going on with it. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a document in OO.o 2. File->Send->As PDF Attachment in OO.o 2 3. Wait for evo compose window to appear 4. Get confused Actual results: No attachment is shown and so user gets confused about the status of the attachment Expected results: There to be no step 4 as the attachment is shown in UI as it is normally when attaching files. Does this happen every time? Unfortunately - yes :) Other information: AFAIK OO.o uses a system call to attach files in evo, so that might give someone an idea of where to start hunting this annoying little bug. Keep up the great work.
i can reproduce this running evolution-2.4.0.0.200509210359-0.snap.novell.11.1 and OpenOffice_org-1.9.79-9.2 on suse9.3, currently upgrading to OOo1.9.125... highly visible and very confusing for users which expect an integrated desktop, workflow, <add other marketing buzzwords here>, ... increasing severity.
bug 317365 could be a dup, if the problem is just an "an external app likes to send an attachment by email"-problem.
Yeah bug 317365 is a dup, different app, same activity same result, updating summary to reflect more general nature of the bug
*** Bug 317365 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
raising severity since it's totally irritating and destroys desktop integration. setting target to 2.4.1 (though of course this means 2.4.x or sth)
*** Bug 317646 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fix comitted to head.
Yay! Thanks, Danke, Gracias, Merci etc etc Will the fix be back ported to 2.4.1?
2.4.1 is out :-(. I can putup a patch here.
Please do, I will hassle the ubuntu maintainers to include it Thanks again.
sure, hassling people is a nice thing to do The Ubuntu maintainer, who reads this bug and doesn't need to be pushed to fix that :)
I've patched the Ubuntu package with the CVS change
Hi Sebastien, I wanted to see this fixed in Breezy final and I didn't realise that you were watching this bug until after I made my comments. I am glad it is fixed in both places now. Sorry for any offence caused.
no offence, don't worry, I just wanted to point that the bug was on my list of stuff to patch Thank you for tracking the issue and forwarding comments to the right place to get this fixed for 5.10 ;) It's easy to let some small bugs that could be patched unpatched and that's nice than some user care about those!
Created attachment 53041 [details] [review] Fix to show bar, when opened from OOo / Nautilus-sendto
Guys, i have putup a patch as well. If someone needs can pick this up :-).
*** Bug 322686 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This bug *MUST* be commited to the stable branch. Dudes, *think* about this issue. Get it in 2.4 immediately. Release 2.4.2.1.