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Bug 345067 - cannot change default save format in gnumeric
cannot change default save format in gnumeric
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: General
1.6.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-06-16 02:09 UTC by Chris Rebert
Modified: 2006-06-18 21:57 UTC
See Also:
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Description Chris Rebert 2006-06-16 02:09:34 UTC 
These should be a preference that specifies the default format to save files in.
Most people don't use gnumeric and it's a pain to maunally select Excel or OpenDocument from the menu each time.
Comment 1 Jody Goldberg 2006-06-18 01:07:09 UTC 
This has been supported for a long time.  Just add a priority to the saver definition in the plugin.xml file.

Edit
    <prefix>/lib/gnumeric/<version>/plugins/excel/plugin.xml
Find the element that defines the xl97 exporter
   <service type="file_saver" id="excel_biff8"
add
   default_saver_priority="100"

The gnumeric exporter is defined as priority 50.  Anything greater than that will over ride the builtin.
Comment 2 Chris Rebert 2006-06-18 21:57:30 UTC 
In that case, why isn't there a GUI for setting this pref?
Should I file a separate bug for that?