Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[snowy]

How can I change the default word processor and default spread sheet to Libre Office (installed)?

[Makoto]

Which version of Puppy?

Try this: Go to /usr/local/bin/. If they exist, open defaultspreadsheet and defaultwordprocessor as text, changing the exec lines to point to whatever program you'd rather use. (If you'd rather create a backup of the existing exec lines before doing this, copy the line and place a # before the original.)

You might also be able to use Defaults Chooser or Default Apps Changer (CLI).

[disciple]

You might want to edit /etc/mailcap or whatever it is, too.

[L18L]

You can use
Default Applications Chooser
if you have it on your puppy.

Or even simpler if you like to edit some files:

/usr/share/applications/defaulttexteditor.desktop ....

[bones01]

[snowy]

I found how to edit usr/local/bin/defaultwordprocessor to open LibreOffice, but I don't know how to get it to open Writer directly.

[davec51]

When you open the "defaultwordprocessor" as text, change "soffice" to "swriter." Then you should open to the writer.

[bones01]

[Makoto]

As an example, my OpenOffice Writer program is stored at:
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter

...so, if I wanted to use it as my default word processor, the contents of my defaultwordprocessor file would probably look like this:

[snowy]

I tried a GUI default changer (can't remember which) without success.

I've got it now. I didn't know LibreOffice was in /opt. I'd been messing around in /usr/share/applications.

I just entered the full path "/usr/opt/libreoffice3.4/program/swriter" in place of the original "abiword" and it worked.

Thanks, all.

For info, I'm running a full installation of Lucid.