Bug #1792017 “[upstream] Default directory for my documents is n...” : Bugs : libreoffice package : Ubuntu

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2018-09-13:

#1

Can you please elaborate by what you mean by "the default working dir"?

A side note (might be related): without any previous libreoffice profile directory (in a clean VM), I changed the locale to Spanish, restarted the session and ran libreoffice, and in the "Options > Paths" settings, the path to "my documents" is set to "/home/username", instead of "/home/username/Documents" when the locale is French (my default, and it happens that "Documents" is the exact same word in English and French).

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Daniel Schürmann (daschuer) wrote on 2018-09-13:

#2

I have a German installation and it is the
Optionen -> Pfade -> Arbeitsverzeichnis -> Standard

In your side note you have described my issue. For some reasons (maybe a faulty app has created it) I have the folder ~/Dokumente and ~/Documents. So unlike in your Spanish example it does not pick "/home/username" as fallback, it picks "/home/username/Documents where I do not have a Natilus shortcut for and so almost hidden.

I had a bief look into the source
https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/blob/b5867945d67dba505d0629e5e41fdc52bc78bfee/shell/source/backends/desktopbe/desktopbackend.cxx#L245

And it looks like using "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" is intended. It is done by accessing directly the "~/.config/user-dirs.dirs" file. Maybe it fails somewhere?

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Daniel Schürmann (daschuer) wrote on 2018-09-13:

#3

I have testes with LibreOffice 4.2.8.2. It also fails to read "Dokumente" but this version falls back to the "/home/username" even if "Documents" exists.

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2018-09-14:

#4

Can you share the contents of ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs ?

I can confirm that if I switch to Spanish AND create ~/Documents before ever launching libreoffice, then the default folder for my documents is set to /home/username/Documents, whereas if that folder doesn't exist it is set to /home/username. So there's clearly some buggy behaviour here.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed
summary:	- wrong default working dir + Default directory for my documents is not localized
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2018-09-14: Re: Default directory for my documents is not localized

#5

@Daniel, would you mind filing an upstream bug at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=LibreOffice&format=guided and share the link to it here? Thanks!

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Daniel Schürmann (daschuer) wrote on 2018-09-14: Re: Default directory for my documents is not xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS

#6

I have tweak the title again, because it is not a solution to make the directory a translatable string.

This is my ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run
# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
# absolute path. No other format is supported.
#
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Vorlagen"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Öffentlich"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Dokumente"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Musik"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Bilder"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

summary:

- Default directory for my documents is not localized
+ Default directory for my documents is not xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS

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In Document Foundation Bugzilla #119890, Daniel Schürmann (daschuer) wrote on 2018-09-14:

#8

Description:
Original posted and confirmed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1792017
libreoffice 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu 18.04. LTS

The default working dir is hard coded to ~/Documents
(Optionen -> Pfade -> Arbeitsverzeichnis -> Standard)

If this folder does not exists, it falls back to ~

This creates odd situations since only the "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" folder, in my case ~/Dokumente is on the Nautilus short cuts list,

I had to redo my saved work, because I have assumed it was lost in ~/Dokumente

I was able to fixed this for my family by changing the working directory in preferences manually.

I had a bief look into the source
https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/blob/b5867945d67dba505d0629e5e41fdc52bc78bfee/shell/source/backends/desktopbe/desktopbackend.cxx#L245

And it looks like using "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" is intended. It is done by accessing directly the "~/.config/user-dirs.dirs" file. Maybe it fails somewhere? The xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" call works fine on the command line.

This is my ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run
# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
# absolute path. No other format is supported.
#
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Vorlagen"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Öffentlich"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Dokumente"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Musik"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Bilder"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

I suggest to change the default working dir to the output of the "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" call.
That is hopeful future proof format changes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. cereate ~/Documents on a German Ubuntu
2. save a file
3. Whatch the folder opened by the file save dialogue

Actual Results:
file is saved at ~/Documents

Expected Results:
file should be saved at ~Dokumente
"call xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" to set the default working dir

Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 6.0.3.2
Build-ID: 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Linux 4.15; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: gtk3;
Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); Calc: group

Description:
Original posted and confirmed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1792017
libreoffice 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu 18.04. LTS

The default working dir is hard coded to ~/Documents
(Optionen -> Pfade -> Arbeitsverzeichnis -> Standard)

If this folder does not exists, it falls back to ~

This creates odd situations since only the "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" folder, in my case ~/Dokumente is on the Nautilus short cuts list,

I had to redo my saved work, because I have assumed it was lost in ~/Dokumente

I was able to fixed this for my family by changing the working directory in preferences manually.

I had a bief look into the source
https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/blob/b5867945d67dba505d0629e5e41fdc52bc78bfee/shell/source/backends/desktopbe/desktopbackend.cxx#L245

And it looks like using "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" is intended. It is done by accessing directly the "~/.config/user-dirs.dirs" file. Maybe it fails somewhere? The xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" call works fine on the command line.

This is my ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run
# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
# absolute path. No other format is supported.
#
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Vorlagen"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Öffentlich"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Dokumente"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Musik"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Bilder"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

I suggest to change the default working dir to the output of the "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" call. 
That is hopeful future proof format changes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. cereate ~/Documents on a German Ubuntu 
2. save a file
3. Whatch the folder opened by the file save dialogue

Actual Results:
file is saved at ~/Documents

Expected Results:
file should be saved at ~Dokumente
"call xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS" to set the default working dir

Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 6.0.3.2
Build-ID: 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Linux 4.15; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: gtk3; 
Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); Calc: group

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Daniel Schürmann (daschuer) wrote on 2018-09-14:

#7

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119890

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2018-09-18

Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → New

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In Document Foundation Bugzilla #119890, Beluga (beluga) wrote on 2018-10-09:

#9

NEW as already confirmed.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2018-11-07

Changed in df-libreoffice:
status:	New → Confirmed

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In Document Foundation Bugzilla #119890, Xiscofauli (xiscofauli) wrote on 2019-02-12:

#10

Patch in gerrit: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/67741/

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In Document Foundation Bugzilla #119890, Libreoffice-commits (libreoffice-commits) wrote on 2019-02-13:

#11

Takeshi Abe committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/91731a8674d764293e2988333027f82f15b2577e%5E%21

tdf#119890 Lookup XDG_(DOCUMENTS|TEMPLATES)_DIR correctly

It will be available in 6.3.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.

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In Document Foundation Bugzilla #119890, Libreoffice-commits (libreoffice-commits) wrote on 2019-02-13:

#12

Takeshi Abe committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-2":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/38707435918b250d8a722f7ae324c29f00622a0b%5E%21

tdf#119890 Lookup XDG_(DOCUMENTS|TEMPLATES)_DIR correctly

It will be available in 6.2.2.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2019-02-13

Changed in df-libreoffice:
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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In Document Foundation Bugzilla #119890, Libreoffice-commits (libreoffice-commits) wrote on 2019-04-13:

#13

Takeshi Abe committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/88d46ba32e4a03d848d82210071c42208e0d6eca%5E%21

tdf#119890 followup: Forbid HOME to be the default dir

It will be available in 6.3.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.

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In Document Foundation Bugzilla #119890, Libreoffice-commits (libreoffice-commits) wrote on 2019-04-13:

#14

Takeshi Abe committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-2":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/64381dad01132f74e513c347db87f304d0e704ff%5E%21

tdf#119890 followup: Forbid HOME to be the default dir

It will be available in 6.2.4.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.

Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) on 2019-05-14

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) on 2019-05-14

summary:

- Default directory for my documents is not xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS
+ [upstream] Default directory for my documents is not xdg-user-dir
+ DOCUMENTS

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	LibreOffice	Fix Released	Medium	tdf #119890
	libreoffice (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned

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