Issue 99646 - Opening empty *.odt File (0 bytes) -> "Character Encoding"-Dialog instead of a *newly* created Document
Summary: Opening empty *.odt File (0 bytes) -> "Character Encoding"-Dialog instead of ...
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.4.1
Hardware: All Linux, all
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: writerneedsconfirm
QA Contact: issues@framework
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Keywords: usability
: 99956 (view as issue list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-02-26 00:23 UTC by benif
Modified: 2009-03-06 10:28 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description benif 2009-02-26 00:23:56 UTC 
I just found out that when I create a new (empty) file like this:

 touch foo.odt

And I try to open it in OOo-Writer I get prompted for the Character Encoding and
line separation to use. 

Instead of this behaviour it would be very helpful just to check whether the
file has a length of zero and create a new Document of the appropriate type.
This should work not only for .odt, but for .ods / .odp aswell.

Thanks for your time.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2009-02-26 07:49:28 UTC 
Filetypes are recognized by their header, not the suffix. If a file does not
contain a valid header it is interpreted as plain-text file.
What will happen if someone renames his file from hello.odt to hello.ooo? OOO
must have a chance to recognize the correct file type...
Comment 2 michael.ruess 2009-02-26 07:50:29 UTC 
Closed, current implemented solution is the best IMO.
Comment 3 benif 2009-02-26 09:04:16 UTC 
I fear you didn't get my point:

I'm talking about /empty/ files with a length of zero bytes. In Microsoft
Windows the user is given the opportunity, to right-click in any directory and
choose "Create new ... >> New OpenOffice.org-Writer Document". 

On Ubuntu Linux (gnome / metacity), I don't have the opportunity to do this
because there are no such options in the context menu. So the only way to create
a new OO File is to choose "Create new ... >> Empty File" and rename it to
something like "My New Document.odt". 

When I open this document, OO won't recognize it because of missing headers. At
this point it should check the file size and if its greater than 0 bytes the
well-known "Character Encoding"-Dialog is shown. 

Otherwise - in case the file is empty - OO should just act as if a new Document
has been created via the built-in "New Document"-Button and let the user work
with this one.

Sorry for my poor English skills but I hope you get the point. :-)
Comment 4 michael.ruess 2009-02-27 12:07:02 UTC 
That is not fully true... I really got what you said. But you did not regard,
that generating an empty document via context menu on Windows does not build a
zero-size file... An empty document is not an empty file!
A file having header and format information will be generated by this - without
any text content! 
A zero size file named foo.odt will also not be recognized on Windows!
Comment 5 michael.ruess 2009-02-27 12:07:38 UTC 
Closed.
Comment 6 eric.savary 2009-03-06 10:28:23 UTC 
*** Issue 99956 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***