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[Steve Magoun <854124@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

In 11.10, gedit is the default file handler for .doc files. I expected
the default handler to be libreoffice-writer, which is the default
handler for .docx and other filetypes used by MS Office.

gedit is pretty bad at opening .doc files (at least the ones I've
tried). The effect on the user is that double-clicking a doc-file fails
to display the file.

To reproduce:
* Double-click any .doc file

Alternatively:
In a terminal, 'touch foo.doc && touch foo.docx'
Double-click each foo* file; foo.doc opens in gedit and foo.docs opens in LibreOffice.

I believe this is a regression from 11.04; I first noticed it after
upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 beta 1.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: desktop-file-utils 0.18-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 19 14:41:08 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: desktop-file-utils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (17 days ago)

** Affects: desktop-file-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  libreoffice-writer not default file handler for .doc files

Status in “desktop-file-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In 11.10, gedit is the default file handler for .doc files. I expected
  the default handler to be libreoffice-writer, which is the default
  handler for .docx and other filetypes used by MS Office.

  gedit is pretty bad at opening .doc files (at least the ones I've
  tried). The effect on the user is that double-clicking a doc-file
  fails to display the file.

  To reproduce:
  * Double-click any .doc file

  Alternatively:
  In a terminal, 'touch foo.doc && touch foo.docx'
  Double-click each foo* file; foo.doc opens in gedit and foo.docs opens in LibreOffice.

  I believe this is a regression from 11.04; I first noticed it after
  upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 beta 1.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: desktop-file-utils 0.18-0ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Sep 19 14:41:08 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: desktop-file-utils
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (17 days ago)

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