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[Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimilan@xxxxxxx>]

(In reply to em_te from comment #81)
> Another (more difficult) way is to first launch the attachment as editable
> and then set the readonly flag 10 seconds later.
This is more likely to confuse apps and users than anything. OpenOffice should be fixed to have a easier to understand GUI.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87101

Title:
  when opening an attachment, it should be written to tmp as a read-only
  file

Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News:
  Fix Released
Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: mozilla-thunderbird

  If a user has been sent an OpenOffice document and they open it from the source email, it is all too common for them to edit it and click Save.
  When they come back later (especially after a reboot), the file is nowhere to be found because it was (from thunderbird's point of view) only ever a temp file.

  Accordingly, it would be useful if thunderbird wrote temporary files
  in such a way as to make them read-only from applications'
  perspectives - ie remove the write bit.

  This way, when the user wants to edit the document they will be forced
  into putting it somewhere else (ie their home directory).

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