armtwister | # 601 | 2009-03-25, 18:15 | Report

I am really hoping that it will be possible to open OpenOffice e-mail attachments by clicking on them in Modest, the default e-mail application.

I have installed the truly excellent Dbus-Switchboard (all hail, O pipeline!), and set (for example) .doc to oo writer, so that opening a .doc file launches oo writer.

'Saving' a .doc file from Modest to a directory and then clicking on it works, but clicking on a .doc file as an e-mail attachment doesn't work. It launches oo writer, but generates the following oo error message:

/home/user/MyDocs/<9 digit number>/<filename>.doc does not exist

'/home/user/MyDocs' corresponds to 'Nokia N810' in OS2008 terms, but the 9-digit directory doesn't appear to exist. Presumably this is some code internal to Modest.

As an experiment, I cross-referenced .jpg files to Gimp (having defaulted 'image/jpeg' to Dbus-Switchboard). Clicking on a .jpg e-mail attachment duly starts Gimp and opens the file – so far, so good. Now, here's the interesting bit:

I create a new file-type .gob and cross-reference it to Gimp. On my Windows box, I change the extension of a .jpg file to .gob and e-mail it to myself. On the N810, I can 'save' this to a directory and click on it – and Gimp will start and open the file. BUT, if I click on the attachment, Gimp starts but reports the same error as oo writer:

Opening /home/user/MyDocs/<9 digit number>/<filename>.gob failed: No such file or directory

So the problem is not unique to oo writer – and .doc and .gob appear to be treated in the same way. However, .jpg is handed correctly to Gimp. Is it that Modest specially treats .jpg, and helpfully extracts the file and/or passes it over with a proper path; but doesn't extract .doc and .gob and/or produces a rubbish path for them?

The other case I've looked at is .pdf. This I have cross-referenced to Evince (and defaulted 'application/pdf' to Dbus-Switchboard), and this works fine – clicking on .pdf as an attachment or in a directory starts Evince and opens the file. So .pdf may be specially treated by Modest as well.

I wonder how we can disentangle this?

buurmas | # 602 | 2009-03-25, 18:37 | Report

Also, a warning to those with not much main memory left: IceWeasel appears to do its caching to the main memory rather than the memory card. There may be a sneaky way to change this, but it's not obvious to me (does anyone else know?). I couldn't find anything in about:config, other than turning caching off altogether or maybe reducing the cache size.

qole | # 603 | 2009-03-25, 20:45 | Report

armtwister: We actually have DBus-switchboard working with Easy Debian applications, including having OpenOffice open MS Word docs that are attached to Modest e-mails; the attached files are saved in the /var/tmp folder, not the /home/user/MyDocs folder.
The handler for oowriter should be
Please post over in the DBus-switchboard thread with any further problems.

buurmas: the cache directory for Iceweasel will be under /home/user/.mozilla, which is in the "main memory". You can start Iceweasel like so:
This will open the profiles box and you can tell Iceweasel to put your profile on the SD card (/media/mmc2 or something) instead of in your home directory.

armtwister | # 604 | 2009-03-25, 21:00 | Report

Yes, it is that. I've now seen pipeline's debugging info, and I can see where the problem is arising. I will post on Dbus-Switchboard thread. Thanks.

jaeezzy | # 605 | 2009-03-26, 03:21 | Report

Hi qole, I guess my question has been missed out coz of numerous other questions, so here it is again: I'm using yours 'switch to lxde' and I'm having problem with getting battery info as it shuts down without any notifications if the battery runs out and the only way to get battery info is to logout of lxde which isn't convenient at all. So is there anyway I can get the battery info even while using Easy Debian? Thank you..

qole | # 606 | 2009-03-26, 04:02 | Report

Jaeezzy: I didn't answer because I don't know the answer.

Anybody know a battery applet compatible with LXDE that actually works?

I know the E17 battery applet works...

jaeezzy | # 607 | 2009-03-29, 13:05 | Report

Hi qole, I was wondering how actually can I compile and execute java files in Easy Debian coz when I tried I got the message, "No matching plugin was found" when I tried with jre-6u13-linux-i586.bin. thank you.

AugustoITA | # 608 | 2009-03-30, 14:27 | Report

Dear Sirs, as I have an internet connection slooly and get very difficult to donwload the big ISO file ( 1,5 Gb ) from my Nokia N800, could you kindly supply a link where I can download in my computer the ISO file containing the programs like ( OpenOffice, Gimp, Jave & Firefox ) in order later, put it directly into the SD card. I would like to thanks in advance for your kindly hellp.

debernardis | # 609 | 2009-03-30, 15:10 | Report

ITA:Contattami in privato per accordarci come inviartelo

ENG:PM me to agree how to send

daperl | # 610 | 2009-03-30, 15:48 | Report

Are you sure about this, or am I possibly running a different version of Easy Debian? On my n800, Easy Debian (and all that that implies) is running fullscreen inside a Maemo window. Have you tried the Home button? It should popup the Application Switcher while simultaneously showing you your Hildon desktop and thus the battery status. And then it's just one click to get back to LXDE.

You should only have to "logout" of LXDE if you are done with it. That's part of its beauty.