[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 33154] New: Interaction (Execute) is generally buggy

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33154

           Summary: Interaction (Execute) is generally buggy
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: LibO 3.3.0 RC3
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Presentation
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: bertvandepoel at hotmail.com


The "Interaction" -> "Execute app" option in Impress is very buggy.

1. It does not know what do to when you supply a link to an actual app (on the
command line it says it does not have a default app to launch that kind of
file)
2. When entering a filepath in the textbox it won't launch, claiming on the CL
that it can't be found
3. When selecting the same file as before from the file selector, it will
launch the file normally
4. When selecting a script file, it will not execute the script but open it
with the default application for that file, usually that's a texteditor.
5. The only way that it seems to be able to launch an application is when you
make a script file with the file path, and do some MIME magic so that the
default application to run it is something like bash, then it will run
perfectly and as expected.

To elaborate on 5, what I did was the following:
I made a file called test.script
I edited it using gedit and added my link (in this case "/usr/bin/xaos")
Then I changed the default app to launch it with from gedit to bash from the
file properties.
Afterwards I selected the interaction option on a textarea in my presentation,
selected the execute app option, and used the file selector to select
test.script
That was the only way I could get it to work.

I must say it was very disappointing it was not as easy to work with as macro's
and seemed to be quite buggy/broken. I guess no one has given it any attention
for quite a long time.

I discussed this in the IRC channel, and according to people there, it needs a
secure re-write.

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