[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 131926] Opening a document from Start Center does not use last used filter

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131926

--- Comment #2 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Maxim Monastirsky from comment #1)
> Using the last used filter name, thus bypassing the type detection might not
> be a good idea (like mentioned in the commit message of
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/
> ?id=c238c19d2fed00919e02c4bc268d99ceaa73aca1).

Unfortunately the commit message does not describe why it might be bad.

> An alternative approach might
> be to store the last used app id, and let the type detection decide which
> filter to use based on that, in case the detected type is indeed can be
> handled by several apps. This what I suggested in Bug 65017 comment 20.

Personally I'd prefer thumbnails to have own context menus for cases when last
filter (not module! filter is more specific, so I don't think storing module is
adequate substitution) should be changed, having (among others like "remove" or
imaginary "lock in the list") the menu items like "open using last filter" (the
default), "open in module foo", and "open using default filter".

An example where storing module would not be adequate is explicitly opening an
FODT as plain text (also in Writer).

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