[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129713] soffice --cat option doesn't output document text contents when there is another instance running

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129713

Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
            Summary|soffice.exe --cat option    |soffice --cat option
                   |doesn't output document     |doesn't output document
                   |text contents               |text contents when there is
                   |                            |another instance running

--- Comment #9 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Brad from comment #8)
> Is there anyway to use this command with an instance running without a bit
> of programming?

Yes: you may use a different (e.g., temporary) user profile [1] for the task,
and that would create a separate process which will not offload its task to the
already running instance: see -env:UserInstallation sample in help [2]. Note
that, although you may use empty temp directory each time for the task, it will
create significant overhead because of the need to initialize new profile; so
better create a dedicated profile once, and then reuse it.

> I would argue that it's a big limitation and makes the
> commands usefulness questionable.

... which is why I didn't close it - see first sentence of last paragraph of
comment 7.

[1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile
[2]
https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/start_parameters.html

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