[SLUG] openoffice question

[Martin Webb]

Martin Webb wrote:
> Martin Webb wrote:
>> Hello, All,
>> What does "openoffice-2.0 -writer %U" (or something like that) mean?
>> Is the %U a path or summat?
> I think I asked the above question very badly.  Please let me try again.
>
> If I right click on the launcher icon for OpenOffice Writer, it says 
> that the command to launch Writer is:
> openoffice.org-2.0 -writer %U
> Having installed OpenOffice 2.0.2, this is not working.  I have 
> changed the command to:
> /opt/openoffice.org1.0/program/soffice
I can't get this right!  The line above should read 
"/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice"
>
> a)  is this a sensible thing to do?
> b) what does "openoffice.org-2.0 -writer %U", the original command, mean?
>
> With thanks,
> Martin
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