[SLUG] openoffice question

[Martin Webb]

Martin Webb wrote:
> Stephen O'Neill wrote:
>> Martin Webb wrote:
>>  
>>> b) what does "openoffice.org-2.0 -writer %U", the original command, 
>>> mean?     
>>
>> Try typing:
>>
>> openoffice.org-2.0 -h
>>
>> You should see that 'writer' just tells it to start a new text document
>> and that openoffice.org-2.0 may in fact be synonymous with soffice
>> (which would obviously make sense given politics and history!).
>>
>> As for %U I don't know. The help says all remaining arguments are
>> treated as being files to open... so no idea I'm afraid!
>>
>> However I am surprised your shortcut no longer worked. What does:
>>
>> which openoffice.org-2.0
>>
>> say? Maybe it's no longer in your path?
>>
>> Steve O
> Thanks for that, Steve.  Makes a lot of sense.  "./soffice -h" from 
> the directory where soffice resides did indeed bring up help and 
> stuff.  I see that "./soffice -writer" would (and if fact does) bring 
> up a new text document.  So, if I put a link somewhere in my USER 
> PATH, like "ln -s /actualpath/soffice openoffice2.0", then issue the 
> command "openoffice2.0 -writer", I'm going to open OpenOffice with a 
> text doc.  So far so good, and very interesting.  I'd love to know 
> what the %U is, then the story would be complete.
> Many thanks for making sense of that.
> Martin 
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Martin