Created attachment 303729 [details] sofficerc Both OpenOffice and Libreoffice have a file named sofficerc. LibreOffice's file is at: /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc It has a line: Logo=1 by default. This file is always overwritten upon reinstalling. I'd really like a USE flag that turns this to Logo=0 because I really dislike splash screens of any kind.
You could put that file in CONFIG_PROTECT, but it's odd that the rc file isn't installed in /etc... would that even work?
(In reply to comment #1) > You could put that file in CONFIG_PROTECT, but it's odd that the rc file > isn't installed in /etc... would that even work? I was trying to find that out before making this report and nobody seems to know. I recall that OpenOffice on Windows was very similar in that this same file (maybe it was sofficerc.ini then on Windows) was not in the user's directory. I've sort of just been hoping the feature would eventually be added (a USE flag or something similar or that the team would come to their senses and allow this file to exist in ~ and /etc).
Hmm I wonder how one can config protect something in /usr/. Env variable?
Tatsh, This doesn't address the particular problem you reported, but there are a couple workarounds so that you don't need to edit the sofficerc file: 1. Use quickstarter - libreoffice starts so fast there's no need for a splash screen. :-) 2. Launch it with -nologo. This clearly isn't ideal as you'd need to edit all of your shortcuts, but you should only need to do it once (per system). As for the particular issue described here, some other distributions (such as ubuntu) actually put this file in /etc/libreoffice. Perhaps we could do the same? Then you don't need to worry about any special/non-standard protection for this file.
(In reply to comment #4) > Tatsh, > > This doesn't address the particular problem you reported, but there are a > couple workarounds so that you don't need to edit the sofficerc file: > > 1. Use quickstarter - libreoffice starts so fast there's no need for a > splash screen. :-) > > 2. Launch it with -nologo. This clearly isn't ideal as you'd need to edit > all of your shortcuts, but you should only need to do it once (per system). > > As for the particular issue described here, some other distributions (such > as ubuntu) actually put this file in /etc/libreoffice. Perhaps we could do > the same? Then you don't need to worry about any special/non-standard > protection for this file. Right now I just have the file in CONFIG_PROTECT (hope the path does not change). CONFIG_PROTECT="/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc"
The file is protected. :) (starting 4.1.4.2)
