Re: [gentoo-user] File extensions in Kmail attachments

[Mick]

On Thursday 31 May 2007 21:39, Vladimir Rusinov wrote:
> On 5/31/07, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > I noticed that when I open an attachment from within Kmail it adds odd
> > extensions to the file, which are retained when I later on try to save it
> > on
> > the disk;  e.g. a spreadsheet opened with OOo is shown as: "Notes from
> > yesterdays mtg.xls_[yQHODa]".
> >
> > Furthermore, when I click on SaveAs in OOo it automatically opens the
> > directory /tmp/kde-michael/ as opposed to /home/michael.  Would you
> > perhaps
> > know how I could fix this?
>
> I think, you cat fix this only via patching sources. When you open mail
> attachment, KMail extracts it from message body and saves it to tmp dir in
> order to other apps can open it.

Sure, but unless I am mistaken I recall that in the past it would strip 
the /tmp extension from the file name when asked where to save it, after it 
has been opened using another application like e.g. OpenOffice.
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Regards,
Mick