SOLVED!!!! (was Re: Hebrew file names in Libreoffice)

[Shlomo Solomon]

After searching for any file that seems related to locale, I deleted
the following files (after saving a backup - just in case): 
~/.config/plasma-locale-settings.sh
~/.config/plasma-localerc

They were re-generated on login. 

So it certainly WAS a KDE problem, but I have no idea why this solved
the problem.






On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:30:46 +0300
Shlomo Solomon <shlomo at the-solomons.net> wrote:

> After more research, I'm pretty sure this is a KDE-Libreoffice
> interaction problem, but don't know how to solve it. Here's a summary
> of what I know and tried - #6 is really interesting/strange.
> 
> 1 - click on a Hebrew file name - libreoffice says file does not
> exist. 2 - click on Libreoffice icon + try to open a Hebrew name -
> same result 3 - run libreoffice from command line - works OK
> 4 - sudo libreoffice also works OK but that's a BAD solution
> 5 - created a KDE "link to application" and chose "run in terminal" -
> libreoffice says file does not exist
> 6 - created a KDE "link to application" and chose "run in terminal"  +
> "run as a different user" - KDE asks for a password and libreoffice
> works OK.    NOTE: As the "other" user I chose my regular username!!!
> 7 - I read that the libreoffice-kde can cause problems so I
> un-installed it, but that didn't help (and it made a mess of the file
> open/save dialogue). 
> 
> 
> 
> As I already wrote, locale is set to en_US.UTF-8
> 
> solomon at shlomo1:~$ localectl
>    System Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8
>        VC Keymap: n/a
>       X11 Layout: us
>        X11 Model: pc105
> 
> solomon at shlomo1:~$ locale
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
> 
> BTW - is there any significance to the fact that some of the above
> lines say  "en_US.UTF-8"  and others en_US.UTF-8?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:44:33 +0300
> Shlomo Solomon <shlomo at the-solomons.net> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > I did try adding Hebrew locale but that did not help and also had an
> > un-expected side effect - Some programs (for example smbc) ran with
> > a Hebrew interface.
> > 
> > BTW - on my Mageia boxes, with en_US.UTF-8 Libreoffice works
> > perfectly. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:22:12 +0300
> > Shay Gover <govershay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Try adding Hebrew locale.
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 7:01 PM, Shlomo Solomon
> > > <shlomo.solomon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > On my new Kubuntu 18.04 box, Libreoffice will not open files
> > > > with Hebrew names - says file does not exist.
> > > >
> > > > On a Windows 10 machine Libreoffice has no problem with the same
> > > > files.
> > > >
> > > > And a really strange thing - if I run Libreoffice from the
> > > > command line instead of clicking on an icon or the KDE menu, it
> > > > works fine.
> > > >
> > > > I thought this was a utf-8 problem, but my locale seems to be
> > > > correct.
> > > >
> > > > $ locale
> > > > LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> > > > LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
> > > > LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
> > > > LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
> > > >
> > > > What am I missing?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Shlomo Solomon
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