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

[Omer Zak]

Did you run 'diff' on the two plasma-locale* files from before and
after deletion & regeneration?
If yes, can you please share the results with the curious among us?


On Thu, 2018-08-16 at 13:14 +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> 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?
-- 
As long as there are families which throw their teenager sons and
daughters out of home if they turn out to be gays or lesbians, Gay
Pride Parade events are needed.
As long as the most common cause of suicide by teenagers is their
finding out that they are gays or lesbians, Gay Pride Parade events are
needed.
My own blog is at https://tddpirate.zak.co.il/

My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone.
They do not represent the official policy of any organization with
which
I may be affiliated in any way.
WARNING TO SPAMMERS:  at https://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html