Previous versions of Libreoffice would remember the last directory used for reading LO files, for inserting images, and for pdf output. 3.6.3.2 doesn't remember that last directory. I work out of a few directories, mostly out of one at a time. In 3.6.3.2 I have to navigate to the directory to open my file. When I write my pdf, which is always to another directory, I have to navigate there. Then I open my next file, which means navigating back to the source directory. If I want to open a 3rd file, I have to navigate to the source directory AGAIN! It's tedious, and I have a lot of parallel directories. Restoring the "remember where I was last time" would save a lot of tedium, time, and errors. This happens A LOT, EVERY DAY, which is why I put the severity at Normal.
I do not reproduce with whatever version I test. You need to define your user data, if you want LO remember what you did : menu Tools > Options > LibreOffice > User Data Please try again.
Hm, can’t confirm this with LibreOffice 3.6.4.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.8. For me, it works *exactly* as you expected (or, as I understand what you expected): if, after saving the .odt file as a PDF, I open the next file via “File > Open...”, the open dialog presents to me the same folder/directory I used the last time to open a document. But, of course, this may depend on the OS. All I can say that in LibO for Mac OS X, there is no such bug, at least not with the default configuration.
I am unable to reproduce this as well with 3.6.4.2 build on Linux x86_64. I tested both GNOME and LO-native open/save dialogs. They both remembered the last directory. It seems that it not a common problem => removing from MABs. Steve, could you please tell us more about your system? + what is you OS + what desktop are you using (KDE, GNOME) + do you use the official LO build or some distro-specific build? BTW: Do you see the problem also with default user configuration? Please read http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile for hints how to do it.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10, Unity desktop. I downloaded LibO_3.6.3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz from the official build.
Bjorn, I wonder if this might be Ubuntu specific.
BTW, I have the option Options/LibreOffice/General/Open/Save Dialogs/Use LibreOffice dialogs unchecked so that the native dialogs are supposed to be used. The native dialogs ARE used, showing my list of "favorite" directories. It's just that LO no longer remembers the directory from last time. Other applications still remember the last directory used.
I wonder if it might be related to the bug #37814. Do you have some non-ASCII characters in the path?
I'm being annoyed by what appears to be an identical bug, but on Fedora core 17, using LibreOffice 3.5.7.2. I can't see any non-ASCII characters in my path (that is, none in the home directory which it always takes me to, and none in Tools/Options/LibreOffice/Paths.
I've had the same problem in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 with both Unity and Cinnamon using LO 4.0.1 through 4.0.4. I don't see any non-ASCII characters either. Whenever I try to open new documents or import files, the open dialog starts at my home directory instead of the directory in which the current document is found.
Please, don't change version number, it shows the oldest version in which the bug is reproducible, not the most recent. Best regards. JBF
To be sure: you who encounter this problem, did you set your user data in menu Options > LibreOffice > User Data ? Best regards. JBF
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