Bug 51096

Summary:	Allow User to Select External Image Editing Tool
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Kevin Cox <kevincox>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	low	CC:	apos, olivier.hallot, true.bugman
Version:	3.5.4 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Kevin Cox 2012-06-14 13:36:25 UTC

Currently there is no (clear) way for the user to choose what tool "Edit with External Tool..." uses to select the images.  I believe it uses the system default application.

This is an issue because my default image application is not an editor but a viewer (I right-click "Open with" to edit).  This means that I can't launch my editor from inside of LibreOffice.  I currently need to cut-and-past the image back and forth or unzip the .odf to edit the image.

There should be an option in the settings window that allows the user to select the program (and commandline) to use to ""Edit with External Tool".

Comment 1 Edward d'Auvergne 2014-03-11 14:36:17 UTC

I have the same problem on Libreoffice 4.0.6.2.  This should be in a setting somewhere.  Or better still, a dialog presented to allow the user to chose between different applications as needed.

Comment 2 Axel Pospischil 2014-12-07 13:05:25 UTC

Hey out there,

i know that libreoffice is distributed to different plattforms, but as it already uses the sytem default path for a program, it should not be a big task altering this path with a custom one?

I am using Lyx for LaTeX based editing (on linux). This program I like very much, because it gives me the usage scenarios a real writer needs and is highly configurable. 

I think a program like Libreoffice should have this feature! As long as e.g. MS Word gives us various possibilities to edit an image inside the word processor - I am not a fan of this ! - and Libreoffice does not, we need this feature for professional editing.


I am using Libreoffice on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Greets
Axel

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