Version: (using KDE 4.2.2) OS: Linux Installed from: Mandriva RPMs Description of problem: There are no more OpenOffice documents previews or thumbnails in Konqueror or Dolphin in KDE 4. When we work with a lots of these documents, it's really annoying. Something must have been broken, since this was working well in KDE 3. I use mainly Mandriva 2009 (KDE 4.1.3) and Mandriva 2009.1 RC2 Cooker (KDE 4.2.2). The problem is the same under the last version of OpenSuse and Kubuntu live CD. It's a pity, because OpenOffice documents are just zip files, and they already contains a file named "Thumbnails/thumbnail.png", which is just waiting to be used for this usage !!! Under Gnome, this think is very simple to solve : Nautilus accept simple executables, and a simple Python script solves this (for example : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76566) But in KDE 4, creating a thumbnailer is a nightmare for the one who didn't know KDE 4 and C++ programming : we have to create a class that inherits classThumbCreator (http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kio/html/classThumbCreator.html), and compile it as a module. I think that for someone who knows KDE 4 programming, this should not be so hard to create. Last thing : currently OpenOffices icons are shown as blank icon with inside the text "PK" : this is not very smart, as it is simply the 2 first bytes of the binary files (I think it's the default /usr/share/kde4/services/textthumbnail.desktop). Since OpenOffice documents are zipped files, i think that PK must stands for "PKZIP". I think in a first time, before the bug is solved, it is preferable to have the basic OpenOffice documents icons instead of PK, which is inelegant and unuseful. Last thing number 2 : Koffice package was said to bring preview/thumbnails in Konqueror and Dolphin. I have tried it with no success at all. (There seems to be a koffice thumbnailer in /usr/share/kde4/services, but it doesn't seem to do anything). I have tried to remove the textthumbnail thumbnailer because I suspected a priority conflict, with no more success. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Any version of Konqueror or Dolphin in KDE 4.1.3 and KDE 4.2.2 (tested in Mandriva 2009.0 and 2009.1 Cooker, also in Kubuntu 9.04 and OpenSude KDE Four Live 1.2.1) How reproducible: Just open Konqueror of Dolphin a folder which contains OpenOffice documents. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Konqueror of Dolphin (KDE 4 version) a folder which contains OpenOffice documents. 2. Check "Apercu" or "Preview / Thumbnail" 3. You can see that there is no preview nor thumbnails for OpenOffice (this was working well under KDE 3). We just have default icons or "PK" ones
Ariel -> alouali: please check the thumbnail-plugin at http://arielch.fedorapeople.org/devel/src/OpenOfficeorgThumbnail-0.0.1.tar.gz There is an rpm (i586) but for Fedora 11 only: http://arielch.fedorapeople.org/devel/rpm/i586/openofficeorgthumbnail-0.0.1-0.fc11.1.i586.rpm
To Ariel :A very great thanks for your work. I have tried to compile it in Mandriva 2009.1 and it works fine ! You have done a very useful work, thanks again.