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specific icons for office files, like in AWN/Cairo-Dock?

Asked by Uri Shabtay

hi folks,

i truly admire the way Docky developed.. i think its usability is far better than the others in terms of integration with Gnome. i don't know if my question is in tact, due to the fact i noticed a bug similar to my issue (home folder issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/docky/+bug/490094).

Despite that thought, i'll wanted to know if there's (or whether will there be any) possibility to change in the settings the behaviour of Oo icons files in the dock..?
The idea is simple: i want it to act as it did with Cairo (one ".doc/.odt" icon grouping all Oo files) or AWN (every new/old file opened gets an icon) and not as it does now (version 2.1.0 through PPA, Ubuntu 9.10) - using the specific App. icon, exactly as in Firefox, for instance.. i prefer Cairo's way, which is similar to Docky's way, only without using the specific Oo. App. icon..

thanks in advance.. hopefully i was thorough enough :)

cheers

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Robert Dyer (psybers) said : 		#1

If I am understanding you correctly, then no. OO.org is several applications. Each application will have its own window grouping for windows of that type.

There are some bugs with OO.org grouping at the moment, but that is the theory anyway. So all 'spreadsheet' windows are 1 group, all 'presentation' windows are another group, all 'word processor' windows another group, etc.

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Uri Shabtay (uri.shabtay) said : 		#2

well said, and acceptable. yet is there a possibility that with these groupings of different types of files (word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations) the launcher for these files won't be the app. controling them..

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Uri Shabtay (uri.shabtay) said : 		#3

surprisingly, i noticed that exactly what i mentioned above happens with Nautilus while accidentaly adding my Downloads shortcut to the launchers. Each time i pressed it, a 'File Manager' icon pops up, while if i open more than one, they specific File Manager icon groups them together, but it doesn't control the Downloads icon

That's exactly what i wish to see in Oo files! (if possible of course) Each type of file will be grouped, while the launcher itself will stay aside.. the grouping of the .odt/.doc | .odp/.ppt | .ods/.xls files will be associated with the specific icon of the file (like in nautilus itself..) and there you have it :)

what do you think?

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Best Robert Dyer (psybers) said : 		#4

No what you are noticing is something different. You have a folder shortcut on the dock. This is not the same as a launcher. Thus when you click the folder shortcut, it opens a nautilus window which is the same as launching Nautilus so a launcher icon appears for the file manager. All file manager windows that are open group together in that. But that icon is completely dis-associated from any folder shortcuts you put on the dock (for now).

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Uri Shabtay (uri.shabtay) said : 		#5

Thanks Robert Dyer, that solved my question.