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#1596 Ignore Microsoft Office temporary files

Milestone: 5.7

Status: closed-fixed

Owner: Jean-Christophe Helary

Labels: None

Priority: 5

Updated: 2023-04-10

Created: 2021-10-11

Creator: Jean-Christophe Helary

Private: No

When Microsoft Office files are opened, they create a temporary file that OmegaT tries (but fails) to open when reloading the project after external modification.

I propose adding :

        "**/~$*.ppt?",
        "**/~$*.doc?",
        "**/~$*.xls?",
        "**/~$*.dot?",
        "**/~$*.vsdx"

To the ignore list.

Discussion

Aaron Madlon-Kay - 2021-10-12

summary: Add extra ignore patterns for opened MS Open XML files --> Ignore Microsoft Office temporary files

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--- old +++ new @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -When MSO files are opened, they create a temporary file that OmegaT fails to open when reloading the project after external modification. +When Microsoft Office files are opened, they create a temporary file that OmegaT tries (but fails) to open when reloading the project after external modification. I propose adding :

status: open --> open-fixed

assigned_to: Jean-Christophe Helary
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Aaron Madlon-Kay - 2021-10-12

Apparently these are "owner files"; see https://superuser.com/a/405258/93651

It looks reasonable to just ignore **/~$* rather than try to enumerate all Office file extensions.

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Aaron Madlon-Kay - 2021-10-12

Implemented on master in [c64251].

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Commit: [c64251]

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Jean-Christophe Helary - 2021-10-12

I thought about just using a generic ~$* but maybe there are legitimate uses of a name that starts with ~$ so I thought limiting to the file formats that OmegaT supports and that exhibit this issue was better.

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Aaron Madlon-Kay - 2021-10-12

I think it's probably rare enough that it will be fine. If not, we can always adjust it later.

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Aaron Madlon-Kay - 2021-11-18

status: open-fixed --> closed-fixed
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Aaron Madlon-Kay - 2021-11-18

Implemented in OmegaT 5.7.0.

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Jean-Christophe Helary - 2023-04-10

@Thomas would you mind checking if the same issue appears in the new filter?

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