"Send document as Open Document Text" fails to attach doc when using Thunderbird

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This bug happen to me on all the libreoffice products: Wirter, Draw, Cals, impress.
I simple do not attated the file when I do File->Send-> Document as E-mail OR E-mail as Pdf...

My System:
Ubuntu version: 13.10-64-bit
Liberoffice version: 4.1.2.3 Build ID: 410m0(Build:3)
Thunderbied version: 24.0

There is a workaround in comment #4 in this related bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1193084.

IMHO this is not a related bug, but describes EXACTLY the same problem. It's just about PDF, and not generic. But the problem (and possible solution) is the same. If noone minds I'll mark this as duplicate.
The permalink to the possible solution is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1193084/comments/4.

So "Send Document as Open Document Text" is what should create a mail with a ODT attached. This is what this bug description originally wanted.

"Send Document as Email" should create a Email with the mail body filled with the document body. This is a different issue. It is tracked as fdo#75825 upstream and as per https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75825#c7 affects multiple distros.

THIS bug will continue to track the "Send Document as Open Document Text" issue, the "Send Document as Email" is only tracked upstream for now. Please open a NEW launchpad bug if you want to have it tracked for Ubuntu too. Thus removing the remote watch on fdo#75825 here (add it to the NEW bug, if you want one).

This bug was fixed in the package libreoffice - 1:4.2.3~rc2-0ubuntu1

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libreoffice (1:4.2.3~rc2-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Ritesh Khadgaray ]
  * fix symlink permissions (lp: #1200277)

  [ Bjoern Michaelsen ]
  * package libreoffice-help-en-us again (LP: #1288378)
  * make ConnectivityTools a normal target, so we can pack it
  * build libreoffice-subsequentcheckbase again
  * fix tests/junit-subsequentcheck
  * reenable junit
  * strip down -subsequentcheck deps
  * kill sensible-lomua.diff -- ExternalMailer should be good enough on all DEs
    now (LP: #1217191)
  * add jdk dep to -subsequentcheckbase
  * tweak java.library.path for autopkgtest
  * use gio when possible (LP: #1253620)
  * reenable Ubuntu palette
  * backport patch for fdo#74981 from 4.2.4
 -- Bjoern Michaelsen <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:30:50 +0100

I still have this bug using Ubuntu 14.04 and LO 4.2.3.3 with default settings.

I had to change the email setting to thunderbird (it had been empty) in order to attach the file.

@Amr Ibrahim: Thank you, this solved also for me the issue!

While it workarounds the issue temporarily, it should be solved in the package.
There are two options for Ubuntu:
* pre-fill the field in the libreoffice package with "thunderbird" (Ubuntu-centric)
* add a link /usr/bin/sensible-louma which points to /usr/bin/thunderbird

I'd prefer the second option because: it leaves LO alone and seems to be more update proof.
This link could be managed by update-alternative.

So instead of changing the LO value (which anyway is only user specific, so you would have to change that for EACH single user on your system, just do a

ln -s /usr/bin/thunderbird /usr/local/bin/sensible-louma

This workarounds the issue as well and a) leaves room for updates, b) doesn't touch the LO settings so all users are affected.

Two things more:
1. My comment above is obsolete anyway, as the new LO does not use sensible-lomua any more. It talks directly to the ExternalMailer.
2. It still does NOT work here (Ubuntu 14.04, LO 4.2.4). Thunderbird is opened after "Send email as ODT", name is filled in, but there is no attachment added.
I can NOT confirm that this bug is fixed.

It still doesn't work in LO 4.3.0.4 with a up to date system of ubuntu 14.04.

This is a really annoying bug and affects those users with the least experience the most.

@Bjoern Michaelsen, could you have a look at this bug again? It seems it's not really fixed.

Yes - I can confirm this bug is this valid on a up-to-date 14.04 and thunderbird 31.3.0.
thx

Yes - I can confirm this bug is valid on a up-to-date 14.04 and thunderbird 31.6.0. Thunderbird opens with the correct subject but no attched file is added.

~~~
lsb_release -sd
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

thunderbird -v
Thunderbird 31.6.0
~~~

If I run this from the shell:

thunderbird -compose "<email address hidden>,<email address hidden>',<email address hidden>',subject='dinner',body='How about dinner tonight?',attachment='/home/liuk/test.txt'"

as in the example on the Thunderbird website (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments_%28Thunderbird%29) , a new window with the right fields filled and with the attachment is opened, so it seems more a LibreOffice issue which is not invoking Thunderbird with correct parameters.

Tested on :
lsb_release -sd
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

thunderbird -v
Thunderbird 31.6.0

Anyone still seeing this issue: Did you run with a fresh profile? (To clear the profile remove the folder ~/.config/libreoffice).

I can confirm this in 15.04, still no attachment unless I set "thunderbird" as the e-mail program explicitly.

$ LANG=en apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:4.4.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.4.2-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:4.4.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status