Opening files from symlinks

[Andy]

Hi

Erik Bågfors wrote:
> So I just tried this
> 1) computer -> home
> 2) right click -> create document
> 3) name test.txt
> 4) middle-drag to desktop, select link
> 5) double click test.txt on desktop
> 6) edit and save,
> 
> Works great!

In fact you are right - in most cases it does save correctly - I was 
thrown by the fact that the "save as" box (if you choose save as rather 
than save) shows the path to the symlink as though it was going to 
replace the symlink with the file, rather than save it to it's original 
location - works but IMHO is confusing. As you say, for (say) gedit if 
you just hit "Save" it all works as it should.

HOWEVER it does not work (for me at least) with OpenOffice.org - I get a 
message "Cannot create backup file" if I open an OpenOffice.org document 
via a symlink and then hit "Save" after editing it.

Thanks

Andy