[CentOS] oomath and filter selection

[Lanny Marcus]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:
> in Centos 5.2 I could click on and xls file in thunderbird and it would
> use oomath to open the file.
> I could do on the command line "oomath file.xls" and it open the file
> and show it to me no problem either.
>
> now in 5.3 (x86_64)  in either case above I get a "filter selection" screen.
> Most of the selections are for Word not excel
>
> and if I choose an excel item my oomath opens with a blank page.
>
> Any ideas?

Shouldn't that type of file be opened with Open Office's Spreadsheet Calc?