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If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2018-08-18T15:28:52+00:00 Miikka-Markus Alhonen wrote: Description: In most fonts, many characters in the Arabic script change their width and height as typing progresses. For example the letter ب (U+0628) is reduced to about a half or even a third of its width if it's followed by another character such as ا (U+0627): با. Usually LibreOffice understands the changes in font metrics pretty well but not always. See the attached screenshot where I've written the sentence "مرحبا يا صديقي العزيز" in Writer and started selecting letters from the beginning of the line. The selection shown in the screenshot looks like the whole first word plus the following space but actually it only covers the first 4 letters of the first word out of 5 total: مرحب. From a user's point of view, this is very confusing, as I can't tell how far I've already selected without counting the characters in my mind. Even more surprisingly, LibreOffice Calc shows the selection as expected, i.e. different from Writer, so this does not feel like a font problem per se, although only some fonts display this behavior. The font I'm using in this example is Scheherazade, available through a third-party repository at packages.sil.org (Debian package fonts-sil- scheherazade). The font is designed to cover a very wide variety of characters used for Arabic-script minority languages in both Asia and Africa, and in many cases it's the only professionally made font available for people working on many of these languages. This bug was first reported on Launchpad for LO 5.4.6.2 on Ubuntu 17.10 at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1772520 . After my initial report, I have upgraded to LO 6.0.3.2 and can still reproduce the problem. Another user on Launchpad confirmed the bug on LO 6.0.3.2, as well. Steps to Reproduce: 1. In a new Writer document, change font to Scheherazade and paragraph directionality to RTL. 2. Type مرحبا يا صديقي العزيز 3. Go to the beginning of the line (extreme right as this is a RTL language) and select 4 characters by pressing Shift+Left four times. Actual Results: On screen, it looks like you have selected the whole first word and the following space (altogether 6 characters). In reality, only the first 4 characters have been selected. Expected Results: Visually, only 4 characters should appear selected. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 6.0.3.2 Build ID: 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1772520/comments/8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2018-08-18T15:29:59+00:00 Miikka-Markus Alhonen wrote: Created attachment 144270 Screenshot of Writer document view which displays incorrect behavior Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1772520/comments/9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2018-08-18T15:30:54+00:00 Miikka-Markus Alhonen wrote: Created attachment 144271 Screenshot of Calc which shows correct behavior Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1772520/comments/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2018-09-10T17:00:24+00:00 Beluga wrote: Repro with Scheherazade font. Freesans is fine. Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 033a68c49fe2b8aa397832d92d400eb0259ea809 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3_kde5; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: threaded Built on September 5th 2018 Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1772520/comments/12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2019-09-11T04:37:58+00:00 Qa-admin-q wrote: Dear vaaydayaasra, To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been touched for over a year. There have been thousands of bug fixes and commits since anyone checked on this bug report. During that time, it's possible that the bug has been fixed, or the details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in getting confirmation that the bug is still present. 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Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-UntouchedBug Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1772520/comments/13 ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1772520 Title: Font metrics mixed up when selecting Arabic characters in Writer Status in LibreOffice: Confirmed Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In most fonts, many characters in the Arabic script change their width and height as typing progresses. For example the letter ب (U+0628) is reduced to about a half or even a third of its width if it's followed by another character such as ا (U+0627): با. Usually LibreOffice understands the changes in font metrics pretty well but not always. See the attached screenshot where I've written the sentence "مرحبا يا صديقي العزيز" in Writer and started selecting letters from the beginning of the line. The selection shown in the screenshot looks like the whole first word plus the following space but actually it only covers the first 4 letters of the first word out of 5 total: مرحب. From a user's point of view, this is very confusing, as I can't tell how far I've already selected without counting the characters in my mind. Even more surprisingly, LibreOffice Calc shows the selection as expected, i.e. different from Writer, so this does not feel like a font problem per se, although only some fonts display this behavior. The font I'm using in this example is Scheherazade, available through a third-party repository at packages.sil.org. The font is designed to cover a very wide variety of characters used for Arabic-script minority languages in both Asia and Africa, and in many cases it's the only professionally made font available for people working on many of these languages. Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:5.4.6-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 Candidate: 1:5.4.6-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 Version table: *** 1:5.4.6-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 500 500 http://mr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.5 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/main amd64 Packages 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://mr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: libreoffice-writer 1:5.4.6-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-41.46-generic 4.13.16 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-41-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon May 21 21:03:43 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-13 (462 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-11-05 (197 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1772520/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
