Bug 168537 and bug 40496 are related to this discussion. The issue is, users don't have a consistent mental model for how text direction should work. Sometimes, people expect text direction to be part of paragraph style, and are surprised when the software behaves inconsistently with that. Other times, people are annoyed because the software treats text direction as part of paragraph style, and wipes out their text direction choices. Sometimes, these are even the same people in different discussions.
Currently, text direction is treated as a formatting attribute. It is presented this way in the user interface, and it's also how the software handles it under the hood. Absent any consensus, I recommend we try to live with the choices that have already been made: make the software behave consistently with direction as paragraph style/DF as it has been designed, and instead think of ways to guide users toward editing styles instead of this confusing DF. -- 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/1093765 Title: [upstream] switching paragraph style changes character orientation Status in LibreOffice: Confirmed Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen in Writer via a terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1093765/+attachment/3688368/+files/test-bug1093765.doc && lowriter --nologo test-bug1093765.doc is select all -> change combo box Apply Style from Text Body to Heading 1 and the text style changes, preserving the character order. 4) What happens instead is: (Example text=) טקסט לדוגמה changes to: טקסט לדוגמה (=Example text) Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Word Version 14.0.6023.1000 (32-bit) changes it to: =)טקסט לדוגמהExample text( ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Dec 26 11:20:42 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (67 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1093765/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
