Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org
A maqqef is found at unicode position 05BE. Open Office Writer v3.1.1 with Karmic Koala (Netbook Remix) fails to display the maqqef correctly. The maqqef is used to mark some prefixing words in Hebrew. It should look a bit like a dash, flush with the tops of the block letters. Such as: טוֹב הַאוֹר מִן־הַחֹשֶׁךְ Entering a maqqef in Writer, however, causes the prefixing word to be displayed over to the right of the last space, often overlapping with the word before. You can recreate this bug by copying and pasting the Hebrew text above into Writer, and it will looking something like this, which is the best approximation I can manage here: טוֹב הַאוֹרמִן־ הַחֹשֶׁךְ I've tested this with Ezra SIL, FreeSerif, and SBL Hebrew. Making paragraphing marks visible, I'm able to see that Writer knows there should be a space before the מִן־ and that there is no spacing mark after it. Entering Hebrew text into Firefox (in order to file this bug report), or into Gedit (which I use for writing documents in LaTeX) works flawlessly. There has been the beginnings of a discussino about this with another scholar working with Hebrew, though, the responses of "just use Microsoft Word" are never the most encouraging ones to hear on those sorts of forums! http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=351837#351837 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: lpia Date: Fri Dec 11 22:52:30 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-lpia SourcePackage: openoffice.org Tags: ubuntu-unr Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-lpia i686 ** Affects: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug lpia ubuntu-unr -- Open Office fails to display Hebrew Maqqef correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
