Shahar Or, this is:
- a clearcut upstream issue.
- well documented in how to enable CTL, in both the LibreOffice built in help,
and the LibreOffice wiki
http://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Languages_Using_Complex_Text_Layout .
Resolving as Won't Fix in libreoffice (Ubuntu) and LibreOffice Packaging. This
does not mean the issue will not be cared about, but if it is cared about (even
by Ubuntu/Canonical contributors), it is done upstream at LibreOffice.
** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927931
Title:
[Upstream] RTL (CTL) is expected to be enabled in all cases by RTL
users
Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
New
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
This is concerning the usability issue where an RTL user gets in front
of LibreOffice and doesn't find the two directionality buttons in the
toolbar (OMG!!!). He won't find them anywhere until he does 8 mouse
clicks to turn the RTL feature on:
Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Languages -> Enabled for
complex text layout (CTL) -> CTL: <Language> -> OK
My mom can't do this :-/ .
This is how this happens:
CTL is off by default in LibreOffice, and thus RTL is, too.
As I've been briefed, this is how it gets turned on for RTL users
automatically:
1. RTL locales
2. A language support package of one of the RTL languages is installed
The problem is that these two triggers for CTL don't cover all the
situations where an RTL user runs LibreOffice.
Many RTL users choose a non-RTL locale. They can also choose not to
install any of the language support packages. The presence of an RTL
language layout is all that indicates their RTL-ness :) Even when RTL
users use a friend's/public computer as guests they expect the RTL
buttons.
Then, why make RTL off by default? Does it cost a lot of memory? Does
it have bad Karma? :)
The expectation to have those RTL buttons is because they seem to be
always there in Microsoft Office since as far as I can remember. I
never had to turn anything on. They were always there by default.
In order to understand the severity of this issue, let me tell you
what users do when they don't find those RTL buttons. They try to
configure the toolbar, thinking that they must be disabled there. They
find them enabled, actually. Although enabled in the toolbar, they
don't appear :-O . After that they're quite lost so they might go to
the correct Language Settings -> Languages configuration section.
There, they will not find "RTL" or "Left to right". How would they
know whether to enable the "Enhanced language support" for Asian
languages or for Complex text layout? Most users would lose a few
hairs by that point.
Thanks and blessings,
Shahar
ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic 3.2.3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.304
Date: Mon Feb 6 22:14:26 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120206)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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