Agree with Jonathan, and Heiko, and marking NAB. However (and perhaps to soften the blow):
1. In ODF documents, a (paragraph) style is not required to set all possible properties. It is possible to define a style with no direction (technically: no `style:writing-mode` proper; and it may also set the direction to 'inherit' from the superordinate object. While LibreOffice doesn't have UI for unsetting a style's direction, it could and should; and we do have UI for setting "inherit". So, if you edit your styles not to apply direction - then they won't, and your DF will work. 2. A bug is already on file regarding auto-detecting text direction: bug 162120. While that would not solve every use-case - it does make it easier to simply _not_ have to set the style explicitly yourself and for it to have a reasonable default via autodetection. 3. We are planning a discussion of text direction - extrinsic vs intrinsic, and these different bugs, next week on October 8th in the LibreOffice design meeting. You may be interested in attending that via jitsi: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2025/msg00089.html -- 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: Invalid 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
