Hi Yitzchak,
Here's a clearer version of my previous message:
I've tested aleph-lamed combinations using the FreeSans font on Debian
testing OS with the following versions of OpenOffice:
a) Hebrew 2.0 from OpenOffice.org.il
b) English 2.0 from OpenOffice.org
c) English 2.0.1 from OpenOffice.org
d) Debian OOo package 2.0.0-5 (English)
I saw the problem that you reported in the latest Debian OOo package. I
did not see the problem using any of the other packages that I tested.
So it appears to be a problem with the Debian package, but I don't know
what it might be.
Alan
Yitzchak Gale wrote:
My second bug is that when I type a date such as 16/1/2006 format, but using
numeral 1/2 or 1/4 ooo converts it the minaturized half or quater symbols
I am experience a similar bug that is very serious.
Using the FreeSans font in OO Writer on Debian testing
(standard OOo package, currently OOo 2.0.0-5),
the letters alef and lamed ALWAYS combine into
a combination character. It does not matter what
order I type the letters in, or what they are surrounded
by. It even happens if I type alef and lamed separated
by a different letter, and then delete the different letter.
(This would have been a great feature if OOo had
come out a few hundred years ago, but I think we
missed the deadline by a bit this time. :) )
The only way I can prevent this is by inserting something
invisible in between the alef and the lamed. Right now
I am using a space that I scale down to zero and then
manually compress character spacing to approximate
the proper spacing - a real annoyance. I think there is
some zero-width unicode character that could be used
here instead, but I have no idea what it is or how to type
it.
In any case, this is a serious bug - modern usage should
obviously be the default.
OTOH, I am not experiencing Menashe's version of the
bug with fractions. On my platform, the sequence turns
into a fraction only when surrounded by whitespace, and
only just when I type a space immediately following the
sequence. So it is easy to keep the original sequence if
I want it. Also, I see that this can be turned off completely
on the Options tab of Tools / AutoCorrect.
Thanks,
Yitzchak
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