https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126429
Pedro <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #3 from Pedro <[email protected]> --- Created attachment 86343 --> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/attachment.cgi?id=86343&action=edit Document showing problem with arabic characters with diacritics The attached document (named Arabic_words.doc) shows the problem with diacritic navigation. Although OpenOffice (unlike LibreOffice) counts correctly the number of characters in both arabic words, when navigating with the cursor keys the number of character "jumps" is not correct. This is an obstacle for editing and for screen readers. How to replicate: 1)Place the cursor at the end of line 1 (after the word "characters") 2)Move to the following line using the Right cursor key 3)Press the right cursor key (and count the number of presses) until the cursor jumps to the third line 4)Observed under OpenOffice: it takes 4 key-presses to reach the end of the word and the cursor navigates from left to right 5)Expected (can be verified with MS Word, Wordpad or some text editors, but not gedit): it takes 6 key-presses to reach the end of the word and the cursor navigates from right to left (as expected in a RTL written language) The same procedure can be applied to the second word in the document (expected 7 key-presses instead of 4). The second word was added just to illustrate the importance of diacritics for the interpretation of a word. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue.
