https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42929
Bug #: 42929
Summary: EDITING: Issue with language flagging, custom locale
keyboard
Classification: Unclassified
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Status Whiteboard: BSA
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Created attachment 53554
--> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=53554
Zip file containing custom locale and custom keyboard for Windows Vista/7 for
the ebo-CG language (Teke-Eboo)
Problem description:
This may be a feature request and not a bug report.
I recently created a spell check dictionary for the ebo-CG language.
LibreOffice developers were kind enough to add the ebo-CG language to the list
of spell check languages, so I can actually use it. Thanks!
My problem came when I started testing the spell check dictionary in
LibreOffice. I have used Microsoft's Locale Builder to create a custom locale
for ebo-CG, and I have used Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator to create a
keyboard for that locale as well.
However, when I create a text document in LibreOffice, choose my ebo-CG
keyboard, and start typing, it creates text flagged as being in the "Unknown"
language, instead of Teke-Eboo (ebo-CG).
I don't know if this is a problem with the custom locale not reporting the
correct information to LibreOffice, or what.
It would be great if LibreOffice could detect even custom locale information
like mine and set the text correctly.
As an additional request, which is definitely a feature request, it would be
great if LibreOffice could have fallback functionality to enable spell check
and language flagging in any of the 3-code ISO639-3 language codes found at
ethnologue.org. Even if LibreOffice couldn't display the language name etc., if
it could still flag the entered text as being, for example, "ebo-CG" (even if
it doesn't really know what that language is). And it would be great if you
could enable spell check for language codes, even if LibreOffice doesn't know
what they are.
The organization I work for, among other things, creates dictionaries for lots
of minority languages that aren't in ISO639-1 or ISO639-2. It would be great if
we could create custom locales & have LibreOffice enter the text while
recording the 3 letter ISO639-3 code (even without giving a pretty language
name). And to be able to create spell check dictionaries for them, without
having to bug LibreOffice developers every time we want to add a new language.
Since there are actually over 6000 languages in the world, the long term
question is if you want a language selection list that is almost 7000 items
long.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Use Microsoft Locale Builder to create a locale using an ISO639-3 code for a
language that does not exist in ISO639-3 but which is in the LibreOffice spell
check language list (e.g. ebo-CG)
2. Install the custom locale.
3. Use the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to create a keyboard for that
locale.
4. Install the custom keyboard.
5. Create a new text document in LibreOffice.
6. Use the Microsoft Language Bar and select the keyboard created in step 3.
7. Enter text in LibreOffice.
8. The text will be flagged as "Unknown" instead of "Teke-Eboo".
Current behavior:
The text entered with an ebo-CG keyboard is not flagged as being ebo-CG
(Teke-Eboo) in LibreOffice. It is instead flagged as being "Unknown".
Expected behavior:
The text entered with an ebo-CG keyboard should be flagged as Teke-Eboo, since
this is a language that can be set in LibreOffice.
Platform (if different from the browser):
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0
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