https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162305
Bug ID: 162305
Summary: When opening a plain text file, paragraph directions
and alignment are wrong
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 24.2.0.0 alpha1+
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Suppose I open a text file with the following 5 lines of text:
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The quick brown fox
jumped over the lazy dog.
"אל תדאג", אמר הדג,
"יש לי עורך-דין כריש!"
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This file should will have either 2 or 5 paragraphs (depending on whether a
paragraph is considered to be broken at line end or at an empty line); LO goes
for paragraph-per-line, let's go with that.
Now, the paragraphs should have the following directions and alignments:
Index | Direction | Alignment
-------------------------------
0 | LTR | Left
1 | LTR | Left
2 | LTR/RTL | N/A <- empty line, app's choice
3 | RTL | Right
4 | RTL | Right
And indeed, that's what happens when you open the file in a text editor like
MousePad or gedit.
With LO , however, we get a result that's not even inconsistent, but depends on
the locale (!)
With en_IL: All lines are LTR and left-aligned
With he_IL: All lines are RTL and left-aligned
That's just wrong:
* Paragraph direction should not depend on locale, except if the paragraph only
has direction-neutral character (and even then, preceding and succeeding locale
consensus should be preferred, and otherwise it's still probably better to take
the previous paragraph's direction)
* Alignment should follow direction - RTL -> Right, LTR -> Left
* Direction should be set according to paragraph contents (see bug 162120)
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