https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169943
Bug ID: 169943
Summary: Writer displays needless message to install a language
module, and the message links to confusing destination
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Today Writer suddenly opened a message (spanning the top of the app window, if
I recall) advising me to install some language file pertaining to (if I have it
right) "fi-FL."
The message also advised me to click on it for further information. Clicking
led to https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Language/Support. That page gave no
clue of what I was supposed to install, nor why, nor where it might be found.
My language is English (US), and I have no need of other languages.
Steps to Reproduce:
1.I began with an already existing odt document I had been working on with a
colleague (who uses Word on Mac).
2. While editing, I saw the message display, for no apparent reason.
3. The error has occurred for me only once, so I have no other STR.
Actual Results:
As described, a message displayed advising me to install a language-related
file named (if I recall) "fi-FL." Clicking on the message led to
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Language/Support.
* That page was so broad in scope as to be confusing.
* Entering "fi-FL" (or either component) in the search box marked "Language"
(as one might assume one was meant to do) produced no result.
* I was unable to find any language matching the criteria "fi-FL" (or either of
the two).
Expected Results:
1. Writer shouldn't have advised me to install something for which I have no
need.
2. If it really thought I needed to install a file or language known by a
cryptic four-letter identifier, it should have decrypted the letters and told
me in plain words what file or language was intended.
3. If it wanted to help by sending me to a language-support page, it should
have sent me to the particular page where I would find what I was supposed to
install.
4. Alternatively, it could have sent me to a simple, uncomplicated page telling
me step by step what to do (Go to page X, then search for language Y, or
whatever).
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.17; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Flatpak
Calc: threaded
Installed from flatpak (Flathub).
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