https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92655
--- Comment #9 from Frank <[email protected]> --- Since the posting obviously annoyed you, I suppose I should respond in some fashion, so here goes: You're right - no developer will take on ten bugs, and that certainly wasn't my intent. Perhaps I should have posted this somewhere else, but it wasn't obvious where that might be, since it relates more to poor design and/or architecture than bug reporting. It's obvious you haven't actually read either of the documents, so here's a summary. LibreOffice supposedly supports using multiple languages - but it really doesn't. It can of course be forced to incorporate several scripts at once, and the documents I posted are there to demonstrate how doing so is beyond painful. The examples are also structured so these examples can be easily reproduced by folks who have no familiarity at all with Thai, or Hindi, or Arabic, or Hebrew (among the variety of scripts and languages I use to demonstrate the problems). Although a developer will not "take" all ten, it is probably close to impossible for any (single) developer to handle just one of these bugs in isolation without being aware of the other bugs AS WELL AS THE COMMON CONTEXT in which they appear. If they are not viewed as a whole, such a hypothetical developer would be forced to add yet more hacks to the handling of text presentation - something that is pretty fundamental to a word processor. The listing of "bugs" was not intended as a request that each of these be fixed; it was intended as evidence that there is a fundamental issue with some obvious text layout commonality lurking beneath the surface. 1) If it helps to motivate you to read at least the first document through, it contains quotes from someone with the same name as you who's been posting on this list for a long time ... (re: your comment "to find out about 10 issues": this guy with the same name as you said he didn't even know what CTL was used for. I'm merely attempting to let him know what that is so he can see why it doesn't work well at all and confirm that for himself.) 2) If it helps to motivate you to read at least the first document through, were you aware that there are repeatable instances where right-to-left text is laid out left-to-right with the characters in reverse order? 3) If it helps to motivate you to read at least the first document through, were you aware that entering numbers to begin paragraphs in Hebrew or Arabic text is actually funny to watch? Try it - it's sure to make you think that Candid Camera is lurking somewhere in the background! At least load the first pdf into a tablet or e-reader and save it for when you need something to read in the bathroom - you might find that there is actually something wrong - something that might possibly explain why LibreOffice is more or less not anyone's first choice when utilizing multiple languages. Have a great day - and if I ticked you off (yes, it came through loud and clear), I apologize; that was not at all my intent. I actually want to use the product - I want all the capabilities it has, which the apps that handle multiple languages just don't have. Frank -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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