https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153034
Bug ID: 153034
Summary: Two wrong Greek characters in WordPerfect 5 import
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 3.3.0 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
When importing Greek text from WordPerfect 5.x documents the WP characters 8,38
and 8,39 produce the wrong unicode symbols. This problem does not occur when
importing from WP 6.x and later.
The wrong characters are:
WP character 8,38, SIGNMA terminal (i.e. upper-case terminal Sigma, which
should be unicode 0x03a3 (Greek Capital Letter Sigma). In WP 5 import, the
character unicode 0x03f9 is used instead; this is a different character, the
Greek Capital Lunate Sigma, which has NOT a terminal Sigma. The correct
character is present in the WP6 set.
WP character 8,39, sigma terminal, should be unicode 0x03c2, Greek small letter
final sigma. In WP 5 import, the wrong character is used: 0x03db, an ordinary
(not terminal) signa. The correct character is imported from WP 6+ documents.
The error seems to derive from a mistaken commit in libwpd, as documented here:
https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/tickets/22/
It seems that the changes were made in order to accommodate a program called
Printer Polyglott. But changes made to accommodate that obsolete program should
not be carried through to LibreOffice.
It seems that the developers of libwpd will not fix this error, so perhaps
LibreOffice can fix it?
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Either open WordPerfect 5.1 CHARACTR.DOC in LibreOffice, or create a WP file
in WordPerfect 5.x with WP characters 8,38 and 8,39.
2. Open the WP 5.x file in LibreOffice.
3.
Actual Results:
The wrong unicode characters are in the converted WP 5 document for WP
characters 8,38 and 8,39.
Expected Results:
The correct characters appear (as they do when converted from WP 6.x+)
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Version: 7.4.4.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 85569322deea74ec9134968a29af2df5663baa21
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 13.1; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
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