[Bug 915059] Re: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
Confirmed Fix Released in: apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:7.2.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 Candidate: 1:7.2.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 Version table: *** 1:7.2.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:7.2.1-0ubuntu3 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish/main amd64 Packages ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
** Changed in: df-libreoffice Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059]
Created attachment 172605 version compared screen This bug seems to have been resolved in 3.6 which makes it opposite to bug 71155 which started then. Comparison attached. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059]
Dear Leo H, To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been touched for over a year. There have been thousands of bug fixes and commits since anyone checked on this bug report. During that time, it's possible that the bug has been fixed, or the details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in getting confirmation that the bug is still present. If you have time, please do the following: Test to see if the bug is still present with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ If the bug is present, please leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice. If the bug is NOT present, please set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice. Please DO NOT Update the version field Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker) Set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not appropriate in this case) If you want to do more to help you can test to see if your issue is a REGRESSION. To do so: 1. Download and install oldest version of LibreOffice (usually 3.3 unless your bug pertains to a feature added after 3.3) from https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/ 2. Test your bug 3. Leave a comment with your results. 4a. If the bug was present with 3.3 - set version to 'inherited from OOo'; 4b. If the bug was not present in 3.3 - add 'regression' to keyword Feel free to come ask questions or to say hello in our QA chat: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.freenode.net/#libreoffice-qa Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone! Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-UntouchedBug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
Synchronising bug status with upstream. ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
Launchpad has imported 8 comments from the remote bug at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44847. If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. On 2012-01-16T16:56:51+00:00 Leo H wrote: The Compare Document function in LibreOffice Writer highlights unchanged words as changed. A complete description and a detailed analysis of this issue is given at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059 Another simple descriptive example of this issue is given at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/0 The launchpad moderator tested and validated this bug, judged it an upstream issue, and requested referring and submitting it to the LibreOffice developers direct. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/4 On 2012-01-16T18:42:39+00:00 Christopher M. Penalver wrote: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip && file-roller -h versions.zip && cd versions && lowriter -nologo version1.odt Edit -> Compare Document -> version2.odt -> Insert button is under Actions regarding the first Deletion top to bottom, one tan hyphen is shown to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" and "LibreOffice Writer" is not marked tan with a tan underline. An example of how it should look may be found via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files /versions-space.zip && file-roller -h versions-space.zip && cd versions- space && lowriter -nologo version1-space.odt Edit -> Compare Document -> version2-space.odt -> Insert button 4) What happens instead is the hyphen to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" is not shown and "LibreOffice Writer" is marked tan with a tan underline. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/5 On 2012-01-16T18:53:54+00:00 Christopher M. Penalver wrote: Created attachment 55658 versions.zip Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/6 On 2012-01-16T18:54:27+00:00 Christopher M. Penalver wrote: Created attachment 55659 versions-space.zip Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/7 On 2014-06-25T17:37:56+00:00 Qa-admin-q wrote: Please read this message in its entirety before responding. Your bug was confirmed at least 1 year ago and has not had any activity on it for over a year. Your bug is still set to NEW which means that it is open and confirmed. It would be nice to have the bug confirmed on a newer version than the version reported in the original report to know that the bug is still present -- sometimes a bug is inadvertently fixed over time and just never closed. If you have time please do the following: 1) Test to see if the bug is still present on a currently supported version of LibreOffice (preferably 4.2 or newer). 2) If it is present please leave a comment telling us what version of LibreOffice and your operating system. 3) If it is NOT present please set the bug to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a short comment telling us your version and Operating System Please DO NOT 1) Update the version field 2) Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker) 3) Set the bug to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not appropriate in this case) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + LibreOffice is powered by a team of volunteers, every bug is confirmed (triaged) by human beings who mostly give their time for free. We invite you to join our triaging by checking out this link: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugTriage There are also other ways to get invo
[Bug 915059] Re: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
** Bug watch added: Document Foundation Bugzilla #44847 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44847 ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Importance: High => Unknown ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Status: Confirmed => Unknown ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Remote watch: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #44847 => Document Foundation Bugzilla #44847 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know. ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059]
Please read this message in its entirety before responding. Your bug was confirmed at least 1 year ago and has not had any activity on it for over a year. Your bug is still set to NEW which means that it is open and confirmed. It would be nice to have the bug confirmed on a newer version than the version reported in the original report to know that the bug is still present -- sometimes a bug is inadvertently fixed over time and just never closed. If you have time please do the following: 1) Test to see if the bug is still present on a currently supported version of LibreOffice (preferably 4.2 or newer). 2) If it is present please leave a comment telling us what version of LibreOffice and your operating system. 3) If it is NOT present please set the bug to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a short comment telling us your version and Operating System Please DO NOT 1) Update the version field 2) Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker) 3) Set the bug to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not appropriate in this case) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + LibreOffice is powered by a team of volunteers, every bug is confirmed (triaged) by human beings who mostly give their time for free. We invite you to join our triaging by checking out this link: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugTriage There are also other ways to get involved including with marketing, UX, documentation, and of course developing - http://www.libreoffice.org /get-help/mailing-lists/. Lastly, good bug reports help tremendously in making the process go smoother, please always provide reproducible steps (even if it seems easy) and attach any and all relevant material -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
Launchpad has imported 4 comments from the remote bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44847. If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. On 2012-01-17T00:56:51+00:00 Leo H wrote: The Compare Document function in LibreOffice Writer highlights unchanged words as changed. A complete description and a detailed analysis of this issue is given at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059 Another simple descriptive example of this issue is given at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/0 The launchpad moderator tested and validated this bug, judged it an upstream issue, and requested referring and submitting it to the LibreOffice developers direct. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df- libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/4 On 2012-01-17T02:42:39+00:00 Christopher M. Penalver wrote: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip file-roller -h versions.zip cd versions lowriter -nologo version1.odt Edit - Compare Document - version2.odt - Insert button is under Actions regarding the first Deletion top to bottom, one tan hyphen is shown to the left of LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice Writer is not marked tan with a tan underline. An example of how it should look may be found via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files /versions-space.zip file-roller -h versions-space.zip cd versions- space lowriter -nologo version1-space.odt Edit - Compare Document - version2-space.odt - Insert button 4) What happens instead is the hyphen to the left of LibreOffice Writer is not shown and LibreOffice Writer is marked tan with a tan underline. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df- libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/6 On 2012-01-17T02:53:54+00:00 Christopher M. Penalver wrote: Created attachment 55658 versions.zip Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df- libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/7 On 2012-01-17T02:54:27+00:00 Christopher M. Penalver wrote: Created attachment 55659 versions-space.zip Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df- libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/8 ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Status: Unknown = Confirmed ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Importance: Unknown = High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
Dear Christopher Thanks for your reply and for your thorough analysis of this bug. I have submitted this bug to the LibreOffice Bugzilla as you suggested. The bug report is on: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44847 Clearly, the fundamental flaws and weaknesses in LibreOffice Writer Document Compare have been an issue for very long, as is well documented on: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Track_changes Evidently, little if anything appears in fact to have been resolved here since OpenOffice itself was launched, more than 10 years ago now. Yet I cannot emphasize enough the importance in a professional document production and editing environment of a competent and fine-grained Document Compare functionality in LibreOffice Writer for document change identification, revision management and version control. I sincerely hope that both Canonical and the Ubuntu community help pushing this issue to the top of the agenda of the LibreOffice developers. Leo ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #44847 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44847 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #44847 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44847 ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Importance: Undecided = Unknown ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Status: Incomplete = Unknown ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Remote watch: None = freedesktop.org Bugzilla #44847 ** Summary changed: - Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed + [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: [Upstream] Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
** Description changed: (CONCERNS: LibreOffice version: 3.4.4; OOO340m1 (Build:402), complete install from the Ubuntu repo, fully up to date.) - - The Compare Document functionality of LibreOffice Writer is deeply flawed and woefully inadequate. For example, type (without quotes): + For example, type (without quotes): LibreOffice Writer. Compare Document. - Save as version1.odt. Then just add one space at the start and add one + Save as version1.odt. Then just add one space at the start and add one paragraph marker after the first period (.), as follows (again without the quotes): LibreOffice Writer. - Compare Document. + Compare Document. Save as version2.odt. Now use Compare Document to identify the changes in version2.odt relative to version1.odt: As the result we are simply presented with the full text of version1.odt - mixed into that of version2.odt. So we have THE WHOLE TEXT TWICE. - Worse, EVERYTHING is MARKED AS CHANGED, either as inserted or as - deleted. THIS IS PLAINLY WRONG. But, on the other hand, the TRUE CHANGES - are NOT UNIQUELY IDENTIFIED. - - Now think of editing and then comparing not a single page with just 4 - words, but a 40-page report or a 400-page book: The result is simply a - catastrophe with entire multi-coloured swathes of repeated identical or - near-identical text, but all identified and marked by LibreOffice Writer - as completely different. - - Moreover, all text in footnotes, endnotes, fields, headers, footers, - frames, etc, and all non-text objects are currently still completely - ignored by design in LibreOffice Writer Document Compare. - - CONCLUSION: Compare Document in LibreOffice Writer at the moment is - defective, completely clueless and completely useless. - - However, in the real-world of professional document production and - editing, especially in collaborative contexts, precise, complete and - fine-grained change identification, revision management and version - control is absolutely essential. - - The unambiguous identification of THE DIFFERENCES, ALL DIFFERENCES and - NOTHING BUT THE DIFFERENCES, and presented with the greatest clarity, - are pivotal here. - - Sadly, at present, Microsoft Office Word still remains the only real - choice for competent change tracking between versions of a document. - - Prior to LibreOffice, this issue has already dogged OpenOffice all its - life. A detailed current overview of relevant unresolved bugs and issues - is available at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Track_changes . - - Can the resolution of this issue please be made an urgent priority in - Ubuntu's LibreOffice. - - - (Acknowledgement: Elements of this submission were inspired by Gretha on Launchpad.) + mixed into that of version2.odt. ** Tags removed: compare document libreoffice writer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
** Attachment added: versions.zip https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
** Description changed: - (CONCERNS: LibreOffice version: 3.4.4; OOO340m1 (Build:402), complete - install from the Ubuntu repo, fully up to date.) + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu 11.10 + Release: 11.10 - For example, type (without quotes): + 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer + libreoffice-writer: + Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 + Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages - LibreOffice Writer. Compare Document. + 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal: - Save as version1.odt. Then just add one space at the start and add one - paragraph marker after the first period (.), as follows (again without - the quotes): + cd ~/Desktop wget + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip + file-roller -h versions.zip cd versions lowriter -nologo + version1.odt - LibreOffice Writer. - Compare Document. + Edit - Compare Document - version2.odt - Insert button - Save as version2.odt. Now use Compare Document to identify the changes - in version2.odt relative to version1.odt: + is under Actions regarding the first Deletion top to bottom, one tan + hyphen is shown to the left of LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice + Writer is not marked tan with a tan underline. An example of how it + should look may be found via the Terminal: - As the result we are simply presented with the full text of version1.odt - mixed into that of version2.odt. + cd ~/Desktop wget + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files + /versions-space.zip file-roller -h versions-space.zip cd versions- + space lowriter -nologo version1-space.odt + + Edit - Compare Document - version2-space.odt - Insert button + + 4) What happens instead is the hyphen to the left of LibreOffice + Writer is not shown and LibreOffice Writer is marked tan with a tan + underline. ** Summary changed: - Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer + Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged ** Also affects: df-libreoffice Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
** Attachment added: versions-space.zip https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files/versions-space.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed
Leo H, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. The original Bug Description has been distilled to remove the opinions of Compare Document and focus on the bug itself. Despite the revamped Bug Description now being objective, specific, and simplified to what seems 3 results of the same root bug, it is asking potentially for three bug fixes: 1) ...one tan hyphen is shown to the left of 'LibreOffice Writer'... 2) ...'LibreOffice Writer' is not marked tan... 3) ...'LibreOffice Writer' is not marked...with a tan underline. This should not be met with resistance in the case that upstream wants to further break this up. In any event, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance. ** Changed in: df-libreoffice Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] [NEW] Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
Public bug reported: (CONCERNS: LibreOffice version: 3.4.4; OOO340m1 (Build:402), complete install from the Ubuntu repo, fully up to date.) The Compare Document functionality of LibreOffice Writer is deeply flawed and woefully inadequate. For example, type (without quotes): LibreOffice Writer. Compare Document. Save as version1.odt. Then just add one space at the start and add one paragraph marker after the first period (.), as follows (again without the quotes): LibreOffice Writer. Compare Document. Save as version2.odt. Now use Compare Document to identify the changes in version2.odt relative to version1.odt: As the result we are simply presented with the full text of version1.odt mixed into that of version2.odt. So we have THE WHOLE TEXT TWICE. Worse, EVERYTHING is MARKED AS CHANGED, either as inserted or as deleted. THIS IS PLAINLY WRONG. But, on the other hand, the TRUE CHANGES are NOT UNIQUELY IDENTIFIED. Now think of editing and then comparing not a single page with just 4 words, but a 40-page report or a 400-page book: The result is simply a catastrophe with entire multi-coloured swathes of repeated identical or near-identical text, but all identified and marked by LibreOffice Writer as completely different. Moreover, all text in footnotes, endnotes, fields, headers, footers, frames, etc, and all non-text objects are currently still completely ignored by design in LibreOffice Writer Document Compare. CONCLUSION: Compare Document in LibreOffice Writer at the moment is defective, completely clueless and completely useless. However, in the real-world of professional document production and editing, especially in collaborative contexts, precise, complete and fine-grained change identification, revision management and version control is absolutely essential. The unambiguous identification of THE DIFFERENCES, ALL DIFFERENCES and NOTHING BUT THE DIFFERENCES, and presented with the greatest clarity, are pivotal here. Sadly, at present, Microsoft Office Word still remains the only real choice for competent change tracking between versions of a document. Prior to LibreOffice, this issue has already dogged OpenOffice all its life. A detailed current overview of relevant unresolved bugs and issues is available at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Track_changes . Can the resolution of this issue please be made an urgent priority in Ubuntu's LibreOffice. (Acknowledgement: Elements of this submission were inspired by Gretha on Launchpad.) ** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: compare document libreoffice writer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] [NEW] Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
You have been subscribed to a public bug by Leo H (leo-h-hildebrandt): (CONCERNS: LibreOffice version: 3.4.4; OOO340m1 (Build:402), complete install from the Ubuntu repo, fully up to date.) The Compare Document functionality of LibreOffice Writer is deeply flawed and woefully inadequate. For example, type (without quotes): LibreOffice Writer. Compare Document. Save as version1.odt. Then just add one space at the start and add one paragraph marker after the first period (.), as follows (again without the quotes): LibreOffice Writer. Compare Document. Save as version2.odt. Now use Compare Document to identify the changes in version2.odt relative to version1.odt: As the result we are simply presented with the full text of version1.odt mixed into that of version2.odt. So we have THE WHOLE TEXT TWICE. Worse, EVERYTHING is MARKED AS CHANGED, either as inserted or as deleted. THIS IS PLAINLY WRONG. But, on the other hand, the TRUE CHANGES are NOT UNIQUELY IDENTIFIED. Now think of editing and then comparing not a single page with just 4 words, but a 40-page report or a 400-page book: The result is simply a catastrophe with entire multi-coloured swathes of repeated identical or near-identical text, but all identified and marked by LibreOffice Writer as completely different. Moreover, all text in footnotes, endnotes, fields, headers, footers, frames, etc, and all non-text objects are currently still completely ignored by design in LibreOffice Writer Document Compare. CONCLUSION: Compare Document in LibreOffice Writer at the moment is defective, completely clueless and completely useless. However, in the real-world of professional document production and editing, especially in collaborative contexts, precise, complete and fine-grained change identification, revision management and version control is absolutely essential. The unambiguous identification of THE DIFFERENCES, ALL DIFFERENCES and NOTHING BUT THE DIFFERENCES, and presented with the greatest clarity, are pivotal here. Sadly, at present, Microsoft Office Word still remains the only real choice for competent change tracking between versions of a document. Prior to LibreOffice, this issue has already dogged OpenOffice all its life. A detailed current overview of relevant unresolved bugs and issues is available at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Track_changes . Can the resolution of this issue please be made an urgent priority in Ubuntu's LibreOffice. (Acknowledgement: Elements of this submission were inspired by Gretha on Launchpad.) ** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: compare document libreoffice writer -- Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
