Wrong sized glyphs in new math objects

[John Pye]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org2

Whenever I create new formulae in OpenOffice, there is something strange that happens with the size of the symbols and other glyphs in my new formulae. This always happens with new math objects, but as soon as open and accept (OK) the font size dialog, the glyph sizes correct themselves.

There is an example screenshot over here:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9842

I am assured again that this problem doesn't exist with 'standard' openoffice.org (from Sun) but only in the Ubuntu distro.

Cheers
JP

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Which version of Ubuntu, openoffice.org and arch are you running on? Please report future bugs using Help->Report a bug, since this information is automatically included when you do that.

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

This is with Hardy, OOo 2.4.1-1ubuntu2.

Cheers
JP

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

Seems to be possible to workaround this bug by creating a new formula, then opening the Font Sizes dialog, then clicking 'default' (without making any changes). Looks like somehow my Math object defaults were messed up such that they didn't match the values that actually appear in the Font Sizes dialog.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Did that permanently fix the problem, or just for that one file?

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

Seems to have permanently fixed it on the computer I applied it on. But I still see the problem on my other computer. So it's happening repeatedly in some way or other that I can't identify. If there is some file I could compare between the two systems, let me know what it is.

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

Update: the Font Sizes workaround was *not* permanent; the problem has returned. And it has returned on two separate computers that I use, so it's reproducable, to some extent.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Can you still reproduce this bug on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)?

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

I am using 8.04, and yes, this bug is still present and occurring regularly. The Font Size default seems to be forgotten periodically (I'm not sure why or how often).

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Can you please attach an example document exhibiting this problem?

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

See attached

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

FWIW the glitch seems to appear each time I restart OpenOffice, but not each time I create a new document. Presumably it's something wrong with the way font preferences for Math are saved or loaded.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

I couldn't notice a difference in font size it appeared they very slightly shifted to the left after hitting OK on the font size dialog though. Perhaps the issue is fixed in 8.10 now, it was released today.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[John Pye (jdpipe)]

The problem appears to be fixed. I'll reopen if the problem shows itself in more extensive testing.