Comment 7 for bug 227326

It seems to be a Java thing.
Last time I had this problem, I decided to desintall and reinstall. It seems
that this bug is fixed in Ooo 3.0. For me the bug desapear after fresh
install (I work on Ubuntu 9.04).
Sorry to not be able to help more than that.
Good luck
EG

2009/8/23 Khaled Khalil <email address hidden>

> I have the same issue here, OpenOffice is simply unusable for me, i have to
> write in other text editor and then paste it to OOo writer.
> Unfortunately Filofel's work around will not work for me, my case is more
> like Soroosh Radpoor's, Arabic and Persian languages don't have upper/letter
> case for the letter, hence no capitals.
> what i can't seem to understand is that the problem occurs whenever i typed
> a two character word, grammatically valid or not, there is many such words
> in Arabic, like مع من أن لن كي طظ في أأ بط etc.
> isn't there anyway to turn auto-correct off ? in case that's what fires the
> bug really.
>
> --
> [upstream] caps lock key should not be polled directly - openoffice
> switches keyboard layout
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227326
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed
> Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: openoffice.org
>
> I use Capslock to switch keyboard layout. (Keyboard preferences > Layouts
> > Layout options > Layout switching > Capslock key), but when I am typing
> with "Iran" keyboard layout in openoffice, my keyboard layout changes to US
> (Specially when I enter two letter words). but it works fine in gutsy. I am
> using hardy.
>