[Upstream] Regular expression "\n" in replace field inputs "\n" instead of paragraph break
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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LibreOffice |
Fix Released
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Medium
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libreoffice (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc
libreoffice-calc:
Installed: 1:3.4.4-
Candidate: 1:3.4.4-
Version table:
*** 1:3.4.4-
500 http://
Packages
100 /var/lib/
1:
500 http://
3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Calc is when one of the cells
contains a line break -> Edit -> Find and Replace... -> in the "Search for"
drop down \n -> in the "Replace with" drop down \n -> Regular expression button
checked is the line break is replaced with a paragraph break as noted in
http://
4) What happens instead is the line break is replaced with the characters \n
ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libreoffice-calc 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 19 13:02:28 2011
EcryptfsInUse: YesInstallation
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (34 days ago)
summary: |
- "\n" in replace field of Calc's search and replace is treated as text + "\n" in Calc's search and replace is treated as text |
description: | updated |
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → New |
Changed in df-libreoffice: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in df-libreoffice: | |
importance: | Medium → Unknown |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
Changed in df-libreoffice: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in df-libreoffice: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Shahar Or, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. In order to have \n treated as a new line, one must click the "More Options" button -> check "Regular expressions". Thank you for reporting this and feel free to report any future bugs you may find.