[upstream] OpenOffice + telugu language

[Jmadero]

I've reported problems with this before, I have to say it's gotten much better but there are still some problems. I am also willing to help on this project but I'll need some guidance as it's new. So if whoever is working on it wants me to help out let me know and we can get in touch, I really want to get this language functioning flawlessly in Open Office.

System:
Ubuntu 9.04
OpenOffice 3.1.0
Language: Telugu

Complex script not rendering right (does render perfectly in Text Editor. Examples done in Presentation. Examples:

1. When actually typing the image looks weird but once you get out of text box it corrects itself. See Image 1 and 2, image 1 shows as typing, image 2 shows after I click off of the text box.
Keystroke: k + e

2. Sometimes characters get too scrunched up but then when you change text size they get fixed. See image 3 and 4
Keystroke: kvb with text size originally 44 then changed to 36

3. Some letters will show up smaller for no reason while typing. See image 5 and 6.
Image 5: size 44, keystroke: v
Image 6: size 44, keystroke: k

4. Some characters are just wrong. See image 7. The curved hook on the top left should be a check mark.
keystroke: m+d+l

5. Sometimes letters just randomly start being small and incorrect, see image 8 & 9
Image 8: keystroke k, small + missing upper check mark
image 9: keystroke u+k, completely correct, k should turn out just like the second character in this image

Thanks for the hard work, sorry for being picky but these problems make the language hard to use in open office (and it is the 14th most used language on the planet :) )

Again, I'm willing to help, just need some guidance to begin with.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Can you please file this upstream bug at http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html and add the bug number back to this report?

[Jmadero (jmadero)]

Done.

http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104564

[arjuna rao chavala (arjunaraoc)]

ubuntu 8.10 +open office 2.4.1 works fine with english as the interface and using for Telugu.

[Jmadero (jmadero)]

I posted in the open office location also but just to confirm, I have mine set up as English as I am in the United States, I just added Telugu through the language options and those images above are incorrect. The only difference is that I am using OpenOffice 3, I will uninstall 3.0.1 and try 2.4.1 when I get a chance but from what I remember in Intrepid I had the same kinds of issues with 2.4.1.

[arjuna rao chavala (arjunaraoc)]

Hi,

I noticed the problem you filed, during my experimentation. But with the
settings I used, such problems did not appear.
You may like to become a member of <email address hidden> to
learn from/contribute to related topics.
http://groups.google.co.in/group/linux-telugu-users/browse_frm/month/2009-09
Regards
Arjun

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Jmadero <email address hidden> wrote:

> I posted in the open office location also but just to confirm, I have
> mine set up as English as I am in the United States, I just added Telugu
> through the language options and those images above are incorrect. The
> only difference is that I am using OpenOffice 3, I will uninstall 3.0.1
> and try 2.4.1 when I get a chance but from what I remember in Intrepid I
> had the same kinds of issues with 2.4.1.
>
> --
> OpenOffice + telugu language
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418464
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: New
> Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> I've reported problems with this before, I have to say it's gotten much
> better but there are still some problems. I am also willing to help on this
> project but I'll need some guidance as it's new. So if whoever is working on
> it wants me to help out let me know and we can get in touch, I really want
> to get this language functioning flawlessly in Open Office.
>
> System:
> Ubuntu 9.04
> OpenOffice 3.1.0
> Language: Telugu
>
> Complex script not rendering right (does render perfectly in Text Editor.
> Examples done in Presentation. Examples:
>
> 1. When actually typing the image looks weird but once you get out of text
> box it corrects itself. See Image 1 and 2, image 1 shows as typing, image 2
> shows after I click off of the text box.
> Keystroke: k + e
>
> 2. Sometimes characters get too scrunched up but then when you change text
> size they get fixed. See image 3 and 4
> Keystroke: kvb with text size originally 44 then changed to 36
>
> 3. Some letters will show up smaller for no reason while typing. See image
> 5 and 6.
> Image 5: size 44, keystroke: v
> Image 6: size 44, keystroke: k
>
> 4. Some characters are just wrong. See image 7. The curved hook on the top
> left should be a check mark.
> keystroke: m+d+l
>
> 5. Sometimes letters just randomly start being small and incorrect, see
> image 8 & 9
> Image 8: keystroke k, small + missing upper check mark
> image 9: keystroke u+k, completely correct, k should turn out just like the
> second character in this image
>
> Thanks for the hard work, sorry for being picky but these problems make the
> language hard to use in open office (and it is the 14th most used language
> on the planet :) )
>
> Again, I'm willing to help, just need some guidance to begin with.
>

[Jmadero (jmadero)]

I've joined the google group and will try to keep up with it.

As for your settings, I really don't know how you could have gotten this to work properly, I've tested it on multiple occasions, multiple machines and multiple versions of OOo.

Is your locale settings set to EN or TE? I think that could be a big difference as it is the only thing that is consistent in my "experimenting". If this is the case then it is definitely still a bug as it's rendering the font incorrectly when the locale is set to EN and I am only switching to TE using SCIM.

Thanks for your update, looking forward to moving this bug towards a solution

[arjuna rao chavala (arjunaraoc)]

Not a bug with Ubuntu10.04 and Open office 3.2.0

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

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There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

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