Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 71157
Georgian characters not showing in help browser contents window
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:00:48 UTC
When viewing OOo help in Georgian, the list of chapters on the left columns displayes Georgian text without problems, but the Georgian titles and actual chapter contents on the right show up as cubes isntead of Georgian characters. Apparently automatic font-switching does not seem to work on the right column of help browser. The issue exists on latest SuSE / SLED / Ubuntu using latest GNOME and KDE from repositories. Have other unicode-only languages have had similar issue?
Created attachment 40298 [details] Help browser not showing Georgian characters
This looks like there's a font missing on your system. Changing priority to something suitable
er, is this a i18n issue?
Squares displayed instead of glyphs is almost always a font problem. Maybe font substitution does help, try Tools.Options.Office.Fonts replacement table. If a suitable pair is found, we may add it to officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/VCL.xcu If nothing helps, ask the help browser (Writer) people.
aiet , is this still present in the second build I put on the webserver?
reassign back
Aiet, I do not see the 'ka' directory in helpcontent2\source\auxiliary\ It should be created and populated with *.css and *.cfg files. In *.css files you can set the preferred order of fonts to be used for displaying help contents.
vg, please check the "ka" auxillary folder in HC2
the "ka" auxillary folder in HC2 is added in CWS fixed in the CWS localisation19
set target to 2.3 as it does not seem realistic that this will be implemented until the 2.2 code freeze
aiet, issue fixed in OOo 2.2 rc?
Hi Ivo, yes, the issue has been fixed in as far as the Georgian characters are visible, but I am still truggling with findinf the correct font substitution rule as the fonts are still incorrectly displayed, not only in help browser, but also in general menu and dialogs.
Hi aietkolkhi, just one question, why is the status 'unconfirmed'. There has been some discussion and you seem to try to fix it. So, the status should be 'new' or 'started'. If you do not have the privilege of 'canconfrim', please send me a note and I take action for you. Best regards Peter
Thanks for the letting me know, Peter. I though only component owner should change the status. I have changed the status as started. I still have little success in getting the correct font display Georgian characters in Win XP. The default font for Georgian in XP is "Sylfaen", which is installed one the user activates "install support for complex scripts and RTL languages" in Regional Settings. I have put Sylfaen in VCL.xcu but it does not seem to help. Could someone advise how I can get correct UI font for dialogs and menus displayed when Georgian is selected as UI language? Thanks.
Aiet: I think better ask in the list (e.g. dev@l10n). Please set the target when you have the fix ready.
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