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Bersam

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icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Hi everybody! i tried to install new LibreOffice, But New Package has bad support of Persian. maybe LibreOffice or LibreOffice-fa packaged badly. bcaz my friend test this program on other distroes without problem with Persian language.
i wanted to report a bug in LibreOffice Bug tracker but this is only in Archlinux, So if you thing this must be disscuss in LibreOffice Bug Trackers tell me!
GNOME 3, Linux 3.0 (64 bit), Updated System (updated mirror).

testcase:
in LibreOffice 3.4.2 (wrong):
س ل ا م

in LibreOffice 3.4.1 (right):
سلام

Last edited by Bersam (2011-10-29 23:28:00)

ewaller

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

...i wanted to report a bug in LibreOffice Bug tracker but this is only in Archlinux, So if you thing this must be disscuss in LibreOffice Bug Trackers tell me!

Well, it is not imperative you discuss it there; but it would be a good idea.  I think it is safe to say that Persian is something with which most here have little experience.  Since it is unique to Arch, the bug tracker is your best bet.

In any event, you are welcome to discus it here.  You might also try posting in the Other Languages section of the forums to attract the attention of others using your language.

I see that you included test cases.  That is a terrific idea.  You may find that the developer who supports this may not have a mastery of the Persian language and could well use constructive feedback from a native speaker;  I think you could make a significant contribution in that way.

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Bersam

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Same Thing for arabic(عربی) language, also for ardo(اردو) . also other persian user (only in archlinux) told me that they have this problem too.
This is screenshot from what we see!! (WRONG)

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_ … Arabic.png

--mod edit: use thumbnails, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … s_and_Code

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eshagh

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Hi Bersam,
I had the same problem with both Libreoffice 3.4.2 and 3.4.1
It was solved by downgrading package icu (4.8.1-1 => 4.8-1).

AndyRTR

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Hi Bersam,
I had the same problem with both Libreoffice 3.4.2 and 3.4.1
It was solved by downgrading package icu (4.8.1-1 => 4.8-1).

Please report this ICU bug upstream!

fast_rizwaan

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Devanagari (hindi) text rendering also got affected with icu-4.8.1;

I downgraded icu-4.8.1 to 4.8-1 (below) and Hindi renders properly in Libreoffice-writer
http://arm.konnichi.com/extra/os/i686/i … pkg.tar.xz

icu 4.8.1 is responsible for bad text rendering of complex scripts.

Bersam

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Hi Bersam,
I had the same problem with both Libreoffice 3.4.2 and 3.4.1
It was solved by downgrading package icu (4.8.1-1 => 4.8-1).

Devanagari (hindi) text rendering also got affected with icu-4.8.1;
I downgraded icu-4.8.1 to 4.8-1 (below) and Hindi renders properly in Libreoffice-writer
http://arm.konnichi.com/extra/os/i686/i … pkg.tar.xz
icu 4.8.1 is responsible for bad text rendering of complex scripts.

damn, that solve this stupid problem! really thank you.!

Please report this ICU bug upstream!

ASAP!,

Inxsible

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Please report this ICU bug upstream!

ASAP!,

So where's the link to the bug report??

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Bersam

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Please report this ICU bug upstream!

ASAP!,

So where's the link to the bug report??

sry, i wasn't home that that time, but bug in freedesktop: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39955 (that i think not releated).
but this is this bug in archlinux bugzilla (asif ali rizvan report that):
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25549

also i report this on ICU bugs, http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8764

khosrow

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

Hi,
thanks a lot. this solved my problem too! how could you possibly figure this out?!

Khosrow

Bersam

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Re: icu 4.8.1 Problem, Bad Support Of Persian(Farsi) [SOLVED]

this solved for me in last update to icu-4.8.1.1. (icu-4.8.1.1-1 package in extra).