Bug 159734

Summary:	undefined style language
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	lvm <lmironov>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	eyalroz1, lmironov
Priority:	medium
Version:	24.2.0.3 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151290
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Description lvm 2024-02-15 13:09:18 UTC

Styles include mandatory language setting (in edit style-font-language) and when a style is applied to text it overwrites language information with own setting which is a huge inconvenience especially if this text is multilingual. I'd like to have [undefined] setting for style, which applies formatting but leaves language information of the original text intact, ditto for character (font-character). Setting style language to [none] is not it, it removes language completely.

Come to think of it, linking formatting and language is not a good idea, they should be independent, and there is already a bug for that: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151290 but maybe the workaround I suggest will be easier to implement?

Comment 1 Eyal Rozenberg 2024-02-23 18:54:56 UTC

I believe this is an issue in which workarounds are inappropriate. This is too fundamental of an issue to plaster over; and we would be stuck with rolling back such "plastering", and remembering it existed, in years to come.

So, suggest marking this as a dupe of bug 151290. I realize that also means we'll be waiting a long time for it to be resolved...