Description: this is an Enhancement request In Linguistic options/language, for "Complex scripts", the list mentions Hindi (default here), Arabic (several countries). It should also mention N'ko : See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Ko_alphabet I am currently about to release a spell-checker for Maninka (a West African language, mainly spoken in Guinea). This language is written in the N'ko script, which is a Right-to-left alphabet Steps to Reproduce: 1.Tools/Options 2.Linguistic settings (in French: Paramètres linguistiques) 3.Languages (in French : Langues) for Default document languages, check complex script (CTL) (in French: Mise en page de texte complexe) Actual Results: Current Result : the drop-down list in front of the checkbox does not mention N'ko Expected Results: the drop-down list should mention N'ko mentionning countries in brackets is not required, but if is technically compulsory, countries directly involved : Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso... Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Currently, it is possible to leave the default (Hindi) or choose any language. The spell-checker will still works : this is specified in the spell-checker's dictionaries.xcu file :"nqo-GN" (official for N'ko - Guinea) : <prop oor:name="Locales" oor:type="oor:string-list"> <value>nqo-GN</value> </prop> and the list displayed in Format/character for "complex script font / language" will show "N'ko" and the green checked sign showing availability of my spell checker. This is enough for testing the spell-checker (it works!). But:... Unfortunately it is very misleading - if not offensive - for local user to give them instructions where they should leave Hindi or choose Arabic or whatever in the Linguistic settings of their Libre Office. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
N'ko *is* present in the CTL list for character attribution, just not available as default document language because there is no locale data implemented for the nqo-GN locale, which is needed for number formatting and calendaring and such. However, spell-checking works independently of this. If you want to contribute nqo-GN locale data please see https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_Localization_Guide/How_To_Submit_New_Locale_Data You can attach the resulting locale data file to this bug here.
Repro, N'ko is still not mentioned in the dropdown list of the "check complex script" option: Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: bfbae5ddd52cf80af94b250b9de349f0340dbe34 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR); UI: fr-FR Calc: threaded
No wonder, no one did contribute the locale data file, for process see previous comment.