Bug 112810 (RTL-Arabic-and-Farsi) - [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
Summary: [META] Arabic & Farsi language-specific RTL issues
Status: NEW
Alias: RTL-Arabic-and-Farsi
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL: https://t.me/+UHz-eKUtVb52P0Kr
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Blocks: RTL-CTL User-Locale
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Reported: 2017-10-02 08:12 UTC by Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)
Modified: 2023-08-16 12:44 UTC (History)
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Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2017-10-02 08:12:51 UTC 

    


    


      



        
          Comment 1
        

        
          Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)

        

        
        

        
          2017-10-20 16:00:25 UTC
        

      






Meta for issues related to the Arabic user interface and locale that can be set in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages.

    


    


      



        
          Comment 2
        

        
          Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)

        

        
        

        
          2017-10-30 18:54:00 UTC
        

      






More issues can be found on the OOo wiki.
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Arabization_efforts

    


    


      



        
          Comment 3
        

        
          Eyal Rozenberg

        

        
        

        
          2022-02-18 15:24:21 UTC
        

      






Should this meta-bug also cover everything related to Farsi? Or should that be a separate meta-bug?

    


    


      



        
          Comment 4
        

        
          Eyal Rozenberg

        

        
        

        
          2022-08-29 20:37:59 UTC
        

      






> Should this meta-bug also cover everything related to Farsi? Or should that
> be a separate meta-bug?

It looks like the answer is "yes", so renaming the bug.

    


    


      



        
          Comment 5
        

        
          AvidSeeker

        

        
        

        
          2023-04-05 19:43:34 UTC
        

      






I gathered a list of Libreoffice bugs related to Arabic [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/arabic_linux/comments/1076evr/libreoffice_list_of_known_arabic_bug_issues/). Posting them for convenience:

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Current issues in Libreoffice:

1. [Kashida Justification support](https://www.reddit.com/r/arabic_linux/comments/x8wwxa/kashida_justification/).
2. [Break line on text direction change](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56408).
3. [Non persistent text-direction on changing paragraph style](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151857)
4. [Squiggly lines covering misspelled Arabic words](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151968).

    


    


      



        
          Comment 6
        

        
          AvidSeeker

        

        
        

        
          2023-04-05 19:45:19 UTC
        

      






* [Autodetecting Arabic as Hindi](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154495)
* [Changing paragraph style switches back to LTR](https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151857)