Bug 113036 - "hyphen" is changed to a "soft hyphen" in a pdf export
Summary: "hyphen" is changed to a "soft hyphen" in a pdf export
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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5.1.6.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2017-10-10 12:25 UTC by grhansolo
Modified: 2017-10-12 10:11 UTC (History)
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Description grhansolo 2017-10-10 12:25:46 UTC
Description:
Hello,

I found a very interesting fact about the Mint 17.3 Cinnemon System combined with the Libre Office Writer 5.1.6.2. Following, I have an example to explain what I mean:

- Inserting from "A-B“ into a LO-Writer Document
- Formatting from "A-B“ with the font "Courier 10 Pitch“
- Creating a PDF with "Data ==> Export as PDF"
- Opening the created PDF document and copying from "A-B" with STRG+C into the cache
- Entering the cache "A-B" into the unicode analyser http://www.fontspace.com/unicode/analyzer/

According to this I have two questions:

1. When entering the cache into the input box of the unicode analyser, the - between A and B disappears. Why is that? The - disappears only if the format of the font of the libre office writer origin document was changed. In my case I changed the format to the font "Courier 10 Pitch“ (see above).

2. When clicking on „GO“ after entering the cache (in the unicode analyser), you can see that there is something else between A and B, but not a "-", instead a SOFT HYPEN. Can you tell me where this SOFT HYPEN is coming from? Is it a libre office writer bug?

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Inserting from "A-B“ into a LO-Writer Document
2. Formatting from "A-B“ with the font "Courier 10 Pitch“
3. Creating a PDF with "Data ==> Export as PDF"
4. Opening the created PDF document and copying from "A-B" with STRG+C into the cache
5. Entering the cache "A-B" into the unicode analyser http://www.fontspace.com/unicode/analyzer/
6. The "-" between A and B disappears

Actual Results:  
see above

Expected Results:
see above


Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2017-10-10 13:35:45 UTC
5.1.X is EOL (like 5.2.X)
Could you give a try to a recent LO version?
Last stable one is 5.3.6 or brand new 5.4.2
Comment 2 grhansolo 2017-10-12 08:43:47 UTC
Hi,

I tried it with the last stable version (5.3.6.1). In 5.3.6.1 there is no bug. The bug is only in the EOL Version 5.1.6.2. 

5.1.6.2 is part of the offical Mint 17.3 repository. Mint 17.3 based on Ubuntu LTS (14.04). 

Why is the bug in LO 5.1.6.2 not fixed? It is part of a LTS version.
Comment 3 Julien Nabet 2017-10-12 09:13:38 UTC
5.1 is EOL and not supported officially by TDF anymore
"LTS" must be for Mint, not for TDF.
Comment 4 grhansolo 2017-10-12 09:19:27 UTC
TDF? What is it?
Comment 5 Julien Nabet 2017-10-12 10:11:08 UTC
TDF: "The Document Foundation" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Document_Foundation, the organism which produces LibreOffice