Bug 124944 - Math Elements pane -> Attributes, the color name label strings localized using mixed CJK & western glyphs overlap, making GUI label unreadable (zh-CN)
Summary: Math Elements pane -> Attributes, the color name label strings localized usin...
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Formula Editor (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.1.6.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard: target:6.3.0
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Depends on:
Blocks: Font-Rendering Elements-Pane
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Reported: 2019-04-25 00:00 UTC by yichuang驿窗
Modified: 2019-05-11 20:40 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Attachments
Dysfunctional text rendering in the UI of LibreOffice Math (Simplified Chinese) (27.88 KB, image/png)
2019-04-25 05:56 UTC, Petro Ding
Details
strings of CJK and western labeling color names at 5.1.6.2 (45.13 KB, image/png)
2019-04-25 19:54 UTC, V Stuart Foote
Details

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Description yichuang驿窗 2019-04-25 00:00:57 UTC
Description:
This phenomenon can be reproduced in the Chinese(zh-CN,simplified) version fomula editor. English version does not have this problem。

Problem:
Math component - View - Elements, then select Attributes in the elements window, the colors at the bottom, the text always overlap.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Set the language to Chinese(simplified) in menu Tools - Options - Language Settings - User interface.
2.Open Math, select the option of View - Elements.
3.Select Attributes from the drop-down list at the top of the Elements window, and, scroll to the bottom of the Elements window.

There you can see it.
(Chinese simplied version only) 

Actual Results:
Text overlap.

Expected Results:
No text overlap.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Comment 1 Petro Ding 2019-04-25 05:56:00 UTC
Created attachment 150995 [details]
Dysfunctional text rendering in the UI of LibreOffice Math (Simplified Chinese)

Here is the screenshot of this issue. It can be seen that the text rendering in the UI is dysfunctional.
Comment 2 Petro Ding 2019-04-25 06:13:36 UTC
There is way too much spacing between those Chinese texts, and meanwhile, there are something unidentifiable to me overlapping. (Are they English texts, I guess?)
Comment 3 Petro Ding 2019-04-25 06:17:32 UTC
*too much spacing between those Chinese characters
Comment 4 V Stuart Foote 2019-04-25 14:33:29 UTC
For OP, which Linux os and Desktop Environment were you using? Also, could you test on a Windows build--NEEDINFO to you.

Otherwise, the color strings [1] naming each color used to build the array of the Elements panel [2] are Pootle localized for zh-CN [3]; the zh-TW localization does not yet provide a translation of the strings. 

Image shows a font shaping issue with the mixed BMP (CJK) and latin unicode glyphs, e.g. "酸橙色 (lime)", assigned for the color names of the control. The CJK glyphs are spaced too wide, and then the western glyphs are being over written.

While the localization could be changed (eliminating the mixed string), seems like there is a Harfbuzz shaping issue in composing strings for the element frame.

@Khaled, jmux?


=-ref-=
[1] https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/starmath/inc/strings.hrc?r=c89a4996#288

[2] https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/starmath/source/ElementsDockingWindow.cxx?r=4a6dc219#571

[3] https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/translations/source/zh-CN/starmath/messages.po?r=dee42a39#1669
Comment 5 Petro Ding 2019-04-25 14:39:44 UTC
@V Stuart Foote
The screenshot uploaded by me is of LO 6.2.1 + Windows 10 x64.
Comment 6 V Stuart Foote 2019-04-25 15:14:50 UTC
(In reply to Petro Diaz from comment #5)
> @V Stuart Foote
> The screenshot uploaded by me is of LO 6.2.1 + Windows 10 x64.

Sorry, I didn't notice that. 

So it affects all os/DE--but means easier to track (not locale dependent) and more consistent with font handling comments of see also bug 118884
Comment 7 ⁨خالد حسني⁩ 2019-04-25 16:47:42 UTC
If this is a regression, then it needs to be bisected. Font fallback runs at a different level and is not related to the layout engine used.
Comment 8 V Stuart Foote 2019-04-25 19:54:05 UTC
Created attachment 151015 [details]
strings of CJK and western labeling color names at 5.1.6.2

(In reply to Khaled Hosny (inactive) from comment #7)
> If this is a regression, then it needs to be bisected. Font fallback runs at
> a different level and is not related to the layout engine used.

Able to confirm the issue on /a "server" installs of Windows builds.

Went looking to see when it showed up, and it was present before any of the work on HarfBuzz and CommonSalLayout--so good call on that, not a regression.

The StarMath "Elements" docking window was brought in at 4.1, colors for formula elements were added to the Attributes array at 4.4. Looks like it was probably picked up for Pootle translation for the 5.1 build (there in 5.1.6.3 for sure) as testing a 5.0.6.3 build had no translations.
Comment 9 yichuang驿窗 2019-04-27 03:12:28 UTC
Linux Version:
This phenomenon can be reproduced in Debian Stretch 9.8/Gnome.
Comment 10 Commit Notification 2019-04-27 22:53:30 UTC
Jan-Marek Glogowski committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/13e716b2cfce4d093d74b3a552251deb9f3b6832%5E%21

tdf#124944 don't directly adjust fallback layouts

It will be available in 6.3.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 11 yichuang驿窗 2019-05-04 13:12:25 UTC
I had download the daily builds
 (version:libreoffice-6-2~2019-05-03_21.31.32_LibreOfficeDev_6.2.4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz)
 
and the language pack
 (version:libreoffice-6-2~2019-05-03_21.31.32_LibreOfficeDev_6.2.4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb_langpack_zh-CN.tar.gz )

The problem is still. I guess it should be that the patch has not been put into the daily build.
Comment 12 Jan-Marek Glogowski 2019-05-04 13:55:16 UTC
(In reply to yichuang驿窗 from comment #11)
> I had download the daily builds
>  (version:libreoffice-6-2~2019-05-03_21.31.32_LibreOfficeDev_6.2.4.0.
> 0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz)
>  
> and the language pack
>  (version:libreoffice-6-2~2019-05-03_21.31.32_LibreOfficeDev_6.2.4.0.
> 0_Linux_x86-64_deb_langpack_zh-CN.tar.gz )
> 
> The problem is still. I guess it should be that the patch has not been put
> into the daily build.

This is just fixed in 6.3 / master builds (see whiteboard). I know the commit is just a single removed line, but that completely changes the layouting code for fallback fonts, which you have in this case with mixed asian + western glyphs in a single string.

I'm rather reluctant to port this to 6.2, as it's just a minor nuisance with regard to usability and 6.2 is already out since a few months and I don't know what else might break. And FWIW 6.3 has some more changes to Asian layouting, which I think are correct, but can't really verify.

So if you still want to verify the fix, please test a master build.
Comment 13 yichuang驿窗 2019-05-09 23:56:37 UTC
I have tested this version: master~2019-05-04_04.44.35_LibreOfficeDev_6.3.0.0.alpha0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz,
and, the result is good, the problem has been fixed!

Thanks.