Bug 141699 - Enhancement request: Missing symbol in LibreOffice Math
Summary: Enhancement request: Missing symbol in LibreOffice Math
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Formula Editor (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2021-04-14 22:17 UTC by Valentino Bocchino
Modified: 2021-04-20 12:35 UTC (History)
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Description Valentino Bocchino 2021-04-14 22:17:57 UTC
Description:
I would like to be able to include in my formulas a symbol which is known as /gtreqless in LaTeX, but I coudn't find a way to do so (I also looked online for a solution), and therefore I believe that this is a missing feature. 

Steps to Reproduce:
You can notice that the symbol is missing in LibreOffice Math.

Actual Results:
There was nothing to perform. 

Expected Results:
I expected the possibility to use this symbol. 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.0.3 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: f6099ecf3d29644b5008cc8f48f42f4a40986e4c
CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.6; UI render: default; VCL: osx
Locale: it-IT (it_IT.UTF-8); UI: it-IT
Calc: threaded

In MacOS, I had to follow a different path than the one specified ("Help - About LibreOffice") to copy and paste the information on top. Might be nice if you include instructions for MacOS users too. I selected "All" in Hardware and OS, because I'm pretty sure that this affects any copy of LibreOffice.
Comment 1 Roman Kuznetsov 2021-04-15 09:00:23 UTC
Dante, I thought this one is for you

The symbol is ⋛
Comment 2 [REDACTED] 2021-04-15 09:55:42 UTC
(In reply to Valentino Bocchino from comment #0)
> Description:
> I would like to be able to include in my formulas a symbol which is known as
> /gtreqless in LaTeX, but I coudn't find a way to do so (I also looked online
> for a solution), and therefore I believe that this is a missing feature. 
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> You can notice that the symbol is missing in LibreOffice Math.
> 

Use U+22db immediately followed by ALT+X key sequence
Comment 3 Valentino Bocchino 2021-04-15 09:57:26 UTC
(In reply to Roman Kuznetsov from comment #1)
> Dante, I thought this one is for you
> 
> The symbol is ⋛

I confirm that this is the symbol.
Comment 4 Valentino Bocchino 2021-04-15 09:59:26 UTC
(In reply to Uwe Auer from comment #2)
> (In reply to Valentino Bocchino from comment #0)
> > Description:
> > I would like to be able to include in my formulas a symbol which is known as
> > /gtreqless in LaTeX, but I coudn't find a way to do so (I also looked online
> > for a solution), and therefore I believe that this is a missing feature. 
> > 
> > Steps to Reproduce:
> > You can notice that the symbol is missing in LibreOffice Math.
> > 
> 
> Use U+22db immediately followed by ALT+X key sequence

I'm on MacOS and it doesn't work.
Comment 5 [REDACTED] 2021-04-15 13:39:07 UTC
(In reply to Valentino Bocchino from comment #4)

> > 
> > Use U+22db immediately followed by ALT+X key sequence
> 
> I'm on MacOS and it doesn't work.

This works (at least for me on BigSur and LibreOffice 7.0.5.2), but you need to find the correct shortcut in macOS using Tools -> Customize -> Tab Keyboard. Watch out for Function (lower middle pane) "Toggle Unicode Notation" while having selected Category "Options" in the lower left pane (Don't own an apple keyboard, so can't tell here. 

See also: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/04/01010000.html?DbPAR=SHARED#bm_id3149991
Comment 6 Valentino Bocchino 2021-04-20 10:02:41 UTC
(In reply to Uwe Auer from comment #5)
> (In reply to Valentino Bocchino from comment #4)
> 
> > > 
> > > Use U+22db immediately followed by ALT+X key sequence
> > 
> > I'm on MacOS and it doesn't work.
> 
> This works (at least for me on BigSur and LibreOffice 7.0.5.2), but you need
> to find the correct shortcut in macOS using Tools -> Customize -> Tab
> Keyboard. Watch out for Function (lower middle pane) "Toggle Unicode
> Notation" while having selected Category "Options" in the lower left pane
> (Don't own an apple keyboard, so can't tell here. 
> 
> See also:
> https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/04/01010000.
> html?DbPAR=SHARED#bm_id3149991

You're probably right, but my point is that if we find a workaround for each missing thing in LibreOffice, it will never improve. For example, I could (of course) use the + key on my keyboard to produce a + sign. But the button to insert that sign exists anyways. I think that this is the whole point of LibreOffice Math: it offers a GUI to type symbols which can be way more tricky to type than a +, because they require some key combinations which are hard to remember also because they change from OS to OS. A GUI interface on the other hand allows users with any keyboard or OS to type math equations.
Comment 7 dante19031999 2021-04-20 12:35:14 UTC
This falls on the missing opensymbol characters.
Gonna take a while.