Bug 77192 - Special Math characters (%Ux...) are not displayed in Writer
Summary: Special Math characters (%Ux...) are not displayed in Writer
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.1.5.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2014-04-08 17:46 UTC by de_dani
Modified: 2017-03-12 01:36 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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bug.png: Above the formual that have been opened, thus the Laplace operator is no longer displayed. Instead it showes %Ux2112. Below an untouched formula. (9.99 KB, image/png)
2014-04-08 17:46 UTC, de_dani
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Above the formual that have been opened, thus the Laplace operator is no longer displayed. Instead it showes %Ux2112. Below an untouched formula. (9.99 KB, image/png)
2014-04-08 17:48 UTC, de_dani
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i created a new textfile, same behaviour. (19.18 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2014-04-09 08:44 UTC, de_dani
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Description de_dani 2014-04-08 17:46:51 UTC
Created attachment 97085 [details]
bug.png: Above the formual that have been opened, thus the Laplace operator is no longer displayed. Instead it showes %Ux2112. Below an untouched formula.

I'm working on an older document. When i selected a formula to change it, the special characters (%Ux...) are no longer displayed, instead i see the code of this character. Formulas that I dont edit (not double click) stay as they should be.
Comment 1 de_dani 2014-04-08 17:48:26 UTC
Created attachment 97086 [details]
Above the formual that have been opened, thus the Laplace operator is no longer displayed. Instead it showes %Ux2112. Below an untouched formula.
Comment 2 tommy27 2014-04-09 04:13:25 UTC
screenshot is OK but please upload test file as well.
Comment 3 de_dani 2014-04-09 08:44:08 UTC
Created attachment 97118 [details]
i created a new textfile, same behaviour.
Comment 4 tommy27 2014-04-09 11:11:26 UTC
your test file shows the same %Ux2112 symbol in Win7x64 using 4.1.5.3

I change platform and version fields.

status NEW

do you remember this working on older LibO releases? if yes, which one?
Comment 5 de_dani 2014-04-09 22:14:18 UTC
I can't say on which version it first appeared. But i first noticed it about half a year ago on the version distributed with ubuntu. So it might be around 4.1, but I can't say for sure.
Comment 6 Ben M 2014-07-11 22:27:38 UTC
Confirmed in 4.2.4.2 (release) on Xubuntu 14.04 as well.  
Inserting special character (user-defined) from the catalog (Uppercase script L, laplace, %Ux2112) inserts %Ux2112 into the formula.
Comment 7 Dennis Heidt 2014-07-26 20:43:23 UTC
It looks like somebody else has discovered this bug.  This feature worked perfectly well on previous version of this software.  Now the formulas display the hex code for the special symbol and not the symbol itself.  The Greek symbols still behave properly.  Most of my work is math documentation so this bug has stopped my output.
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2016-02-21 08:36:33 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2017-03-06 15:33:25 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Ben M 2017-03-12 01:36:37 UTC
Per request of QA Administrators, I retested this bug on version 5.1.6.2 and have confirmed it to be fixed. Now, inserting %Ux2112 in the formula editor displays upper-case script L (laplace).