Created attachment 115279 [details] Part of screen, showing artifactual text. When I replace a part of a one- or two-line paragraph with a shorter text, at least sometimes the right end of the old line is still present past the new end of the line. In the uploaded file, the "zen - Cold32.com]" and the "ile-frozen.htm]" on the right are artifacts of having replaced part of the old text with a shorter text. I can get the artifact to disappear simply by pressing PageUp or PageDown till it's out of sight and then coming back, but that's because I'm geeky enough to try that. I'm not sure if this fault is due to Writer itself or if it has to do with screen redraw, but it rarely or never occurs in various other programs I use on the same platform. This affects mainly newbies and non-tech-savvy users, who would be confused and wonder why the word processor is duplicating text on the right, especially since it can't be selected, since the insertion point won't enter the duplicate text. For a geek like me, it's just an annoyance, but for nongeeks it looks broken, not a good introduction if we want to overtake Microsoft Office/Word. If a newer version of Writer has fixed this, that's good enough. The version I'm reporting on has still been getting updated even after reputedly being at EOL. I guessed my hardware.
I'm unable to reproduce. Please try with the latest version and report here. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel/Linux Set to NEEDINFO. Change back to UNCONFIRMED, if the problem persists. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away. Tested using: Ubuntu 15.04 64-bit Version: 4.4.2.2 Build ID: 40m0(Build:2) Locale: en_US
I'm confused by testing having been done on Ubuntu, for which I recall earlier versions being different than Fedora's of the time. But if you tested on a newer Fedora and had no problem, then I'll accept that, as I don't want to do a parallel installation and my laptop is debranded and refurbished, so perhaps something else in combination with Writer is causing the visual artifact on my setup. If someone else can do the test, especially if yours was not on Fedora, that second test would be nice, whatever the outcome. And perhaps it's an issue of how the artifact was created in the first place, meaning that perhaps I haven't identified all the relevant factors for replication. Thanks either way.
(In reply to Nick Levinson from comment #2) > I'm confused by testing having been done on Ubuntu, for which I recall > earlier versions being different than Fedora's of the time. But if you > tested on a newer Fedora and had no problem, then I'll accept that, as I > don't want to do a parallel installation and my laptop is debranded and > refurbished, so perhaps something else in combination with Writer is causing > the visual artifact on my setup. If someone else can do the test, especially > if yours was not on Fedora, that second test would be nice, whatever the > outcome. And perhaps it's an issue of how the artifact was created in the > first place, meaning that perhaps I haven't identified all the relevant > factors for replication. Thanks either way. Well I had no way of knowing you were running Fedora. But more important than the distro in this case I think would be knowing, what desktop environment you are running (and perhaps window manager, if some exotic one). Please also tell us the Fedora version and if at all possible, try with a newer version of LibreOffice. I tried with Scientific Linux 7 64-bit with Gnome 3 just now and could not reproduce. Version: 5.0.0.0.alpha1+ Build ID: bcbf45d9f94d177c6841ccede3ff0ba69c4f22b1 TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2015-05-04_03:51:16 Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8)
Oops; you're right. I didn't mention the OS. I run Fedora 20 with the default desktop and automatic updates. Given your testing, I'll assume the problem is caused by something outside of Writer in combination with Writer causing the problem. I'm changing the status to WONTFIX, changeable if someone else has a similar problem with more details for replication. Thanks.