Bug 91180 - Cannot find Philippine Peso in Special Characters
Summary: Cannot find Philippine Peso in Special Characters
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.4.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Special-Character
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Reported: 2015-05-09 06:00 UTC by Bamm
Modified: 2023-01-25 03:30 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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No Philippine Peso in Currency Symbols (34.00 KB, image/png)
2015-05-09 06:00 UTC, Bamm
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I'm using 4.4.2.2. (43.12 KB, image/png)
2015-05-09 06:54 UTC, Bamm
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Special Characters in Windows (19.15 KB, image/png)
2015-05-09 08:11 UTC, Bamm
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Special Characters in Ubuntu (53.30 KB, image/png)
2015-05-09 09:10 UTC, Bamm
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Special Characters in Linux Mint (38.53 KB, image/png)
2015-05-09 09:14 UTC, Bamm
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Special Characters in Fedora (31.64 KB, image/png)
2015-05-11 15:37 UTC, Bamm
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Description Bamm 2015-05-09 06:00:29 UTC
Created attachment 115463 [details]
No Philippine Peso in Currency Symbols

I select "Insert > Special Characters..." to open the "Special Characters" dialog box.

No matter where I look I cannot find the Philippine Peso sign. It should be under Currency Symbols.

The character looks like this: ₱

This symbol is U+20B1 in Unicode 3.2 standard.
Comment 1 A (Andy) 2015-05-09 06:41:09 UTC
For me not reproducible with LO 4.4.2.2, Win 8.1.  I have it in my list.

Which version of LO are you using?
Comment 2 Bamm 2015-05-09 06:54:46 UTC
Created attachment 115464 [details]
I'm using 4.4.2.2.

Same version. I'm using 4.4.2.2.
Comment 3 A (Andy) 2015-05-09 07:03:33 UTC
Thanks for your very fast reply.  Then it is maybe a Linux only problem?
Comment 4 Bamm 2015-05-09 07:05:35 UTC
If it helps, I got my LO from the 4.4 PPA, package version 1:4.4.2~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty1.
Comment 5 Bamm 2015-05-09 07:12:10 UTC
Could it be that I was just looking at the wrong place? Can you please show me a screenshot of where you found it in your LO? I am willing to mark this invalid if it is just a user mistake on my part.
Comment 6 A (Andy) 2015-05-09 07:32:11 UTC
You looked at the same place as I, but I have several characters more than you.  
Maybe somebody else can check it with Linux if he/she has the same like you.
Comment 7 Bamm 2015-05-09 08:11:54 UTC
Created attachment 115465 [details]
Special Characters in Windows

I installed LO in a Windows VM, and I confirm Andy's observation that the Peso sign indeed appears in the Windows version of LO. Therefore the issue is either limited to Linux or just my system.
Comment 8 Bamm 2015-05-09 09:10:09 UTC
Created attachment 115468 [details]
Special Characters in Ubuntu

It's not just my system. I get the same result running LO from an Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Live DVD.
Comment 9 Bamm 2015-05-09 09:14:06 UTC
Created attachment 115469 [details]
Special Characters in Linux Mint

Same result on Linux Mint 17. So it's either a Linux issue or an issue with the packaged version in Ubuntu repositories and PPA.
Comment 10 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2015-05-09 16:43:52 UTC
This is maybe related to ICU. Maybe the Debian-packaged version of LO (which goes also to Linux Mint and Ubuntu, of course) is built using an old version of ICU.
Comment 11 Bamm 2015-05-10 15:50:23 UTC
Adolfo, I just downloaded Debian 8 Jessie and tested it from the Live DVD. As expected, I got the same result as Ubuntu and Mint. Therefore this issue is at least Debian-wide. I am downloading Fedora now to test if it is the same for non-Debian distros.
Comment 12 Bamm 2015-05-11 15:37:44 UTC
Created attachment 115500 [details]
Special Characters in Fedora

I found that the bug also exists in Fedora. Therefore it is not limited to Debian-based distros, and is probably Linux-wide.
Comment 13 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 09:41:47 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 14 Mike 2018-07-07 18:18:40 UTC
Still fails in LO, but works in Wordpad.
You will not find this character in the special characters menu, but entering it via ALT+8369 will fail, too! You will get a dotted matrix instead of a Philippine Peso sign.


1. Start Writer
2. Enter ALT+8369
-> You get a matrix of dots
3. Start Wordpad
4. Enter ALT+8369
-> You get the peso sign
5. Start Notepad
6. Enter ALT+8369
-> You get the dotted matrix again!

Tested with different fonts like Liberation Sans, Arial,...

Version: 6.0.5.2 (x64)
Build ID: 54c8cbb85f300ac59db32fe8a675ff7683cd5a16
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: GL; 
Locale: en-US (de_DE); Calc: CL
Comment 15 QA Administrators 2019-07-08 02:49:04 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 16 kaibiganninyo@gmail.com 2020-01-26 12:07:35 UTC
Suggestion to merge the Philippine Peso currency

In LibreOffice Calc, I notices that there are three currencies
  PHP ₱ Hiligaynon
  PHP Php English (Philippines)
  PHP Php Iloko

The fact is, there is only one currency in the Philippines.
I suggest combining them all and make it look like this:
  PHP ₱ English (Philippines)

This format is used all throughout the country.
Comment 17 QA Administrators 2022-01-26 03:47:15 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 18 Bamm 2023-01-13 12:29:58 UTC
Hi Everyone,

This seems to be fixed now. I don't know which version of LibreOffice fixed it but I just checked and it's already there.

Thank you all for all the hard work at continually improving LibreOffice. As an end user, I appreciate your effort.

Bamm
Comment 19 ⁨خالد حسني⁩ 2023-01-14 19:05:42 UTC
Closing per Comment 18
Comment 20 Bamm 2023-01-18 13:34:36 UTC
Why is the resolution WORKSFORME when it was clear that it didn't work for anyone before (and has in fact been confirmed with duplicates) and it only began working after fixes were made? Why isn't it resolved FIXED?

WORKSFORME means that the bug could not be reproduced and is therefore closed for not being a bug that can be confirmed.
Comment 21 ⁨خالد حسني⁩ 2023-01-18 14:40:46 UTC
(In reply to Bamm from comment #20)
> Why is the resolution WORKSFORME when it was clear that it didn't work for
> anyone before (and has in fact been confirmed with duplicates) and it only
> began working after fixes were made? Why isn't it resolved FIXED?
> 
> WORKSFORME means that the bug could not be reproduced and is therefore
> closed for not being a bug that can be confirmed.

Please check https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#bug_status
Comment 22 Bamm 2023-01-19 11:18:09 UTC
Ah I understand. I wish there was a "WORKSNOW" resolution. Does it mean that the commit that added it is impossible to be identified?
Comment 23 ⁨خالد حسني⁩ 2023-01-19 19:44:38 UTC
(In reply to Bamm from comment #22)
> Ah I understand. I wish there was a "WORKSNOW" resolution. Does it mean that
> the commit that added it is impossible to be identified?

It should be possible to identify, if someone is bothered enough to bibisect it (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bibisect).
Comment 24 Bamm 2023-01-25 03:30:34 UTC
> It should be possible to identify, if someone is bothered enough to bibisect
> it (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bibisect).

I get it now. Thanks for the explanation. I'm fine now with WORKSFORME.