Re: [OOo-Hebrew] gutman fonts

Hi Yitzchak,

Here's a clearer version of my previous message:

I've tested aleph-lamed combinations using the FreeSans font on Debian 
testing OS with the following versions of OpenOffice:

a) Hebrew 2.0 from OpenOffice.org.il
b) English 2.0 from OpenOffice.org
c) English 2.0.1 from OpenOffice.org
d) Debian OOo package 2.0.0-5 (English)

I saw the problem that you reported in the latest Debian OOo package. I 
did not see the problem using any of the other packages that I tested. 
So it appears to be a problem with the Debian package, but I don't know 
what it might be.

Alan

Yitzchak Gale wrote:

>>>My second bug is that when I type a date such as 16/1/2006 format, but using
>>>numeral 1/2 or 1/4 ooo converts it the minaturized half or quater symbols
>>>      
>>>
>
>I am experience a similar bug that is very serious.
>Using the FreeSans font in OO Writer on Debian testing
>(standard OOo package, currently OOo 2.0.0-5),
>the letters alef and lamed ALWAYS combine into
>a combination character. It does not matter what
>order I type the letters in, or what they are surrounded
>by. It even happens if I type alef and lamed separated
>by a different letter, and then delete the different letter.
>
>(This would have been a great feature if OOo had
>come out a few hundred years ago, but I think we
>missed the deadline by a bit this time. :) )
>
>The only way I can prevent this is by inserting something
>invisible in between the alef and the lamed. Right now
>I am using a space that I scale down to zero and then
>manually compress character spacing to approximate
>the proper spacing - a real annoyance. I think there is
>some zero-width unicode character that could be used
>here instead, but I have no idea what it is or how to type
>it.
>
>In any case, this is a serious bug - modern usage should
>obviously be the default.
>
>OTOH, I am not experiencing Menashe's version of the
>bug with fractions. On my platform, the sequence turns
>into a fraction only when surrounded by whitespace, and
>only just when I type a space immediately following the
>sequence. So it is easy to keep the original sequence if
>I want it. Also, I see that this can be turned off completely
>on the Options tab of Tools / AutoCorrect.
>
>Thanks,
>Yitzchak
>
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