[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 135446] Writer hangs accessing Special Characters dialog

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135446

--- Comment #5 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
Getting away from issue of a hang, which I've not been able to reproduce. The
Special Character Dialog was welded with
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/52084 

But in testing 7.0.0rc3 and recent 7.1.0 masters using the dialog's 'Insert'
button pastes the indicated glyph from the character map, or the 'Favorite
Characters' bar, or the 'Recent Characters' bar. The dialog then closes.

The Special Character dialog is intended to remain open for insertion of
multiple characters each performed with a 2-click on the charmap or from one of
the bars. Exit from the dialog is with the 'Close' button.

So, without specific steps that reproduce (STR)--we are stuck.


(In reply to Rachmiel Langer from comment #4)
> Because it's a combining glyph, it's not possible to copy it separately from
> the document canvas.

Just put it in a paragraph of text by itself. Either 2-click insert it from
Special Character dialog (and Close the dialog), or convert from the typed
string "U+05ab" with <Alt>+X. The glyph will be available for selection, copy
and multiple pastes. Trick is to select that paragraph with the single glyph
with 3-click mouse paragraph selection. <Ctrl>+C to copy to clipboard.  Delete
the scratch paragraph when done.

> And, as I indicated, my current keyboard doesn't
> support direct typing of Unicode U+05ab (previous one did fine, but died).
> Currently, the only way to insert the character is "insert" from the Special
> Characters window, or "copy to clipboard" from that window (for multiple
> inserts) - and that's where the recent crash occurs. Using "insert" from
> Special Characters doesn't automatically copy the character to the
> clipboard, so it's either go through all the steps to "insert" or attempt
> copy to clipboard with frequent risk of crash.
> 

Have you tried the <Alt>+X (which has been localized for a few locales) Unicode
toggle LibreOffice provides?

> Actually inserting the character into the text is working fine (inserted
> into appropriate positions embedded in Hebrew text), as has been all along.
> The problem is the new issue of Special Characters dialog window not closing
> and returning control.

OK, so that could happen if the 'Insert' button action is somehow mishandled.
But need STR.

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