Request For Comments: Hebrew numbering in Libreoffice

[Yossi Zahn]

On 08/12/2016 11:12 PM, toki wrote:
> If both CJKV and CTL are set "on", then, in _theory_, with "context
> numbering" set, the numbering will follow the writing system of the
> glyphs that are next to the numbers, be they BiDI, CJKV, CTL, or L2R.
>
> The practice, unfortunately, does not always follow the theory.
There seems to be a mix up here.
My original post was about numbering systems - i.e. different ways of 
numbering lists, pages etc. e.g. 'a,b,c' '1,2,3' 'א,ב,ג' a setting that 
can be set set separately for each numbered list in the document.  In 
this case there is _no way_ of determining the desired format from context.
I was bothered by the fact that the standard Hebrew numbering cannot be 
chosen directly in the pull-down menu e.g. in Format->Page->Layout 
Settings->Format: or Format->Bullets and Numbering-> Options->Number: . 
The standard Hebrew numbering can only be accessed now by choosing 
"Native Numbering" in that menu and _also_ setting Hebrew in 
Tools->Options->Languages->Locale Settings. If there is another 
numbering system that can only be accessed in the same way (I do not 
know if that is the case), it would not be possible to use both systems 
in one document. This is the problem I would like to fix.

Whereas you are referring to a global setting (in Tools->OptionsLanguage 
Settings->Complex Text Layout->General Options) that defines how to 
represent _decimal_ numbers (what glyph will appear when typing the 
number 1 on the keyboard) - in which there are only 2 options - Arabic 
and Hindi (and also the option to allow both depending on surrounding 
context - as you pointed out). There is not and cannot be an option for 
Hebrew over there because the Hebrew numbering system does not follow 
the decimal numbering system. (It would be like an option for showing 
the letter 'a' when the number '1' is typed.) It would not be a useful 
option either since decimal numbers need to be available in Hebrew also 
and are shown using Arabic numerals.

I hope I have clarified. thanks