Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 71483
ta-IN windows installer not showing tamil characters
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:59:30 UTC
I downloaded & tested the ta-IN installer for the upcoming OOo2.1 from the following location: http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/ooomisc/sdf/OOo_l10n/wnt/en-US_ta-IN_download/Oo_2.1.0_061101_Win32Intel_install_ta-IN.exe Once installed the user interface shows only boxes instead of tamil characters. This could be due to OpenOffice windows installer not setting the default font correctly. In most windows systems, the default tamil font will be Latha.ttf (or Ariel font which includes tamil unicode characters also) Is it possible to set the default font for UI in windows to Latha.ttf font As of now since we could not read whats shown in the strings the ta-IN windows installer cannot be used by tamil users.
cc:ing ihi and coni
Ingo, Tamil is set to UTF8 in the msi-encoding.lst . Is there a way to set the default font or do you know how to solve this thus the correct characters are shown? Do we have to build en-US_ta-IN combination?
target 2.1
in VCL xcu the default fonts for ta-IN are : <node oor:name="ta-IN" oor:op="replace"> <prop oor:name="UI_SANS" oor:op="replace" oor:type="xs:string"> <value>Lohit Tamil;Tahoma;Lucidasans;Lucida Sans;Supplement;Andale Sans UI;Arial Unicode MS;Lucida Sans Unicode;clearlyU;Interface User;Wa </prop> <prop oor:name="CTL_DISPLAY" oor:op="replace" oor:type="xs:string"> <value>Lohit Tamil;Tahoma;Lucidasans;Lucida Sans;Arial Unicode MS</value> </prop> <prop oor:name="CTL_HEADING" oor:op="replace" oor:type="xs:string"> <value>Lohit Tamil;Tahoma;Lucidasans;Lucida Sans;Arial Unicode MS</value> </prop> <prop oor:name="CTL_PRESENTATION" oor:op="replace" oor:type="xs:string"> <value>Lohit Tamil;Tahoma;Lucidasans;Lucida Sans;Arial Unicode MS</value> </prop> <prop oor:name="CTL_SPREADSHEET" oor:op="replace" oor:type="xs:string"> <value>Lohit Tamil;Tahoma;Lucidasans;Lucida Sans;Arial Unicode MS</value> </prop> <prop oor:name="CTL_TEXT" oor:op="replace" oor:type="xs:string"> <value>Lohit Tamil;Tahoma;Lucidasans;Lucida Sans;Arial Unicode MS</value> </prop> </node> is this entry somehow wrong?
is -> ihi: vcl xcu has nothing to do with the Windows Installer problems. xcu files are only used by the Office application, not by the installers. I am wondering about this problem. At least since m185 (found no older version) ta-IN is listed in solenv/bin/modules/installer/globals.pm in the list of languages not supported by Windows Installer. Therefore the complete installation process should be in English, that is automatically added to the installation set. You have a cws to create ta-IN installation sets? Please test this.
The problem is observered not only in windows installer, its observed in the openoffice product after installation also. So VCL xcu files might also needs to be checked. ( i am just thinking aloud - experts need to confirm this) Is it possible to have different VCL xcu files for windows and Linux. Because Lohit tamil gets bundled in most Linux distros. In windows Lohit tamil font is not available. Latha font is bundled with most of the latest windows OS (XP onwards with indic language support enabled). If the entries in the file VCL xcu for windows contain Latha font instead of Lohit Tamil font, this problem might get solved.
I rebuilded ta-IN and installed the windows build: -installer is in en-US -gui is in tamil correct shown I'm not sure if this issue is still valid. I will upload the new build asap
Hi Ihi, I still find this problem. I downloaded and installed the latest Openoffice ta-IN build from this URL: http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/ooomisc/sdf/OOo_l10n/wnt/en-US_ta-IN_download/ and tried using in WindowsXP machine. I find the installer is showing english characters and after installing when I try using openoffice, i find boxes in all the menus. I tried replacing Andale San UI font to Latha font(tamil unicode font provided by Microsoft) in font replacement table, still I see boxes in openoffice menus. Please check this.
It dont work for us. Still the problem is there.
set target to OOo 2.2
Did you also checked the latest rc1 ? http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/2.1.0rc1/
what is the status of this issue?
reassign
set target 3.x
SBA: This issue has a target set but is still in state of "Unconfirmed". Please re-check with OOo 3.0 or younger if it is (still) valid. Then confirm it or set an appropriate resolution. Thank you.
@mugunth Still a problem for you? If yes, please contribute a step by step instruction how to reproduce the problem I will close the issue within 10 days if we don't get required further information.
Closing issue due to reporter's inactivity as WFM.
@reporter: Please feel free to reopen this issue if you find out that the problem still exists in the latest release of OOo and if you can provide requested additional information.