Re: [tdf-discuss] Bug in Contour Editor - Writer 4.0.2

Terrence,

the bug report is there since 2012 
<https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57079> but it is 
from 4.01 ion must worser and contour becomes unusable because off 
double clicking do crasch the office, OO 4.0 do not have this problem so 
a fix can been found there ?
> Hello,
>
> For your problem with the contour editor in Writer, I think you should
> file a bug report.  The easiest way is to use the Bug Submission
> Assistant <https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/>.  Please add me
> <lo_bugs@iseries-guru.com> to the report, and I shall try to confirm
> your report.
>
> Terry,
>
>
> On Tue, 2013-05-07 at 10:19 -0400, foberle@rcn.com wrote:
> Hi:
> > This bug in the contour editor is apparently new in the 4.x version,
> > since I've used this quite a bit in earlier versions and never had
> > an issue.
> >
> > When attempting to set a contour, everything goes ok until
> > attempting to "finish" the selection, at which time the entire app
> > crashes and disappears. The "check mark" icon never becomes
> > clear/active, so the problem seems to be in the closing of the
> > polygon. Nothing happens to the document that I can tell, and it
> > seems to get recovered with no issues.
> >
> > I've confirmed this with images are in .png and .jpg formats if that
> > matters. I didn't try this with anything other than polygonal
> > selections.
> >
> > I went back and looked at a few graphics that I had placed and
> > contoured in earlier versions (same document) and the contour
> > definition that had been previously set seems to still be honored. I
> > did NOT, however, go into the contour editor because I was afraid of
> > screwing up the layout.
> >
> > Thanks.
> On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 17:24 -0400, foberle@rcn.com wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I'm using 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 and recently updated LibreOffice to
> > 4.0.2.2, and I hope I've been sending these reports to the right
> > place.
> >
> > Today I attempted to delete a table, which I have always done by
> > placing the cursor in the table, then using the menu sequence "Table
> > | Delete | Table" but when I tried to do that with 4.0.2.2, and
> > chose the "Table | Delete" menu option, everything was greyed out
> > and I couldn't do it. I ended up selecting the table as well as the
> > paragraph markers above and below it to delete it.
> >
> > I'm assuming that Writer knew the cursor was in the table because
> > the Table Tool bar appeared as usual when I entered the table.
> >
> > I used the Ubuntu software center to install this version (and yes -
> > I removed the earlier version I was using first), so I assume I'm
> > not using a pre-release candidate or anything, but I seem to be
> > encountering more "anomalies" than usual with Writer (I've sent
> > three possible bugs to this address in the past few days and believe
> > I've only sent in one or two in the past couple years). Is there any
> > sort of "sanity check" I should be running to insure the stuff I
> > have is ok?
> >
> > Also, by the way, I've noticed that Writer tends to bog down and
> > stop for a while in large documents (such as the book I'm currently
> > working on which is about 350 pages or so), which it didn't do in
> > earlier versions. Is there some sort of memory management
> > configuration that's changed that I should know about?
> >
> > Thanks, by the way, for a great program - I've used countless word
> > processors - both early stand alone machines as well as personal
> > software - since the late 70s, and Writer is as well thought out as
> > anything I've encountered (just don't be like Microsoft and
> > completely change the interface every couple years or so while
> > leaving the long-standing bugs in place.)
> >
> > If you have questions about this report or my recent ones, or need
> > examples, feel free to contact me.


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