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[Mac] Compatibility issues with Open Office on Mac #175

Open darcywong00 opened 7 years ago

darcywong00 commented 7 years ago

Issue by mcdurdin Sunday May 28, 2017 at 02:12 GMT Originally opened as https://github.com/sillsdev/keyman/issues/29 (separated from InDesign compatibility issue, https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/issues/782 by Tom Bogle)

Dear Marc,

I have been in communication with [some colleagues] as I have been testing the SurmaL Keyman keyboard within a variety of programmes on Mac and PC. It seems to be working well in Windows programs on a PC, and also in Mac designed software on Mac OS (it works fine in Mac Pages and Mac Mail). However, I have noticed that in Open Office on Mac, when typing conjuncts (characters with multiple keystrokes), while the final correct character conjunct IS being formed, the character information from the initial keystrokes is not being deleted.

We understand that Keyman for Mac is a Beta version release, so would like to pass this information on to those working on Keyman for Mac.

I have attached the following to document the error: § PDF ‘Surma-L Keyboard Chart’ – shows the Syloti Nagri Keyboard and full range of keystrokes and complex character conjuncts which should be displayed

§ ODT ‘Surma L test’ – shows the first column of complex characters showing how they should look compared to the output in OpenOffice on MacOS.

§ PDF ‘SurmaL Test PCInDesignCS6’ – shows that all conjunct characters ARE forming properly with no extra characters in InDesignCS6 on Windows PC (first and last columns of the Keyboard Chart typed here).

Overall, we are pleased with how well the Keyman SurmaL keyboard is working across a wide variety of programs and platforms. However, as the Mac version is a Beta release, we thought it important to report this error to those working on Mac compatibility, especially as the characters seem to be forming properly on a WindowsPC, but not forming properly when running Open Office on MacOS.

Please let me know if you have any further questions, or would like clarification concerning anything I’ve written here.

darcywong00 commented 7 years ago

Comment by mcdurdin Sunday May 28, 2017 at 02:12 GMT

SurmaL InDesignCC MacOS test.pdf Surma-L Keyboard Chart.pdf SurmaL Test PCInDesignCS6.pdf Surma-L-v2.006.zip

darcywong00 commented 7 years ago

Comment by mcdurdin May 28, 2017 at 00:43 GMT

Also noted by @andjc: not working correctly with LibreOffice on Mac. (via Facebook Messenger)

tombogle commented 6 years ago

Confirmed using Amharic keyboard in both ID and OO.

tombogle commented 6 years ago

I think I have a fix for OO. InDesign is in worse shape, so I'm going to create a separate issue for that.

tombogle commented 6 years ago

The proposed fix for OO is incomplete. It now works as well as Libre Office.

tombogle commented 6 years ago

Since OO cannot report its context, every time the user moves (via arrow keys or mouse) to a new place in a document, we have to clear our knowledge of the existing context, which means that subsequent typing will ignore the new context. This is a definite incompatibility, but the user can probably live with this limitation. There's nothing more we can do to fix it. Any improvement would be dependent on a change in the OO code to bring it into better compliance with the way Apple expects app to interact with input methods.