Bugzilla LogoOpenBugs: Arabic-related Bugs in GNU/Linux

BugThese are some of the bugs I have encountered in GNU/Linux, mostly related to Arabic and RTL in general.

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HarfBuzzBugs
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540 harfbuzz truncates Arabic text
4938 [COLR] Incorrect character rendering and shape with Aref Ruqaa Ink colored font
QtBugs
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1 Arabic issue #1: QSpinBox doen't work properly with Arabic locale
3 Text doesn't inherits the widgets direction
5 Arabic Harakat/Diacritics cause spaces/gaps though they are nonspacing marks
6 Harakat/Diacritics position is not correct
7 The "Basic colors" and "Custom colors" palette doesn't respond to -reverse
8 Accelerators mess the arabic text in QPushButtons, QMenu, ...
10 TableWidget doesn't display the left border when -reverse is used
11 The status bar doesn't display any message when the layout is reversed
12 QToolBar can't be dragged properly/smoothly when the application is reversed
13 QHBox automatically assigned positions in -reverse mode are not reasonable
15 QLineEdit Widget displays Arabic in reverse order
16 Arabic issue #16: QMessageBox doesn't RightAlign "Text" in reverse mode by default
17 QProgressBar displays the percentage sign in the wrong postion when reversed!
18 app.setFont(QFont("")) causes a run-time crash!
19 QTabWidget doesn't display properly when reversed
22 qTextEdit->setAlignment(Qt::AlignRight) problems.
25 The cursor doesn't show at the beginning of an AlignRight Arabic text
26 QTextBrowser crashes with some web pages.
37 GSUB tables don't work properly for Arabic fonts
38 Arabic Fonts are duplicated in a strange way
39 Qt4 cut the text edges for some Arabic fonts
40 setAlignment(Qt:AlignJustify) renders duplicated letters!
42 setLineWrapMode doesn't support setAlignment(Qt::AlignTrailing)
43 A Segmentation fault if Arabic characters' font size >= 65
11753 Arabic support severely broken
22585 path.addText introduces gaps between the should-be connected Arabic characters
12286 Shortcut key doesn't work with Arabic letters locale
22635 TAB behaviour is odd in RTL mode
29629 Arabic text is broken badly with some fonts
65682 webengine-based applications crash in wayland
1 20 A request for an API solution of reversing the arrows.
2 23 QPushButton doesn't show the Arabic letter underlined when diacritics are used
3 27 QFontDialog::getFont doesn't display the sample text in the language of the font
4 29 Some Arabic fonts doesn't display any character in Qt
5 30 Word ligatures from Arabic Presentation Forms-A don't render properly in Qt
6 31 Arabic filenames with English extensions are displayed in the wrong order
7 33 A cursor on the begining of a new paragraph on a QTextEditQLineEdit fails to indicate the language
8 34 Mouse and keyboard selection is a little buggy with LAM-ALEF in a QTextEdit/QLineEdit
9 35 A request for an addition of a setDiacriticsColor slot
10 36 Hijri Calendar system is not supported
11 41 Function names and Qt Documentation fails to consider RTL many times
12 45 A shortcut (signified by preceding it with an ampersand in the text) won't be underlined
13 22623 Text doesn't inherit the widget's direction
14 22727 QCollator should have an option to ignore diacritical marks
15 88716 Eastern Arabic numerals are not recognized as such in Qt Widgets
16 112834 Qt breaks Arabic shaping on a non-spacing mark (e.g. ARABIC OPEN FATHATAN)
KDEKDE Bugs
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69458 ctrlC + ctrlV do not work in arabic kayboard
83278 If I cut -b1 arabic_file in konsole, the output displayed in screen is not correct
260166 Typing an Arabic letter and a diacrtic mark inserts one or more pages
285363 regression: Typing an Arabic letter used to align the paragraph to the right
243755 Typing an Arabic letter and a diacrtic mark inserts one or more pages
244190 check consistency between Tools -> Spelling and inline checker.
308662 Arabic/RTL support is missing in the artistic text tool.
378938 Arabic Notes displayed in Kontact are showing garbage upon hovering
465464 Falkon is using a faux bold for Arial
468908 Dolphin cannot open folders with special characters (e.g. Arabic, space, #) if konsole shell is set to Nushell
1 285496 Regression: textDirection is set to LeftToRight instead of RightToLeft for Arabic text
2 286971 Arabic MS Office documents opens with wrong alignments
3 378726 baloosearch doesn't find certain substrings
4 378797 RTL drop-down menus misalignment
5 384333 Arabic diacritics (Harakat) in file names causes miscalculation of highlighted text upon renaming
6 394471 Okular fails to read PageDirection R2L in PDF files
7 428034 "Align Left" in Krita keeps the text right-aligned for Arabic (RTL)
8 437189 Allow "index file content" per file type so it can be enabled for media but not for documents.
LibreOfficeBugs
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42558 FORMATTING: Missing Arabic Abjad numerals for page numbers
42561 Changing a long paragraph direction reverses the letters
43093 FILEOPEN: MS Office documents opens with wrong alignment and directionality
52204 Find/Search option should support ignoring diacritics (Arabic Tashkeel and Hebrew nikkud)
64830 RTL: LibreOffice requires duplicated hunspell dictionaries for each Arabic locale
72488 Ligatures spanning spaces break when showing nonprinting characters
106345 In search of a better name for last line justification
106653 RTL Arabic text has some gaps between characters
116857 Footnote Area's Separator Line position is cannot be saved!
137639 Copying and pasting English text converts it to Chinese (kf5 + Wayland)
149022 Different-color Arabic letters typeset as disconnected from each other
1 62063 FORMATTING: Font textbox ignores keyboard layout change to RTL language
2 71956 The ability to set a different color for diacritics is missing for Arabic
3 116969 Justification by alternative methods
4 162356 Writer and the exported pdf use high cpu and and scrolling is very slow with svg backgrounds
PrestaShopBugs
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2346 Some Back Office Links are not working in RTL
2809 SQLSTATE[01000]: Warning: 1265 Data truncated for column 'icon' at row 2
DrupalBugs
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37407 cvs.mysql says KEY create (created)
137213 INSTALL.mysql.txt needlessly FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
53652 RTL/BiDi support in Drupal missing a default drupal_RTL.css file
232321 misleading database.inc documentation
921582 is_null should be replaced by !isset because it's faster
915322 coding standard violation
920154 simpletest coding standard violation
921098 !is_null should be replaced by isset because it's faster
921582 !is_null should be replaced by isset because it's faster
921606 !is_null should be replaced by isset because it's faster
923424 /* RTL */ comments against CSS coding standards
924686 space required after foreach construct
2501843 item-list class inherited the wrong margin in RTL
2502135 Bartik footer block menu-item misaligned in RTL
2505201 Quick Edit toolbar's arrow should be reversed in RTL
2509390 tags has a wrong right padding in RTL
2512468 Regression: Indented styles for indented comments are missing in Bartik
2514734 A forgotten padding-right for a ul made inline links look wrong in RTL
1 2512870 css cleanup and killing one more "win over specifity" rules
SambaBugs
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1338 smbclient -L netbiosname doesn't display the Arabic shares folder names nor the Arabic comments on the English shares.
ScribusScribus Bugs
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1079 Arabic is not supported in Scribus yet.
14421 Check Spelling... is broken for Arabic (Hunspell 1.5 is not search for by CMake)
14445 Arabic "Align Text Forced Justified" single word wrongly justified to the left
14679 Document Setup missing the Arabic language
15236 Scribus stopped building after update to icu 61.1
1 14544 Layout should aware of RTL pages
2 14806 RTL interface glitches: cuts off the beginning of the Arabic-translated menus and wrong % direction
3 15243 Overline support is missing
4 15244 Underlining Arabic text shows as small broken lines
5 15257 Arabic font overline artifact on screen
MuPDFBugs
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1 697708 Arabic text search highlights the wrong letter and doesn't support shaping
pdf.jsBugs
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1 2575 Searching for an Arabic phrase with diacritics returns "Phrase not found"
pdf.jsChromium Bugs
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224292 regression: kashida support is lost
291172 Rendering of rtl text in textPath svg elements is not correct
GrampsBugs
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7464del> Given Name Cloud Gramplet splits up given names into words (broken up by spaces)
7469 Reorder tool: global name 'gen' is not defined
7539 Some gramps windows appear either too small or too big
7803 ERROR: grampsapp.py: line 114: Unhandled exception
10136 Use regular expressions crashes gramps
GNOMEBugs
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3387 Eastern Arabic numerals are not recognized as such in gtk Widgets
GIMPGIMP Bugs
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1 5773 Right justified Arabic text is rendered left justified!
GoldenDict-NGGoldenDict-NG Bugs
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935 "goldendict" terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error) and segfaults
952 "goldendict" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault from QToolBarAreaLayout::apply
955 Release of profile requested but WebEnginePage still not deleted. Expect troubles !
IBMIBM Plex Arabic typeface Bugs
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284 Kaf (ss06) and Fatha overlap each other in IBMPlexArabic
407 ARABIC LIGATURE ALLAH is not handled correctly.
525 KASRA is rendered as FATHA in ALLAH (اللهِ) ligature
Amiri LogoAmiri Font Bugs
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1 مجراها ومرساها
4 كلمة تبع ينقصها شرطتان
87 اختلاف الألوان بين المتشابهات
88 تركيب الميم بعد التاء
89 اختلاف ميلان الكاف مع الأحرف غير متناسق
90 لون الواو الصغيرة بعد هاء ضمير الغائب ينبغي أن يكون مثل الياء الصغيرة
91 تراكب النون مع الكاف يجعل حركة النون فوق الكاف
94 تراكب الأحرف في "يتخبطه" ليس ببساطة الأصل
101 اقتراح بتغيير ألوان التشكيل للحمرة موافقه للمصاحف القديمة
103 https://github.com/aliftype/amiri/pull/103
106 ARABIC OPEN KASRATAN' (U+08F2) wrong position
184 تداخل الحركات في لفظ الجلالة
1 73 اتصال حركة الخاء مع حركة النون المتبوعة بألف مثل كلمة الخَنَّاس
2 95 التصاق الكسرة بحرف الميم في "العلم"
3 96 التصاق الحركات في "أَنَّهم"
4 97 التصاق كسرة اللام بحرف الجيم في "تولِج"
5 98 اتصال الحركات في كلمة "تتقوا"
6 99 التصاق في "وأنبتها"
7 104 تداخل الحركات في "قَالُوۤا۟"
Reem Kufi LogoReem Kufi Font Bugs
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13 Add vowel marks
15 Expand character set to cover Quranic marks
Aref Ruqaa LogoAref Ruqaa Font Bugs
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1 36 التصاق الأحرف والنقاط في مثل: بطح يطبخ
Kufam LogoKufam Font Bugs
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1 7 missing glyphs and character overlapping
DigitalKhattDigitalKhatt Bugs
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2 minor kerning & collisions between ALEF and LAM
3 ٱلْأٓنَ is written incorrectly but rendered properly
4 Several examples of wrong kerning or diacritics position
10 ARABIC SMALL LOW MEEM should be under the ARABIC KASRA
12 FATHA and KASRA positions are incorrect
13 Wrong spacing after ARABIC REH and MADDAH ABOVE
14 ARABIC SMALL HIGH WAQF signs positions could be improved
15 kcharselect shows some font warnings
17 kerning, collisions, and other issues
18 A proper way to choose alternative KAF shapes is needed
20 KAF + ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW is rendered incorrectly
22 خطأ في طريقة كتابة لفظ الجلالة في حالتين
1 19 Wrong LAM ALEF
2 23 التصاق الكاف بما قبلها أطول مما هو عليه في خط المصحف
Quran Data Bugs
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6 علامة جواز الوقف وضعت خطأ مكان علامة الوقف أولى
16 خطأ في تشكيل اسم سورة الماعُون
ChessXChessX Bugs
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1 299 chessx failed to run natively in wayland
envycontrolenvycontrol Bugs
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1 21 envycontrol shouldn't remove other packages' files
mayanBugs
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1101 Server error when I paste an asset
nushellNushell Bugs
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8542 No such file or directory for paths with tilde and spaces
10749 Error: File(s) not found when the name contains square brackets
1 14243 rm -i -f Behavior in Nushell
hunspellHunspell Bugs
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1 927 hunspell treated an Arabic Non-Spacing Mark (NSM) as a space!
PandocBugs
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1 8802 When double square brackets are used, incorrect character detection occurs with [WARNING] Missing character.
TypstBugs
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1398 footnote separator doesn't respect the direction of the page
3499 ARABIC END OF AYAH (U+06DD) followed by a number ۝١ is rendered incorrectly
1 4848 Typst doesn't respect my fontconfig configuration
brilliant-CV Bugs
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3,4 Setting the font 20 times to use 3 fonts is redundant
55 The ability to easily change typefaces is missing
1 fix mobile icon instead of the current id-badge icon
ArchLinuxBugs
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37090 [sage-mathematics] reports 386 missing files
37137 [gramps] won't start because of dependencies
42267 [pychess] crashed when started
44753 [vdrift] [vdrift-data] error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
49728 [calibre] Failed to add some epub books
52554 [bbswitch] Needs rebuild for inux 4.9.3-1+
52583 [sysdig] Error! There is no instance of sysdig 0.13.0
61962 [sysdig] kernel module fails to build in Linux 5.0
65407 [sysdig] sysdig -c spy_logs is not showing any output
67887 [php-imagick] replace dependency ttf-dejavu with virtual ttf-font
68000 [gradle-doc] should be optional dependency for gradle not vice versa
72262 [sysdig] cannot resolve "libgrpc++_unsecure.so=1.39-64", a dependency of "sysdig"
72547 [clipgrab] switched to yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl as a dependency
78711 [sysdig-dkms] Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.3.5-arch1-1
1 Add virt-viewer as an optional depdency
1 [helix] Adding more optdeps for helix would help users recognize which packages they might need
kitty logokitty Bugs
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1 6927 kitty hints highlight the wrong character in RTL text
wezterm logoWezTerm Bugs
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4719 Wezterm Error: running message loop: Error while flushing display: Broken pipe (os error 32)
1 6192 ls --hyperlink shows error when clicked
2 6203 Maximize is not working and fullscreen is not fullscreen
3 6216 wezterm ssh fails with "Too many authentication failures"
sysdig logoBugs
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2088 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.7-arch1-2 (x86_64)
lapce logoLapce Bugs
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1 2926 lapce invoked oom-killer and crashed upon typing Arabic text
LyXBugs
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1404 A misorder problem in the .tex output if an Arabic text is doublespaced
1225 Environment \end tag causes problems
Fish LogoFish Bugs
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10657 Completion for run0 command is missing
Carapace Bugs
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2618,2617 rg/ripgrep update 14.1.1
2621,2622 yt-dlp doesn't complete directory paths
2629,2630 run0 completer
2641,2642 Wrong ANSI color names

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