Subject: Re: RTF import
From: Juan Carlos Castro y Castro (jcastro@appi.com.br)
Date: Sun Jun 11 2000 - 21:16:15 CDT
This (or rather this^-1) happens for the export too.
1) Create a new doc and type:
Um bug inacreditável
2) Save as RTF, open it under MS Word and it appears as
Um bug inacreditá vel
Symmetrical regards
Juan
Hisham Muhammad wrote:
> Earlier this week I downloaded a nightly build from Sam's page and
> noticed
> that the RTF importing still has the same problem the exporter had (the
> exporter is already fixed).
>
> 1) Write something with an accented word followed by a space, such as
>
> Isto é estranho
>
> 2) save as RTF and open it. It will appear as
>
> Isto éestranho
>
> A while ago I sent a quick fix for RTF import and export but Hubert had
> a more elegant (and from what I checked, more correct) solution to the
> bug so my changes were not committed -- but from what I remember RTF
> import was not addressed in Hubert's patch, so the bug persisted. From
> what I see, in the file
> ie_imp_RTF.cpp, it's simply a matter of removing this piece of code, in
> the method IE_Imp_RTF::_parseFile(FILE * fp) ...
>
> if (ok) // skip following space if applicable
> {
> unsigned char ch;
> if (!ReadCharFromFile(&ch))
> ok = UT_FALSE;
> else if (ch != ' ')
> SkipBackChar(ch);
> }
>
> I can't see a situation where this behavior (skipping the space) is
> desired. My sources are a bit outdated, but here it's in the line 292.
>
> Hisham
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