Italian units of measure Writer

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Hey @guarom, thanks for the bug report + screenshots.

One thing to test first…

Can you update to:

• 22.05.17

or:

• 23.05.2

There’s been LOTS of fixes since 22.05.10, so perhaps this weird “ch units” issue was already fixed.

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I noticed that if I open the paragraph options in writer the unit of measurement is indicated “ch” instead of “cm”.

I can’t reproduce your bug in Collabora Office 23.05.2…

But I do confirm something a little funky going on in Collabora Online 23.05.2 though!

When I click on:

• “Format” tab.
• “Paragraph” button.
• “Indents & Spacing” tab.

I see “ch” units, although I’m in English, and the rest of my units all show inches:

Here’s my Help > About info:

COOLWSD version: 23.05.2.2 (git hash: 16bb3284)
LOKit version: Collabora Office 23.05.2.2 (git hash: 0f9beed)
Served by: Linux Mint 21.1
Server ID: 2a5e3a97

Related Bugs?

I did a search in LibreOffice’s Bugzilla for anything resembling:

• units ch site:https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/

and came across these 2 older bugs too:

• Bug #101895: “Paragraph dialog units shown as “ch” and “lines” when “Enable char unit” is enabled by default”
• Bug #36709: “For first line indent using Ch (Characters) as unit, the indent value should change when font-size changes”

In #101895, Mike Kaganski wrote:

IMO, the problem is, that the char unit is enabled and used whenever Asian is enabled in language settings, regardless of the locale.

Potential Debugging

I notice in your 2nd screenshot, there are 2 extra checkboxes below your units:

• Enable char unit
  • (I think THIS is the weird “ch” unit we’re seeing!)
• Use square page mode for text grid

This is what it looks by default though:

So…

• Are “Asian” languages enabled for you?

If you:

1. Go to Tools > Options.
2. Go to Language Settings > Languages

you should see 3 boxes:

• Western
• Asian
• Complex text layout

by default, those last 2 are OFF. You may have accidentally turned them on.

This is what it looks like by default:

After you:

• Disable “Asian” language
• Completely close/reopen Collabora Office.

I’m betting your weird ch issue will be solved.