Table Border Lines? Bug in Writer 4.2?

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#1

I'm using the following:

LibreOffice 4.3 Beta on 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS (downloaded to replace
Ubuntu's default)

LibreOffice 4.2.3.3 on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (Ubuntu's default
installation)

I was using LibreOffice 4.3 Beta on 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS, and recently
installed Ubuntu 14.04 in a separate partition to try it out before taking
the plunge. On Ubuntu 14.04, the stock LibreOffice 4.2.3.3 was installed by
default and I used it.

I believe there is a bug in the Ubuntu version of LibreOffice 4.2.3.3 as it
doesn't appear in my 4.3 Beta, and it doesn't seem to be related to the
different operating system.

In the same document from a shared partition, if there is a multi-cell
table, and the border lines on any or all cells are turned off, they are
still displayed in the 4.2.3.3 print preview, although they are not printed
on paper or in a pdf export. In the 4.3 beta, the print preview is fine.

I was going to report this as a bug, but kept ending up at different sites
for some reason, so gave up. In any case, it would probably be better if
someone else confirms this behavior before bothering the developers who I'm
sure have more pressing things to worry about.

Thanks.

#2

Can you post the document or some other document that shows this behavior on Nabble?

#3

Hi :slight_smile:
Err, is there any point in reporting a bug that appears to have been fixed
in a more recent version of LibreOffice?

I do think it's an interesting thing for this mailing list to know about
jic someone pops up with the problem and now might be able to find the
answer in the archives. I do boot into LiveCd sessions of Ubuntu 12.04
still and 12.04 is still supported for another 2-3 years so there is good
value in this mailing list knowing the problem existed. I don't think the
devs need to know that they have already fixed something though! :wink:

I'm not sure what other people (incl the devs) think nor what the official
line is so it's just my point of view.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#4

Hi CVAlkan

CVAlkan wrote

In the same document from a shared partition, if there is a multi-cell
table, and the border lines on any or all cells are turned off, they are
still displayed in the 4.2.3.3 print preview, although they are not
printed on paper or in a pdf export. In the 4.3 beta, the print preview is
fine.

Bug confirmed with LO 4.2.3.3 under Windows XP as well. Bug does not show up
on 4.2.4 so it's already fixed on the 4.2 branch.

You can either update to 4.2.4 now or wait a couple of days and update
directly to 4.2.5 (rc2 which is usually the same as the release version was
uploaded last week)

#5

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#6

Hi Tom, all

TomD wrote

Err, is there any point in reporting a bug that appears to have been fixed
in a more recent version of LibreOffice?

I do think it's an interesting thing for this mailing list to know about
jic someone pops up with the problem and now might be able to find the
answer in the archives. I do boot into LiveCd sessions of Ubuntu 12.04
still and 12.04 is still supported for another 2-3 years so there is good
value in this mailing list knowing the problem existed. I don't think the
devs need to know that they have already fixed something though! :wink:

If the bug was still present in the current branch (4.2) it would make sense
to ask developers to cherry pick the fix from the 4.3 branch and apply it to
the 4.2 (soon-to-be-named-Stable) branch.

So the answer is: if the problem is detected as fixed on a newer release of
the *same* branch then there is no point in reporting. If it is fixed on an
unstable or Fresh release from a *newer* branch but it's broken on the
Stable branch then it should be reported.

Hope this helps (and that the English is good enough...)

Cheers,
Pedro