Bug 37607

Summary: FILESAVE Bullets are not converted to asterisk saving to plain text
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Christopher M. Penalver <christopher.m.penalver>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: minor    
Priority: low CC: LibreOffice
Version: 3.3.2 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:
Attachments: example.odt

Description Christopher M. Penalver 2011-05-25 16:25:25 UTC 
Created attachment 47165 [details]
example.odt

Downstream bug may be found at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/38211

OOo bug may be found at:
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=64216

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc
libreoffice-calc:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

apt-cache policy unoconv
unoconv:
  Installed: 0.3-6
  Candidate: 0.3-6
  Version table:
 *** 0.3-6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/38211/+attachment/2142831/+files/example.odt && unoconv --listener && unoconv -f txt example.odt && lowriter -nologo example.txt example.odt

the bullets in example.odt are converted to asterisks in the example.txt file, as Word does it if converted from .doc to .txt.

4) What happens instead is the bullets are removed but not replaced with asterisks. The file was created opening a blank document then entering the following 3 lines:
list item one
list item two
list item three

Highlight the three lines and click the "Bullets" button on the toolbar to make the list bulleted. Save as .odt file.
Comment 1 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2011-05-25 22:24:05 UTC 
[Reproducible] with "LibreOffice 3.4.0RC1  – WIN7  Home Premium  (64bit) German UI [OOO340m1 (Build:11)]".

I never have seen such a bullet to asterisks conversion in LibO or OOo, OOo1.1.4. 3.4, 3.4-dev also ignore bullets during 'Save as .txt'.

The current behavior is unexpected and unsatisfying, numbered lists will be converted, so I believe it should be not too difficult to find a solution for lists with bullets. 

Currently we have in 'Tools > AutoCorrect Options  > Options ' "Apply numbering - symbol: *" + "Replace bullets with: *.

I believe it never can be wrong to save bullets as "*" or "-" for text documents.
Sounds like an enhancement, but IMHO the difference to the numbering export handling makes it a bug.
Comment 2 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:03:48 UTC 
[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1

more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html
Comment 3 Christopher M. Penalver 2012-01-17 06:41:22 UTC 
Reproducible in:
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-impress
libreoffice-impress:
  Installed: 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Comment 4 Matthew B 2012-05-13 15:50:52 UTC 
Has this bug been fixed?
Comment 5 foss 2014-08-16 10:33:05 UTC 
Nope, still happening with 4.3.1RC1 OSX 10.9.4. Save as... Plain Text > bullet points are not converted to asterisk, but are gone without notice.

Should not happen.

Use of freedesktop.org services, including Bugzilla, is subject to our Code of Conduct. How we collect and use information is described in our Privacy Policy.