Hi Frank, The spec http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/ease-of-use/Enhanced_Formula_Input.odt for issue http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=20496 states:
++ <Number> Formula: =++<Number> Why should a leading ++ trigger conversion to formula? -- <Number> Formula: =--<Number> Again, why should a leading -- trigger conversion to formula? Btw, why should a leading - minus trigger conversion at all? What if * multiplication and / division operators are used, as in +<number>/<number>, I guess these should be treated identical? Since this feature is primarily useful when entering numbers on the number keypad, I guess that when the input is +<any_non_number>+... conversion to formula should never apply? There are ambiguous situations where conversion to formula may be wanted or not, for example +<number>-<number>-<number> which may as well be an international telephone number including the common notation of +<region code>, e.g. +49-40-..., these would be converted if the input wasn't preceded with a ' single quote (apostrophe). The behavior if and when to enter reference input mode if cursor keys are pressed needs to be defined. Please follow-up on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list, Reply-To header is set. Thanks Eike -- OOo/SO Calc core developer. Number formatter stricken i18n transpositionizer. SunSign 0x87F8D412 : 2F58 5236 DB02 F335 8304 7D6C 65C9 F9B5 87F8 D412 OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't send personal mail to this [EMAIL PROTECTED] account, which I use for mailing lists only and don't read from outside Sun. Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks.
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