On Friday, June 12, 2015, Dave Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > Jean Weber wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Dave Barton <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks very much for the speedy replies guys, but... > >> > >>> Robert Großkopf wrote: > >>>> Aren't this shades none-breaking spaces? If I set Insert → > >>>> Formatting Mark → Non-breaking space I get the same shades. > >> > >> That, or something similar, is what I thought they were, but it was not > >> making sense to have a "real" space character immediately followed by a > >> non-breaking space. See my reply to K-J below. > >> > >>> K-J LibreOffice wrote: > >>>> No, as there is a space in front of it. I think It is the mark for > >>>> the alphatbetic index at the end of every document. So don't delete > >>>> it. > >> > >> OK! Now that I have turned on "Help Tips" (I normally have these > >> irritating things turned off.) and cross checked against the > >> alphabetical index of the last published copy of the full GS Guide, I > >> see that you are correct. > >> > >> However, if an author/editor changes the "Entry" name, as it appears to > >> be the case with our guides, and the "Help Tips" are turned off, there > >> is no way to visually differentiate between an "Index Entry" and a > >> "Non-Breaking Space", or some other similar field. (ie. They are just > >> meaningless little normally grey/gray blobs.) > >> > >> I cannot think of any good reason why ALL Index Entry words are not > >> fully shaded identically, no matter what changes an author/editor makes > >> in the "Insert Index Entry" dialog, I will be looking for this, or > >> posting a request, in Bugzilla. > >> > >> Best Regards > >> Dave > > > > > > Here is the explanation, as it applies to our books. > > > > [libreoffice-documentation] translation of index entries > > > > Milos Sramek [email protected] <javascript:;> via > global.libreoffice.org > > > > 3/10/14 > > > > Hi, > > > > we have a small problem with index entries in translation of the GS > > guide to Slovak. > > > > To explain: technically, there are two types of index entries, > > independent and shared (may own names :)). In the first type, the > > entry is independent of the guide text, while in the second the entry > > shares the guide text. The first is presented as a small gray blob > > between words, in the second case the shared text is displayed in > > gray. > > > > The second type causes problems in translation to languages with > > inflection, since inflected words get into the index. > > We thus need to get rid of the shared entries and to replace them by > > independent ones. > > Thanks Jean, that is a good reason I wasn't aware of. So I will shut up, > live with help tips and get on with the job. > > Dave > > This is one of several bits of insider info that needs to go into the Contributors Guide and probably the docs-development part of the wiki as well.
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