https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77593
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 77593
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: asterisk key "*" interpreted as a wildcard in
autocorrect replacement table
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: Windows (All)
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.2.0.1 rc
Component: Linguistic
Product: LibreOffice
Created attachment 97535
--> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=97535&action=edit
autocorrect database
this is a followup of Bug 77508 where this weird autocorrect regression bug
was initially reported and confirmed by other Windows users
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
- download the attached acor_und.dat file
- place it in LibO user profile under the "autocorr" subfolder
- open a Writer new document
- type 8 followed by space or any other typing character (i.e. 8, 8a, 81, 8!)
- you will see weird automatic corrections (i.e 8°, 8°a, 8°1, 8°!)
RATIONALE
basically in LibO 4.2.x the asterisk key is now interpreted as a wilcard in
autocorrect replacement table unlike 4.1.x where it was interpreted as a normal
typing character
this results in unwanted weird autocorrections in 4.2.x
so, if you had a 4.1.x autocorrect entry like:
8* --> 8° (which is contained in the acor_und.dat file and can be shown in
autocorrect replacement table in "Tools/AutoCorrect options/Replace")
the autocorrect will correctly change 8* to 8°
if you have the same 8* --> 8° entry in 4.2.x now it will change any typing
combination involving 8 and any other following typing characters.
i.e.
8 [space] --> 8°
8a --> 8°a
81 --> 8°1
8) --> 8°)
8° --> 8°°
and so on....
so, any autocorrect entry inherited from 4.1.x in which an asterisk key is
present, will result in unwanted and impredictable autocorrections in 4.2.x.
IMHO the autocorrect engine should not use wildcards because it breaks
compatibility with previous autocorrect database and because wildcards may
result, as in this case, in unwanted and impredictable autocorrections.
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