https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121256
Bug ID: 121256
Summary: [ENHANCEMENT] Display directionality formatting marks
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 6.0.5.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
When working in CTL environment, there is sometimes a need to insert a
"foreign" word or acronym made of mixed-category characters (Latin letter +
symbols within an RTL flow or RTL chars + symbols in LTR flow), like C++. When
the "word" can clearly be classified as LTR (or RTL) there is no difficulty.
However, if the symbols, which are direction-neutral, lie on the edges of the
sequence, their directionality property will be interpreted in the "main text"
context, resulting in splitting the "word" into the LTR group +
symbols/punctuation concatenated in the "main text". This results in the
acronym, like C++, being displayed as ++C.
The workaround is to enclose the sequence between U+200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK and
U+202C POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING.
However, there is presently no visual feedback that such marks have been
inserted in the text, which makes editing the insert difficult: one needs to
erase more than the insert to make sure the marks have been deleted et retype
the extra deletion.
The present enhancement requests that the bi-di marks be displayed like "soft
hyphen" is (at least when View>Formatting Marks or View>Field Shadings is
enabled).
Actual Results:
Presently, no visual clue about directional marks presence
Expected Results:
Wishing a visual feedback about directional marks presence
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
-- This enhancement is presented as a follow-on to bug 121182 and to AskLO
question at
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/171132/ltr-words-inside-an-rtl-sentence/
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