https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128850
--- Comment #5 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to contestcen from comment #4)
> So users of LibreOffice need to know the Unicode values for the characters
> they need?
Yes, or at the least be familiar with the Unicode subsets, e.g. Mathematical
Operators, Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A & B,
> I find scrolling through the LibreOffice dropdown lists of
> special characters difficult and time consuming. Going through the whole
> Unicode list in order to find the codes takes hours. I have done it a few
> times, and would not want to do that again.
>
That is why the UI provide a block of 16 Favorites, and 16 Recents. Each user
can control their own list of Favorites, removing an entry and adding from the
Recents or from the Chart. That coupled with direct entry in text (using
<Atl>+X conversion) or entry by Hex value on the Special Characters dialog
allows a user to not have to scroll the charts for regular glyph entry.
> Is there some way character lookup could be done by typing a description of
> the character in a search box, for example "math operator exclusive-or" or
> "French c cedilla" or the like? Or a hierarchic search where I type "math
> operator" and get a list of categories like algebra, geometry, calculus,
> logic. Then when I click on one of those I get the actual characters on one
> page.
The search is limited to what is provided by Unicode. User can show the chart
by Unicode 'subset' (e.g. Mathematical Operators); or to search against the
Unicode glyph name (e.g. in the 'Search:' box enter "CIRCLE"). Note: these are
against the Font selected--not a composit font of all Unicode. If the font does
not have coverage of the subset or is missing glyphs nothing will
appear--select a different font.
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