https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136182
[email protected] changed:
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--- Comment #2 from [email protected] ---
Yes, it is working for the use-case where the em-dash is between two letters
with no spacing (which is the standard for AP style).
However, that's not the only use-case for em-dash. The one I've mentioned in my
original bug report (indicating an interruption of dialogue or narrative) is a
also a standard use of em-dash, predominantly in fiction or transcribed speech
(e.g. Chicago Manual of Style). Other word processors will always automatically
convert double hyphens to em-dash, regardless of whether they are
preceded/followed by a letter or numeral, an end quotation mark or other
punctuation, a space, or a new line.
So what I'm saying is not that it's a bug in the sense of the code performing
incorrectly, it's a bug in that the defaults are only set up to account for one
way of using em-dash in English, and this is unusual enough compared to e.g.
Google Docs or Scrivener to stand out, particularly to anyone who writes
fiction or does transcription work.
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