https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154766
--- Comment #4 from [email protected] --- Those workarounds are certainly helpful and seem (without me testing them) more robust than the usual workarounds everyone already does. But they are still workarounds. They are techniques that today represent what we can all agree to call the _Thoughts and Prayers_ approach. I.e., an approach that is useful only because a real solution doesn't yet exist. I kid . . . a little. :) But this Bugzilla is not an RFE for improved workaround documentation (though that would be nice as well). It's an RFE to explore a solution for normal, non-technical, people. Something more seamless. I.e., hide all that behind some better UI. ? Ensure the grammar checker sees an ellipsis and not three dots? Etc. etc. An aside, because it is only worth an aside: The glyph. Yes, I have contacted Monotype to add this widely used variant of the ellipsis to the Times New Roman typeface (a manuscript submission requirement for many/most publishing houses). Still, I am not holding my breath there, either. It should be noted that publishing houses are well aware of this technical wart, so often, they are forgiving if you slap in APA ellipses throughout your document instead. So far, I have reached out to you guys, the Unicode community (hard "No" from them: "Against Policy" . . . Wuh?, I mean we have different dashes. Grr.), and Monotype ("Sorry, we are too busy cashing OS vendor checks to actually work on anything."). I haven't reached out to Adobe (Courier font—still expected for screenplays, etc.) Look, I know this is not a clear, simple ask, but I figured some clever people are hacking away on LibreOffice who may see this as an interesting challenge. But, yeah, a great workaround doc would be awesome as well. ;) But what an interesting feature that would make LibreOffice that much more interesting to the writing community. Plus, some wordprocessor vendor has to be first. Right? Cheers. -t For further reading, I just stumbled on an article on this topic: https://cmosshoptalk.com/2019/07/30/dot-dot-dot-a-closer-look-at-the-ellipsis/ -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
