https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156046
Bug ID: 156046
Summary: Autocorrect replaces " - " with " – " instead of " — "
(en-dash instead of em-dash)
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
When using a dash to separate a clause of text in a sentence, the appropriate
dash in an Em-Dash: — , either with or without spaces. But what LO's
autocorrect gives us, when we type " - " (space, minus, space) is an En-dash
instead of the minus/hyphen: " – ". En-dashes are appropriate mostly for ranges
- and those don't have spaces. See here [1] or here [2] for a discussion of
this.
Anyway, the default should change to a replacement with an Em-dash. AFAICT,
this is not language-dependent, but of course I may be wrong. If I am wrong
then we need this to be appropriately localized.
[1]: https://www.scribbr.com/language-rules/dashes/
[2]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use
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