https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95381
Bug ID: 95381
Summary: FORMATTING: Autocorrect, changing 2 hypens to 1
em-dash
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: j...@cspv.hu
Writing with Libreoffice Writer made me accustom to the behavior of this
replacement... whenever I want to use an em-dash, I'll do my obligatory rounds,
and it feels extremely stupid...
note:
I don't expect Writer to change ONE hyphen to an em-dash at all...
what I'd expect is that when typing 2 hyphens it'd be changed into an em-dash..
without any considerations :) but it is NOT happening...
strangely enough, on Linux (mint 17.2), it works like charm..
hitting 2 hyphens generates an em-dash, and THAT'S the thing...
the thing what a writer would expect when writing with Writer :)
as of now, when I type -- and one space after, NOTHING happens...
I'll have to type another character(or string) PLUS one space, and then it'd
change... which, I think, is bad behavior...
I also don't like that after an end quote an em-dash is impossible (the change
will never happen)... but that is another (important) thing..
that is, I'd expect 2 hyphens to be changed into an em-dash even if there's and
end-quote before the 2 hyphens...
- - - -
to put it simple, I'd expect "hyphenhyphen" to be replaced with "em-dash" right
after one space is typed after the second hyphen...
I'd even expect an option in the config options to decide whether this change
would happen ON hitting the second hyphen.. or only after a space has been
typed... (both versions has advantages, without waiting for another space
allows writers to use em-dash without framing spaces, which is the original use
of em-dashes, I believe; the second, waiting for a following space allows 3
hyphens to be replaced to a one size greater dash)
Of course, we (you) should first agree on what behavior would be the most
ergonomic...
thanks for your work!
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