https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122337
Bug ID: 122337
Issue Type: DEFECT
Summary: Spanish: line break before Mdash (should be after
mdash).
Classification: Code
Product: Internationalization
Version: AOO 3.4.1
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: P3
Component: ui
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
In Spanish, lines should NOT break after m-dash (Alt+0150 in Windows, Unicode
U+2014, "—"), since it is a parenthetical character just as quotes or brackets
are. n-dash could be used instead in order to solve this issue, but Spanish
official spelling rules say m-dash, not n-dash should be used.
In Spanish, m-dash is used:
-At the beginning of paragraphs, to mark a literal quote in dialogues.
-Inside paragraphs, as a substitute of brackets, or breaking a dialogue quote.
This is a sample of m-dash usage in Spanish (m-dash represented as "---"):
---Blah, blah, blah ---comment about speaker--- blah, blah...
Notice spaces are used OUTSIDE the m-dash-encircled comment, just as they are
used outside quotes. This is the main difference in m-dash usage between
Spanish and French.
The example line should break this way:
---Blah, blah, blah ---comment about speaker---
blah, blah, blah.
The example line should NOT break this way:
---Blah, blah, blah ---comment about speaker
---blah, blah, blah.
Please notice Ms-Word had (and still has) the same issue for years, so if you
solve this, you would put yourselves a step ahead of Ms-Word.
(A user- or locale-selectable configuration of breaking and non breaking chars
should be useful, also.)
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