https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148189
Bug ID: 148189
Summary: Autocorrect hyphen/minus sign into Hebrew Maqaf when
appropriate
Product: LibreOffice
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: eyalr...@gmx.com
Blocks: 114637
The Hebrew language uses a character named Maqaf - essentially a top hyphen -
instead of the latin languages' inter-word hyphen. It is not a dash (neither en
nor em), and is not used as a minus sign. More about this character:
https://codepoints.net/U+05BE
and here's an example:
אבי־סער
the Maqaf separates the two words.
The character does not have its own key on a Hebrew-layout keyboard; and use of
hyphens in its stead is quite popular by now, so it is no longer in wide use by
people typing in text... unfortunately. It can be inserted using Alt+underscore
in a Hebrew-layout keyboard on Linux, and is rendered properly, but that is
still not good enough.
The Auto-correct mechanism, when enabled, should replace a hyphen/minus
character with a Maqaf when one types in a sequence of at least two Hebrew
characters, then a hyphen, then another sequence of at least 2 Hebrew
characters. Typing just one character, or mixing in non-Hebrew characters, or
using spaces, should not result in the replacement, to keep things on the
conservative side.
Note: I've split this off from bug 114637, which now becomes a meta-bug,
because this capability is self-contained enough and important enough to merit
its own bug.
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114637
[Bug 114637] Autocorrect should fully support Hebrew-specific punctuation marks
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