[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 154766] management of ellipsis variants

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154766

--- Comment #12 from toddwarner at duck.com ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #11)
> (In reply to toddwarner from comment #10)
> > Threefold: (c) LibreOffice knows that it is an ellipsis (for the sake of the
> > grammar-checker, word counter, and the like) and not some typo or gibberish.
> How could a grammar checker know when it... a real ellipsis and when not...?

I'm not a developer. I can't answer that question. I take it from your response
that LibreOffice does not also control the grammar checker? I have no idea.

> > The meta-request is that in lieu of The Correct Solution[tm], the request is
> > to make the most useful and typical workaround (.NBSP.NBSP.)...
> Please read my comment again, no non-breaking space needed for b) and I
> suggest to use the  special characters dialog for a). Ultimately this is, if
> you agree, not a bug neither requires any enhancement.

"I'd suggest to use a character style with larger spacing. For example, 5pt"

Manuscript formatting requires 12pt font—for everything. Sometimes publishers
allow chapter headers and things to be slightly larger, but that's not typical.
So, I am unsure what you mean by 5pt? Shrink the font? Just for that one
character? Does LibreOffice support individual-character custom styling? Also,
the dots have to match the design of the typeface anyway. Oddly large or small
is not acceptable. The standard for manuscript formatting for narrative text is
12pt Times New Roman (sadly, yes, they require proprietary typefaces). For
screenplays, it's 12pt Courier. For non-narrative non-fiction manuscripts, they
often allow Arial/Helvetica. Some publishers are more flexible, but writers
work with multiple publishers, and so their manuscripts skew to the norm.

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