[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 131315] New: Index: Implement letter by letter alphabetising

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131315

            Bug ID: 131315
           Summary: Index: Implement letter by letter alphabetising
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: greenandpleasant2000-support at yahoo.co.uk

The current system wrongly indexes entries containing non-alphanumeric
characters. For example, you cannot put an apostrophe at the beginning of an
entry because this causes it to be indexed under the apostrophe, rather than
the letter! And if a non-alphanumeric occurs in the middle of an entry, the
entry will be listed in an unexpected order.

LO needs to implement an accepted worldwide standard which allows for
non-alphanumeric characters: i.e. the LETTER BY LETTER system of alphabetising
indexes.

This system is detailed at
https://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/CHIIndexingComplete.pdf (Chicago
Manual of Style.

To give an example. This (AFAIK) is a CORRECTLY indexed series of entries
(letter by letter):

"Bell, Andrew, 413
Bell, book, and candle 36
Bell, Garden, the 175, 651
Bell Hotel, The 559pp.
Bellmen 116
Bell-ringers, the 205, 380, 578
Bells of the Parish Church 173"

However, this is how it is INCORRECTLY indexed by LO:

"Bell Hotel, The 559pp.
Bell-ringers, the 205, 380, 578
Bell, Andrew, 413
Bell, book, and candle 36
Bell, Garden, the 175, 651
Bellmen 116
Bells of the Parish Church 173"

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