[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 143996] New: In LO Writer the “Check true multiplication sign” function does NOT seem to work.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143996

            Bug ID: 143996
           Summary: In LO Writer the “Check true multiplication sign”
                    function does NOT seem to work.
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.2.0.2 rc
          Hardware: All
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: tarotfied at protonmail.com

Description:
In LO Writer the “Check true multiplication sign” function does NOT seem to
work, as selected in:

Tools > Options… > Language Settings > English Sentence Checking > Punctuation.

The only way I have found to get a true minus sign to appear in LO Writer is to
manually go to: 

Insert > Insert Special Character… (or use the icon in the Standard Tool Bar).

I have tested this with my two most-used fonts: Cambria Math and Arial. A true
minus sign from the Insert Special Characters menu (located in Mathematical
Operators > Hex: U+ 2212 for the Cambria Math font) is the same size but longer
than a hyphen and is elevated somewhat from it to distinguish it from the en
dash. 

It does not seem to matter if you use spaces before and/or after the typed
hyphen or enclose the negative number within a pair of parentheses as is
frequently done in hand written formulas. 

I had examples included in this description, but in whatever font this is, the
difference between a hyphen, en dash, and a true minus sign were
indistinguishable from one another, so I deleted the examples. Note: I have
both Force en dash and Forced em dash deselected in the Punctuation section,
although checking them or unchecking them seems to make no difference.

Steps to Reproduce:
Try typing a minus sign using the hyphen key (with or without leading and/or
trailing spaces) with the Multiplication checkbox checked in the following
location:

Tools > Options… > Language Settings > English Sentence Checking > Punctuation


Actual Results:
No squiggly blue line appears under the hyphen to prompt you if you want to
force a minus sign or ignore the grammar checker.

Expected Results:
A prompt to transform the hyphen to a true minus sign if so desired.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Version: 7.2.0.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 614be4f5c67816389257027dc5e56c801a547089
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

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