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title="UNCONFIRMED - LibreOffice does not properly convert -- to em-dash by default"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136182">136182</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>LibreOffice does not properly convert -- to em-dash by default
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.4.0.3 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>x86-64 (AMD64)
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Windows (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>minor
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Writer
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>brightwanderer@gmail.com
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<pre>Description:
When reporting interrupted speech (either in fictional dialogue or transcribed
conversations) it is standard to use em-dash as follows:
"You can't—"
"I assure you I can."
In this context, by default LibreOffice doesn't convert -- to em-dash, because
the default replacement table entry expects a space before the dashes. To get
it to work, the entry .*-- or .*--.* has to be added manually to the
replacement table.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type any line of dialogue, with or without quotation marks, that ends with a
trailing em-dash to indicate interruption, e.g. "What--?" or What--? or "So--"
or So--
Actual Results:
-- did not convert to em-dash
Expected Results:
-- should convert to em-dash. The user should not have to manually add the
entry with wildcards to the replacement table.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
OpenGL enabled: Yes
Additional Info:
Version: 7.0.0.3 (x64)
Build ID: 8061b3e9204bef6b321a21033174034a5e2ea88e
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL</pre>
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