[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 94676] Calc autofill confused, hyphen vs. minus

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94676

Terrence Enger <lo_bugs at iseries-guru.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |libreoffice-ux-advise at lists
                   |                            |.freedesktop.org
          Component|Calc                        |ux-advise
            Summary|Autofill bug                |Calc autofill confused,
                   |                            |hyphen vs. minus

--- Comment #3 from Terrence Enger <lo_bugs at iseries-guru.com> ---
Well, the behaviour of Excel is one consideration, but we do not
always find it determinative.

I can imagine a user, perhaps a statistical or engineering or
scientific user, who would use negative numbers quite routinely.  Do
we actually have such a user?  I do not know.

It is tempting to suggest that Calc should use some heuristic to guess
at the distinction between a hyphen and a minus sign.  I fear that
that might just turn a somewhat subtle gotcha into an even more subtle
one.  Not necessarily an improvement.

Meanwhile, I am changing the component in this report to ux-advise in
order to get the attention of those who think about these subtleties.
Meanwhile, I am moving "Calc" into the summary.

Terry.

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