[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 130265] Implement "Automatically insert a decimal point" feature as seen in Excel

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130265

--- Comment #8 from cknapp at protonmail.com ---
I see this has been ignored. And after following the initial bug report that's
being discussed here:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115078#c14 It appears that
the decision is to ignore this feature as some involved with this software
development see this as not used by many and therefore not worth implementing. 

Yet by their own admission, this has been a feature in Excel since 2000. So
they have carried this "useless" feature for 20 years without reason? Surely
more than a handful would find this useful. 

Oh well, I personally believe that Microsoft is trending towards offering
office on linux (maybe as a snap) in the near future. And I guess at that point
all of us that want this feature can use Excel who is willing to invest money
into their product for EVERYONE'S needs. Very disappointing. 

If Microsoft gets in the game of open source, these kinds of great projects
like Libre Office are going to die, if this is the attitude that's carried
forward (broad general assumptions about features being value added or not) by
such projects. 

I'm not upset, just disappointed that a feature request (that has been
repeatedly requested) to progress this project to feature parity with it's
competitor, excel, is being discarded simply because the designers don't think
"enough" people will use the feature. Or simply because they don't understand
the use case. 

There is a reason MS has invested money in maintaining this feature for 20
years in their product, you'd think that at the very least would be a clue that
it IS indeed value added.

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