[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 154766] management of ellipsis variants

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154766

--- Comment #16 from toddwarner at duck.com ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #13)
> (In reply to toddwarner from comment #12)
> > So, I am unsure what you mean by 5pt?
> 
> Character spacing is zero by default - no additional space added. If you
> increase the number, the characters are spaced out by the exact value but
> the text remains the same. You find the option under Format > Character... >
> Position.

Ah. I see what you mean. I should have guessed that's what you meant.

Anyway. Sure. This would be another viable workaround if autocorrect could also
apply the character style. This may be a decent option for the find-and-replace
folks.

I did some testing, and this spacing idea actually leads to improved word-wrap
behavior—closer to what should be done. It's still not an ellipsis, which is
the core problem, and when you pass the document to an editor, I suspect this
twitchy styling will lead to patchwork formatting. I'm not sure. But it is
another tool in the toolbag.

Thank you for your input. I think you grasped the ask. I presume LibreOffice
will eventually address this if Unicode adds a character (and typefaces support
it) or if someone like Microsoft leadership on this topic. They have not yet. I
presume this is a gnarly problem because Unicode doesn't supply the character.
TeX supports the ellipsis because it is a typesetting package, but that's not a
route for the Everyman.

Thanks again. Mr. Foote killed this, so I suppose everything has been said that
has been said.

Cheers. -t

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