[Bug 167416] UI: language selection on the Tools -> AutoCorrect -> Autocorrect Options... "Localized Options" tab

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167416

--- Comment #3 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> ---
Tools > AutoCorrect > AutoCorrect Options... > Localized Options: (Double
Quotes) works nicely and converts " (Quotation Mark U+0022) to “/” (Left/Right
Double Quotation Mark U+201C/U+201D) for English (USA/UK) or „/“ (Double Low-9
Quotation Mark U+201E and Left Double QM) for German. If you disable the "[ ]
Replace option" it wont be applied when typing but (after checking "[x]
Replace") per Tools > AutoCorrect > Apply.

Extended Tooltips exist (activate it per Tools > Options > General) but don't
explain the workflow. The online help at
https://help.libreoffice.org/25.2/en-US/text/shared/01/06040400.html also
contains of no further details but the documentation
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/trBdof3TTTPZ6sn (p.110 ff
"Autoformatting") goes into detail.

The issue boils down to the fact that the whole dialog seems to rely on what is
defined as default under Tools > Options > Language > Default Language (for
Western documents). But in fact changing the quotation replacement affects all
languages.

Users should either be able to change the quotation per language, eg. by making
the dialog context aware with a dropdown on top that responds to the paragraph
language and allows to change the scope, too. Or, if that's not possible, have
the "[ ] Replace" feature as on/off with M/T fine-tuning under AutoCorrect >
Options. I could also imagine further configuration under Tools > Options for
the locales.

Another improvement was discussed in bug 154619 with the idea to not always
show the '/" input quotes but the actual replacements on the button. 

The quote replacement handling should depend on Tools > Options > Languages: "[
] Ignore system input language" but does not (bug 139741). Issues have been
reported for Hebrew/English/German (bug 88270) and CJK (bug 74735).

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