Description: I made my own autocorrection for -- to change to — (the em dash). It always requires space bar or enter to change. Would it be possible to make it change immediately after typing --? It would make writing flow a lot more better. Actual Results: Typing -- requires space or enter to change into — (em dash) Expected Results: Typing -- would INSTANTLY change into — (em dash) Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 7.4.6.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 5b1f5509c2decdade7fda905e3e1429a67acd63d CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (fi_FI); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Let's ask design-team, but personally I don't see the need for such a feature, because as far as I know em-dash is always followed by a space. cc: Design-Team
You can add it to the replacement table (mind the language above; it applied only in this context) but all replacement text need a finishing space (for gtk3 see bug 140445), tab, or enter. Otherwise you cannot get the arrow (--> = →), for instance. What you want to achieve is implemented per autocorrect > options > replace dashes, see https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/01/06040100.html. Side note: In case of just a question you might get better and faster replies at https://ask.libreoffice.org/.