Bug 59448 - undefined: Allow users to turn off automatic ICU breakiterator
Summary: undefined: Allow users to turn off automatic ICU breakiterator
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version: 4.1.2.3 release
Hardware: Other All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2013-01-16 04:24 UTC by Nathan Wells
Modified: 2013-11-28 21:22 UTC (History)
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Description Nathan Wells 2013-01-16 04:24:57 UTC
Problem description: Currently for languages that have no spaces (like Thai and Khmer), the ICU breakiterator is turned on and cannot be turned off without changing code within LibreOffice. Since the breakiterators for both languages are not 100% accurate, this can cause problems for users that want precise control of word-breaks for spelling and line-breaks and would rather input zero-width spaces manually.



Desired behavior: Add an additional check-box option to turn off/on the ICU breakiterator in Options->Language Settings->Complex Text Layout if the current CTL language has the option for using the ICU breakitorator
Default should be enabled.
              
Operating System: All
Version: 3.6.4.3 release
Comment 1 bfoman 2013-06-21 08:48:21 UTC
Enhancement request.
Comment 2 Chomneau 2013-06-21 09:07:01 UTC
Yes, It is helpful to Khmer Language. please help!

-Men Chomneau
Comment 3 livingfield 2013-10-16 06:37:51 UTC
The ICU BreakIterator creates chaos for minority languages written in Khmer script, since it inserts line breaks at all the wrong places, even when the text has been typed with ZWSP between words.

This simple option would fix the problem, if LibreOffice reverted to the pre version 3.6.0 behavior of line breaking only at ZWSP, space, and punctuation.
Comment 4 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2013-11-11 11:12:23 UTC
Hi Khaled, do you know if there is any reason to keep this RFE in unconfirmed status?
Thank you very much for your help.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 5 Khaled Hosny 2013-11-11 18:17:58 UTC
I know very little about this area of LibreOffice, but as an enhancement request there is no need to mark it as unconfirmed.


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