Bug 85731

Summary: hyphenation character
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Sooraj Kenoth <soorajkenoth>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: medium CC: gautier.sophie
Version: 4.2.6.3 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:
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Actual Output

Description Sooraj Kenoth 2014-11-01 12:53:42 UTC
In Malayalam we generally do not use any hyphenation character. But Libreoffice always shows hyphenation character. There is no option to change hyphenation characters.
Comment 1 Adolfo Jayme 2014-11-01 21:22:00 UTC
Can you elaborate a bit? What’s the exact element you can’t get rid of for your language, and how does it affect your workflow? Screenshots are helpful.
Comment 2 Sooraj Kenoth 2014-11-02 04:48:46 UTC
Created attachment 108786 [details]
Expected output

The above attached screenshot is the expected one. It was generated using Xetex, in which I can define the Hyphenation character.
Comment 3 Sooraj Kenoth 2014-11-02 04:51:10 UTC
Created attachment 108787 [details]
Actual Output

The above attached screenshot is the actual one. It was generated using LO, in which I am forced to accept the system default hyphen character. There is no option to change it.
Comment 4 Sooraj Kenoth 2014-11-02 05:01:04 UTC
(In reply to Adolfo Jayme from comment #1)
> Can you elaborate a bit? What’s the exact element you can’t get rid of for
> your language, and how does it affect your workflow? Screenshots are helpful.

As far as I know every language use different system for word break. In LibreOffice we don't have an option to set the word breaking character. I am from Kerala a state in India. My mother tongue is Malayalam. Even in Malayalam people follow different standards to represent word break. In traditional system we don't have any hyphenation character to represent word break. So the proof readers who follow the traditional system wont allow the hyphenation characters. So people have to use Shift+Enter to avoid the situation. It is tedious.
Comment 5 sophie 2014-11-27 15:00:30 UTC
Hi Sooraj, I'm setting this as an enhancement. Set as New. Sophie

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