Bug 59666 - EDITING: Option to disable Greek letters (αβγδελμ..) converting to big letters (ABGDE...) as automatic capitalization of first letters in sentence
Summary: EDITING: Option to disable Greek letters (αβγδελμ..) converting to big lette...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6.4.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2013-01-21 15:18 UTC by Mindaugas Baranauskas
Modified: 2014-05-02 12:51 UTC (History)
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Description Mindaugas Baranauskas 2013-01-21 15:18:47 UTC 
Problem description: 
Greek symbols (αβγδελμ..) converted to big letters (ΑΒΓΔΕΛ...) as automatic capitalization of first letters in sentense. This is sometimes anoying. Yes I could try find these symbols not from Greek letters region in charracter map. 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Write sentence, at end write point (.)
2. type space ( )
3. copy "γ" (small gama)
4. type space ( )

Current behavior:
 γ converted to Γ
Expected behavior:
 Ability to disable Greek letters capitalization, but leave first letter capitalization for general case.
              
Operating System: Windows 7
Version: 3.6.4.3 release
Comment 1 Urmas 2013-01-22 08:11:15 UTC 
Any feasible use-case for this?
Comment 2 Owen Genat 2013-11-23 03:21:18 UTC 
I am confirming this bug. Tested under Crunchbang 11 x86_64 running:

- v3.3.4.1 OOO330m19 Build: 401
- v3.4.6.2 OOO340m1 Build: 602
- v3.5.7.2 Build ID: 3215f89-f603614-ab984f2-7348103-1225a5b
- v3.6.7.2 Build ID: e183d5b
- v4.0.6.2 Build ID: 2e2573268451a50806fcd60ae2d9fe01dd0ce24
- v4.1.3.2 Build ID: 70feb7d99726f064edab4605a8ab840c50ec57a

All versions change γ (U+03b3) to Γ (U+0393) when this is the first character after a full stop and space combination and is followed by a space e.g., "End. γ ". Status set to NEW. Version set to Inherited From OOo. Severity set to enhancement (as this has never existed before). Platform set to All/All.

(In reply to comment #1)
> Any feasible use-case for this?

Mainly in science / mathematics, where commencing a sentence with a symbol is considered OK. I personally find this type of expression inelegant, but the use seems widespread in these domains. Further information:

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/44162/is-it-okay-to-start-a-sentence-with-a-greek-letter-variable
Comment 3 Owen Genat 2014-01-06 10:04:48 UTC 
Setting version back from "Inherited From OOo" to what it was prior (for bugs marked enhancement), for QA tracking purposes. My mistake. Apologies.

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