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Subject:    Re: [users] Re: dash "-" appears as question mark "?"
From:       Harry Vennik <htvennik () zonnet ! nl>
Date:       2002-12-14 21:17:29
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I have the same problem on my Linux system, but I never saw it happen with 
OOo for Windows. Btw, the same thing happens with quotes. So I think Ekkard 
is also using Linux (or another flavor of Unix maybe?).

I don't think this problem is related to the keyboard layout setting. If it 
was, the dash would appear as a question mark also in printing.

Dashes between spaces are often replaced by a somewhat longer one. I suppose 
that OOo also replaces dashes, but the 'long dash' character is not fully 
supported on Linux, and therefore appears as '?'.
Greets,
Harry

On Saturday 14 December 2002 13:18, you wrote:
> I also wonder whether this might be a keyboard setup problem. The dash and
> question mark are reversed between the UK/US and German keyboard layouts.
> So if, for some reason, the wrong keyboard layout is activated, question
> marks might come out as dashes and vice versa.
>
> Dennis
>
> Ekkard Gerlach wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I always get angry when OO changes a dash "-" to
> > a question mark after typing a blac.
> >
> > e.g. typing :    hello - how are ...
> >      OO changes "-" to "?" after typing the first blanc
> >      after "-".
> >
> > Why does OO (1.0 and now 1.0.1 again) not
> > understand dashes?
> >
> > Printing the document, the question mark ist re-converted
> > to a dash, o.k., but I's ugly and confusion that the
> > text in the document contains question marks instead
> > of dashes.
> >
> > thx
> > Ekkard

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