Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

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Am 30.04.2023 um 18:51 schrieb Michael H:
> What determines whether a change like this is a good idea?
>
> I mean, I see over time lots of discussion about implemented changes that
> seem to have huge retrograde effects on the ability to create, and only
> make sense in the terms of UI or ease of maintenance. (Or if you want to go
> a step further, only makes sense for spies from a competing product to
> insert to break the user base.... I don't mean this specific change... just
> the area of "why did it work before and now doesn't?" changes that are
> intentionally created.)
>
> Is there any forward looking consideration to these discussions that
> complain about already implemented changes being so awful? Is anyone doing
> a learning check on successful changes that generate these kind of
> complaints?
>
> The lack of control on what gets changed seems to be the undoing of the
> app.
>
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 11:41 AM <LO.Harald.Berger@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > I think they changed it to make it easier.
> >   >Double-click on a special character will insert it into the document.<
> >
> > See also:
> > https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/shared/01/04100000.html
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Harald
> >
> > Am 30.04.2023 um 18:32 schrieb Jonathan Allen:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have just taken an upgrde (with Linux Mint) from LO 5.something to
> > > 7.3.7.2.  Lots of good things, but I'm really upset about the way
> > > Insert Special Characters has changed.  I used to be able to enter
> > > a long string (one or more words) in Hebrew or Greek characters,
> > > with them being compiled in a box below the character set, then hit
> > > 'insert' to put the whole thing into my document.  Now, it seems as
> > > though I have to do it one character at a time, which is much more
> > > time-consuming.  If there any way to get the old behaviour?
> > >
> > > Jonathan
> >
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