https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104889
--- Comment #4 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote@utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to hexafraction from comment #3)
Thank you for clarifying. However, isn't this expected behavior at the
expense of end-user usability?
No.
... then
performing a search for the latter via the find bar, although not equivalent
in the Unicode representation of the document, would be expected to yield
those results--
But that is the point, the Find Bar "as implemented" does not apply the auto
correction to the entered search string--no search capability does (nor should
we expect it to). Rather what is typed is what is searched for, and the
original opening/closing single or double quote have already been replaced in
the text and so will not be found. Requiring regular expression based search
only available in the _advanced_ "Find & Replace" dialog tool.
In my personal opinion smart-quotes should be transparent to
the person ultimately composing the document and using the software (or the
quotes could get auto-corrected when typing into the find bar).
By that logic why even have the _simple_ "Find Bar"--eliminate it for
_advanced_ function of the Find & Replace dialog--and force folks to learn the
more capable tool?
No, folks want a simple search capability--what's typed is what's found.
And those that need to do more complex things demand something else. Finding
auto-corrected text is not a _simple_ search, so requires the later. Different
requirements so different tools.
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