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> LibreOffice lacks no features I would remotely consider using That right there is EXACTLY the problem with LibreOffice. You see no problem with it. Other pro
by phendrenad2 5y ago
> LibreOffice lacks no features I would remotely consider using
That right there is EXACTLY the problem with LibreOffice. You see no problem with it. Other programmers see no problem with it. Programmers convert their grandmother to using it and their grandmother doesn't even notice. Success! Right? Wrong.
It's missing a lot. Just not the things a programmer would notice.
Here's a simple example:
I have a document with multiple languages in it. Sometimes multiple languages in the same sentence (it's a guidebook for translating between two languages). When I open it in Word, it detects where one language starts and another ends. It provides spell-checking for both languages automatically.
LibreOffice? I had to dig through the config panels to enable this feature, and even then, it was on a global basis. Not per-document. If I type a word in language B into some random document now, but it's really a word in language A with a typo, now LibreOffice will silently accept it. Maddening.