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== Abstract ==


In French language, some punctuation signs like ; : ! ? need to have a (non breaking) space between them and the word placed before them.<br>
The current specification describes the automatic insertion of the those spaces over the AutoCorrect Options.


== References ==

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| '''Developer'''
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| '''Quality Assurance'''
| Éric Savary
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== Detailed Specification ==

=== Scope ===

It is about the automatic insertion or replacement (1) of certain spaces (2) before some punctuation characters (3) in French (4).

# <u>Automatic insertion or replacement</u><br>This addresses automatic insertions like defined under "''Tools - AutoCorrect - Options''" while typing and replacements afterward using "''Format - AutoCorrect - Apply''".<br>This '''will not''' consist in expanding the list of possible replacements as defined under "''Tools - AutoCorrect - Replace''"<br>
# <u>Certain spaces</u><br>The French typography uses 3 main spaces before the punctuation signs (See: http://unicode.org/udhr/n/notes_fra.html)<br>- SPACE: U+0020<br>- NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE: U+202F<br>- NO-BREAK SPACE: U+00A0.<br>The current implementation retains only the SPACE and the NO-BREAK SPACE (See section "Exclusion of the NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE (U+202F)" on the [[:{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|discussion page]]).<br>
# <u>Some punctuation characters</u><br>We focused on four frequently used punctuation signs: ":", ";", "?" and "!".<br>Other signs have already received AutoCorrect mechanisms (simple and double quotes).
# <u>In French</u><br>The typographic rules are not unified across the francophone countries<br>Other rules apply in Canada (fr_CA).

=== Behavior and special cases ===

* '''General behavior:''' the insertion of a non breaking space is directly triggered by the input of one the mentioned punctuation marks.<br>Thus it works like the insertion of custom quotes in a French language or like the replacement "Automatic *bold* and _underline_".
* '''Special cases:''' there are cases where those punctuation marks are not used in a context of a punctuation but as simple sign.<br>Such a typical context applies to URLs.
** '''URLs:''' In this case the replacement first applies until the "<code>:/</code>" is found. At this point, the non breaking space inserted before "<code>:</code>" is removed and the further insertion of non breaking spaces is disabled for the whole string.<br>Examples ("<code>_</code>" stands for "non breaking space"):
*** typing "<code>http:</code>" becomes "<code>http_:</code>"
*** typing one "<code>/</code>" after "<code>http_:</code>" removes the non breaking space, so we have: "<code>http:/</code>"
*** none of any further punctuation mark inserted in this string will trigger the replacement, so that we get:
**** "<code><nowiki>http://www.mysite.com:8080/index.php?test=1</nowiki></code>"<br>and '''NOT''':
**** "<code>http_://www.mysite.com_:8080/index.php_?test=1</code>"
** '''Repetition:''' the insertion of a non breaking space does not occur when such punctuation marks are repeated one after each other.<br>Examples:
*** "<code>word_???</code>"
*** "<code>word_?!!</code>"

==== Exclusion of the NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE (U+202F) ====

While the traditional typography usages recommend the use of a space called "''espace fine insécable''", their electronic implementation as NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE (U+202F) character reveals many drawbacks:<br>
* A minority of fonts contain this character<br>
* Many software (browsers) don't handle this character as no-break space.<br> This would lead to unexpected layouts when exporting to HTML.<br>
* The original description of what "''espace fine insécable''" should be is not covered by the electronic standards.<br>
See: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/french.html, Section "Spacing"<br>
<code>"''The French language uses special spacing in connection with several punctuation characters, for example before an exclamation mark. For example, Lexique des Règles Typographiques en usage à l'Imprimerie Nationale says that there should be a "½ cadratin" wide space after an opening quotation mark and before a closing quotation mark. That would half an em space, i.e. an en space. Quite obviously, such spaces should be non-breaking, but there is no non-breaking en space in Unicode!''"</code>
* The manual insertion (if needed) of this character requires much more manipulation ("Insert - Special Character") than a simple space ([Space] key) or the no-break space ([Ctrl+Shift+Space])

=== General francophone usages ===

(These usages correspond to the fr_FR, fr_BE, fr_CH, fr_LU and fr_MC locales)

==== The rule ====

The following table shows the space-character-space rules as officially defined in France
(See: http://unicode.org/udhr/n/notes_fra.html)

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! before
! punctuation sign
! after

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| U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center><nowiki>;</nowiki></center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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| U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center>!</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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| U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center>?</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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| U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center>:</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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==== The Implementation ====

The following table shows the space-character-space implementation with regard to section [[#Exclusion of the NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE (U+202F)|Exclusion of the NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE (U+202F)]]

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! before
! punctuation sign
! after

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| U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center><nowiki>;</nowiki></center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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| U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center>!</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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| U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center>?</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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| U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center>:</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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==== Special Cases ====

* '''non breaking space manually added:'''<br>In case the user already added a space between the word and the punctuation sign such as '<code>word<nb&nbsp;space>:</code>', there is '''no  replacement'''.
* '''space manually added:'''<br>In case the user already added a space between the word and the punctuation sign such as '<code>word<space>:</code>', the '''space''' will be replaced by a '''non breaking space'''.
* '''tab manually added:'''<br>In case the user already added a tab between the word and the punctuation sign such as '<code>word<tab>:</code>', there is '''no  replacement'''..<br> It is then assume that the user doesn't want to use the normal typographical rules but wishes to format his text as a plain text table.

=== Usages effective in Canada (Québec) ===

(These usages correspond to the fr_CA locale)

==== The Rule and Implementation ====

The following table shows the space-character-space implementation as defined in http://www.olf.gouv.qc.ca/RESSOURCES/ti/espacements_20030605.pdf

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! before
! punctuation sign
! after

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| no space
| <center><nowiki>;</nowiki></center>
| U+0020 SPACE

|-
| no space
| <center>!</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

|-
| no space
| <center>?</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

|-
| U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
| <center>:</center>
| U+0020 SPACE

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==== Special Cases ====

* '''non breaking space manually added before ";" "!" "?":'''<br>In case the user already added a non breaking space between the word and the punctuation sign such as '<code>word<nb&nbsp;space>?</code>', this space will be suppressed.<br>Before ":" the rule defined for fr_FR applies (no replacement).
* '''space manually added before ";" "!" "?":'''<br>In case the user already added a space between the word and the punctuation sign such as '<code>word<space>?</code>', this space will be suppressed.<br>Before ":" the rule defined for fr_FR applies (replacement with a non breaking space).
* '''tab manually added:''' See the rule defined for fr_FR applies (no replacement).

=== UI ===

Option under  "[[AutoCorrect_Options_-_Localized_Options | Tools - AutoCorrect Options - Localized Options]]"<br>
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== Documentation ==

'''Context:'''<br>
Help called on "Tools - AutoCorrect Options - Localized Options"

'''Content:'''<br>
"Inserts a non breaking space before ";", "!", "?" ":" when the character language is set to French (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco) and before ":" only when the character language is set to French (Canada)"

== Migration ==
Does not apply.

== Configuration ==
Remember the option "Tools - AutoCorrect - Options - French punctuation" when updating.
 
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== File Format ==
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