“doNotLeaveBackslashAlone”. “This element specifies whether applications should automatically convert the backslash character into the yen character when it is added through user keyboard input”. This is an application setting, not a document setting. Suggest that this issue is an implementation issue and not a standardization issue. Remove the paragraph from the specification.
Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment DK-0144 (Modified: 2007-11-24) Agreed; this should describe this setting in a way that is agnostic of user interaction. The following changes will be made in Part 4, §2.15.3.16: 2.15.3.16 doNotLeaveBackslashAlone ( Convert Display Backslash To As Yen Sign When Entered ) This element specifies whether applications should automatically convert display the backslash character into using the yen character when it is added through user keyboard input displaying the contents of this document . Typically, no automatic display-only conversion of one character to another is performed done when characters are entered by the user . This element, when present with a val attribute value of true (or equivalent), specifies that all entries occurrences of the backslash (\) character (\, U+005C) shall automatically be converted to a displayed using the yen symbol (¥ , U+00A5 ) when the former is entered contents of the document are displayed. This setting does not change the Unicode value of the character stored in the underlying WordprocessingML document. [Rationale: In Japanese code page 932, 0x5c is the yen sign (whereas, in most other code pages, it is the reverse solidusalso known as the backslash). In order to accommodate the user expectation that this code point appear as the yen sign, this setting dictates that the character be remapped, for display only, to the Unicode character ¥, such that the expected appearance is maintained. end rationale] [Example: Consider a WordprocessingML document where the user types containing the following: Hello \ world. The default presentation would have exactly that: Hello \ world. However, if this compatibility setting is turned on: <w:compat> <w:doNotLeaveBackslashAlone /> </w:compat> Then the backslash would be converted displayed as ¥ , resulting in the following output: Hello ¥ world. end example] Similar Comments: BR-0009 ,
