https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498718
Bug ID: 498718
Summary: Using Gender* in a chat is wrongly interpreted as
format-italic
Classification: Applications
Product: NeoChat
Version: 24.12.1
Platform: Neon
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: General
Assignee: fe...@posteo.de
Reporter: m.w...@web.de
CC: c...@carlschwan.eu, j...@redstrate.com
Target Milestone: ---
In Germany people who prefer a gender-sensitive language often use the so
called gender-star (*) to write a text gender independent. E.g. Er*sie
(him*her) or den*die (who). Unfortunately, Neochat does not treat this
correctly. It treats the * as format sign, start showing italic text and is not
showing the *. Since there is no official way of gender sensitive language, the
genderstar is the preferred method for many, because the German association of
the blind consider it as the best of all, not causing misinterpretations by
screen reading software.
I am not sure, if this somehow an upstream bug in the protocol or because
Element mishandles the * as well.
How should it be handled correctly. The * should not change the text and just
be left as it is.
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