Autocorrect is broken even on default English locale

Bug #1926083 reported by Norbert
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Have Ubuntu 21.04 boot or installed
2. Launch LibreOffice Writer
3. Type `HEllo` or `:alien:`, press <Space>

Expected results:
* `HEllo` is transformed to `Hello` after pressing <Space>; `:alien:` is transformed to `👽` after pressing <Space>

Actual results:
* AutoCorrect does not work, reacts only on <Enter> (which is not real use-case), so AutoCorrect is broken. It is serious bug.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:7.1.2~rc2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-16.17-generic 5.11.12
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.461
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Apr 25 14:19:28 2021
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Dee Winthrop (deewi) wrote :

The broken auto-corrext alos applies to Norwegian and Icelandics.
Wish to add that spellchecking and thesaurus are ok.

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mikechege (uberman) wrote :

Libreoffice won't capitalise the first letter of a sentence and the LanguageTool grammar checker is very sluggish, if it works at all.

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