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Honestly, given the particularities of Tibetan, I'm surprised it didn't adapt to the digital world. So while I'd congratulate the LibreOffice developers for improving their software, as least in displaying legacy text, I would expect Tibetan to evolve just like almost any writing system has done over time, and introduce some spaces and paragraphs.

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An actively used written script is not "legacy text". We're not talking about some ancient, dead language, but even if it was that, there's merit in being able to accurately display it digitally just from an academic standpoint of making historical research easier.

Sure, I understand the merit of it being displayed properly, that's something worthwhile.

But at the same time, if it's an actively used script, don't you think current users should consider changing its conventions?

My point was that all writing systems change, especially when the medium changes. Modern punctuation was invented at some point simply because the previous form of writing words one glued to the other was not ideal.

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