[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 120656] New: Rewrite the word boundary code to always provide the whole paragraph to ICU

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120656

           Summary: Rewrite the word boundary code to always provide the
                    whole paragraph to ICU
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML Editing
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: rniwa at webkit.org
                CC: darin at apple.com, ap at webkit.org, enrica at apple.com,
                    webkit-bug-importer at group.apple.com


Right now, we expand the range slowly to include more context as requested by ICU to find word boundaries.
This strategy is broken for many languages that rely on dictionary look up to find word boundaries.

We should rewrite it to always give the whole paragraph.

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