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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug 76757 : modification of style manager
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2004-07-25 13:32:27
Message-ID: 200407251532.28494.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Sunday 25 July 2004 14:52, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> On Sunday 25 July 2004 10:50, p.stirnweiss_koffice@bluewin.ch wrote:
(...)
> > I agree that langages are not always used at the whole paragraph and can
> > be used at a word level. However, I don't agree it is a character
> > property. The minimum item you will give a langage property is a word and
> > most of the time it is set for paragraphs. In order to set it for an
> > individual word we might need to add a langage sub-menu in the format
> > menu. I would definitly not expect to find the langage setting in Fonts.
>
> But it is a character property. If you want it word-wise you cannot have it
> paragraph-wise. A property can be at paragraph level or at character level.
> That is all. (That perhaps "font" is a bad title is perhaps another
> problem.)

What I mean is that the OASIS specification tells that it is a character 
property (OASIS calls it "text formatting properties".)

>
> > For me hyphenation is even more belonging to paragraphs. You do not
> > hyphenate a single character. Setting the hyphenation property just for a
> > word works but is not very logical in a word processing environment (the
> > slightest change in margins or in the text prior to that word might make
> > it begining of a new line while the previous word would have to be
> > hyphenated.
>
> Yes, I was surprised too. And it seems that for OO, it is paragraph-wise
> too. (I have not checked OASIS yet.) So I do not know. I will try to look
> further..

I looked into the OASIS specification and indeed it described as one of the 
"text formatting properties" so it is at character level. (Well, the trick of 
using a soft hyphen at a end of a word to not hyphanate is also not 
intuitive.)

>
> (David?)
>
> > This was my reasoning behind the paragraph flow tab (which would be at
> > the same level as indent...). This tab could also be added in the
> > individual paragraph setting dialog.
> >
> > As for "next style", I agree with you. It belongs to the style, not the
> > paragraph (as in individually settable).
>
> (...)
>
> > >> Pierre
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> (...)
>
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