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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Column/row default cell styles (was: koffice/kspread)
From:       "Robert Knight" <robertknight () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-03-19 15:08:44
Message-ID: 13ed09c00603190708w69ed27c0r () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,

I have sent an email to the opendocument-users mailing list. 
Hopefully they can clear things up for us.

Regards,
Robert.

On 19/03/06, Robert Knight <robertknight@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If there is a standard every application has to follow it.
> > I don't know if that what OO does is according to the standard,
> > if it is not we should not copy their behaviour.
>
> I personally think that what OO.org does is correct, Stefan disagrees
> and the only way to resolve it properly is to get input from whoever
> wrote that part of the standard.
>
> > Instead the
> > application which is not following the standard has to been fixed.
>
> Sadly I don't think that is always a valid approach in the real world.
>  I can see the problems in not following a standard if KSpread saved
> incorrect OASIS document as a result.  However, in this case it is
> possible to load OpenOffice documents so that they appear as they
> should do, and then when saving them, avoid the issue entirely (by not
> using default-cell-style-name).
>
> On 19/03/06, Thorsten Zachmann <t.zachmann@zagge.de> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I don't have to say anythink on the technical question here but I like to add
> > to the copying OO.
> >
> > > > I don't see any inconsistency in this case.
> > > > What I see is a bug in Calc and
> > > > I don't want to copy it just because they have a huge user base.
> > >
> > > I see the size of Calc's user base as a very good reason to copy this
> > > behaviour (I won't call it a bug, because the devs seem confident that
> > > they are correct).
> > > A key goal of OpenDocument is to enable people to share complex office
> > > documents between different applications (which can freely support
> > > OASIS without violating any patents).  If users cannot open a
> > > spreadsheet produced in OpenOffice in KSpread, it will make a mockery
> > > of the OASIS concept and will keep our market share tiny.  Plus it
> > > will give plenty of ammunition to those who don't think much of the
> > > OASIS document format (since KOffice is probably the most high-profile
> > > supporter of OASIS outside of OpenOffice and IBM).
> >
> > If there is a standard every application has to follow it. I don't know if
> > that what OO does is according to the standard, if it is not we should not
> > copy their behaviour. This would only weeken the standard. Instead the
> > application which is not following the standard has to been fixed. Also maybe
> > the standard has to been fixed. Or would you also like to copy the behaviour
> > of other applications which have a different interpretation on what the
> > standard says?
> >
> > So the question is what says the standard? Maybe David knows some more.
> >
> > Have a nice day,
> >
> > Thorsten
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