https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126008
--- Comment #185 from Tim Chambers <[email protected]> --- Paul I'm following this one too, and have been for a while. >From what I can gather, this is a bit of a techncial legacy issue with Table "Styles" not working the same way as other styles. This means that a new system of table styles needs to be decided on and developed, while remaining compatible with open document formats, and remaining backwards compatible. I would love to see it sorted out, but I don't think it is a simple thing to fix. (In reply to Paul Hubert from comment #184) > Indeed this is a volunteer project - once StarOffice, I believe? > And, doesn't Oracle have a spin-off (aka fork?) of it? > > But I would ask what is the intent of those behind the direction of > LibreOffice. > It IS Libre OFFICE. Its primary competitor at this point is MS Office. > > One commenter mentioned moving to LO from WordPerfect (which 'fell from > grace' thanks to the underhanded methods of Microsoft). > > But the point is - IS this intended to be a full competitor with a full > featured OFFICE suite?? Or is it intended only to be an 'also ran'. > > Tables and table formatting are IMPORTANT IF it is intended to compete. > > Perhaps the problem stems from the development OF the tables feature. > IF formatting is possible, it simply CANNOT 'fall apart' with row/column > changes to the table. > > Perhaps Tables need to be re-thought from the beginning - rather than > approached as a fix to what already exists. > > I reported MY encounter with the problem QUITE some time ago. I don't know > when I first did so - years I would guess. LO is most certainly NOT a > trivial body of code. I donate ($$) minimally - perhaps a lot of us need to > do so a bit MORE!! -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
