https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82584

Doug <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEEDINFO                    |UNCONFIRMED
           Severity|normal                      |enhancement
     Ever confirmed|1                           |0

--- Comment #2 from Doug <[email protected]> ---
Hi m.a.riosy:  I was puzzled by your response because this has hallmarks of bug
more than enhancement, and in any event merits a report.  And then I
cross-checked with the commercial alternative and see it functions in similar
way albeit with a warning message about scaling of values near zero.  In
response to your comments:

1.  My specific application requires using the exact values.  Fuzzy values will
cause problems.

2.  A value of 1E-307 would be as out of range on a logarithmic scale as a
value of 1E+307, and would undo the benefit of a logarithmic scale.  Would
result in straight line across entire chart.

3.  The default "automatic" lower bound is 1 for logarithmic scaling, so by
default the 1E-307 value would not be charted; would require manual override
(which, as noted above, would be a bad idea)

4.  Doing an offset externally in the data would be reflected on the axis
without internal LO handling.  That is, if I had a -100 value to chart, and I
charted it by adding +101 to all of the values, the axis (and data labels) will
say the value is 1, rather than -100.  The user-formatting option is the
closest kind of thing to overriding that, but seems directed to a different
purpose.  The expected behavior was that it would be plotted like 1 but the
axis and data label would show -100.  Maybe can kluge something together re:
datalabels, but the axis just won't work without internal LO handling.

5.  Logarithmic scaling is the only nonlinear option in LO for charting gappy
data without excluding outliers altogether.  


Yes, I understand that there may be higher-priority issues for LO-- for
example, Calc crashed on me even in the 15 minutes I was testing your
suggestions.  Based on the fact that LO has achieved parity with the commercial
alternative on this particular feature, I'll reclassify as an enhancement
request.  However, it's weak functionality in both products, and LO Chart in
particular does not seem to be stopping at parity (which is the reason I am
using it).

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