I tried approaching this from the dialogs, and eventually gave up trying to map it back to the spec.
However, when I found flat file format, I found that it's easier to understand how it works by opening the .fodt files in a plain text editor, and especially doing 'diff' style comparison between the same file saved as flat file format before and after making only a couple changes to the dialog in question. However, pages are more complex than paragraph styles. There's 3 (?) different spots that changes to page definition reside in the actual xml, and understanding their relationship is fun.. On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 4:29 PM John Kaufmann <kaufm...@nb.net> wrote: > I'm trying to understand what is contained in LO styles [which I know > changes according to style class (for Writer: Paragraph, Page, etc)]. To > simplify this question, I have decided to: > (a) focus on a Page style (instead of the more complex Paragraph > style) to understand the principles; > (b) limit the initial inquiry to the relationship between the > attributes defined in the tabs of that style definition and the attributes > summarized in the Organizer tab's "Contains" section. > > For example, for a custom Page style "Booklet" (used for 7.5"x8" > folded/stapled booklets), the Organizer tab lists: > " > *Contains* > 8.5 inch + From top 0.5 inch, From bottom 0.5 inch + No header + > No footer + No grid + Text direction left-to- > right (horizontal) + Page Description: Arabic, Portrait, All + > Booklet + Not register-true > " > > "Contains" uses "+" [rather than, say, \n] to separate attributes. [BTW: > is there a better term than "attribute" to use here?] > In this case it lists 9 attributes (including the 2-part top/bottom > margins attribute and the 3-part Page Description attribute): > - 2 (not all) attributes from the Page tab, > - 2 attributes from other tabs; > - 1 attribute defined in "Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer (or > is it LibreOffice Writer/Web?) > Grid"; > - 2 attributes (Text direction, Page Description) defined nowhere > that I can find; > - 1 attribute (the style name: "Booklet") defined in the Organizer > tab; > - 1 more attribute (Not register-true) defined in the Page tab. > > With the background provided by that example, I ask these questions about > the Organizer tab "Contains" section: > (1) What is the significance of this section? Does it have any > formal significance or functional use? > (2) Why does it list attributes not defined in the style? > > [Any further questions would be clarified by the answers to those > questions.] > > Thanks, > John > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
