Andy wrote:
At the risk of getting abused again -- even though I still say that
laser and inkjet printers are not accurate enough for .005 to make a
difference
I would work on the assumption that yopu would pick the correct tool
for the job and use a page layout program with the precison you need.
Some dimensions, such as line spacing, may not be readily visible to the
casual viewer when a change below .01" is made. But it is a cumulative
effect. If you have a block of text that includes 50 lines of text, a
line spacing of .10" will result in an overall vertical space on the
page of 5". If you change the line spacing to .105", the vertical space
will be 5.25". The difference is surely be visible.
All it takes to give OO the same capabilities of a page layout program
in this case is more decimal places of accuracy. How hard is this to do
from a code standpoint? It is incredibly easy to do. It probably
wouldn't even result in MORE code. It would probably require the change
of a variable somewhere that determines the number of decimal places.
So, a "2" gets changed to a "5". The code is the same length. So why
isn't it done?
So the real question is how much of a Swiss army Knife should Open
Office be -- at what point does the application become so bloated
with features and options that it begins to resemble another well
know office package.
How much code bloat does a couple more decimal places add?? Again, it
probably would not even increase the length of the code. Just change the
specific variable as follows:
Original variable:
Number_of_decimal_places = 2
Change it to:
Number_of_decimal_places = 5
The limit of two decimal places is ridiculous. You apparently believe
that OO CANNOT be as good as a page layout program. In this particular
case, a few minutes of coding would make OO every bit as good as a page
layout program. May I suggest that you take a more positive attitude
about this feature? OO would not exist at all if everyone was as
pessimistic about it as you seem to be about this one simple-to-fix
problem. You are actually telling people NOT to use OO!("use a page
layout program with the precision you need."). WRONG!
I mean no offense, but this is such an easy problem to fix that I am
amazed that anyone would not get behind it. I think if the situation
were reversed and INCHES had greater precision than MILLIMETERS or
POINTS, I would be saying "Add a couple of decimal places already!!"
Thank you.
John Hardy
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