[Libreoffice] [PATCH] Cross-references to numbered paragraphs: remove trailing dots at the end of a cross-reference, or where they precede an open parenthesis that starts the next paragraph level in the cross-reference (bugzilla 33960).

[Cedric Bosdonnat]

Hello,

On Sun, 2011-04-17 at 09:54 +1000, Troy Rollo wrote:
> 1. The rule has operated for a long time now without, as far as I can see, any 
> serious complaints about it.

Yeah, but it would great to fix it once for good and avoid having tiny
patches again and again on the same thing.

> 2. Using the same rule as Microsoft Word will create fewer problems for 
> document interchange with Microsoft Word.

We don't have to copy Word's mistakes ;)

> I guess it depends on how important it is to keep document consistency high in 
> interchange with Word.  If that is not important I can prepare a more complete 
> set of rules, submit the rules for approval, and then implement a new patch. 
> My initial thought was that the correct (clean slate) rule would be:
> 
> 1. Strip any leading white space (but not trailing - although rule 2 might get 
> that);
> 2. If there is formatting content after the number, and not before the number, 
> strip it if either: 
> (a) This is the last component in the reference; or
> (b) The next component has formatting content before the number.
> 
> However I would note that one of the default outline numbering formats  (the 
> "1." "(a)" format) in LibreOffice includes white space in front of the number 
> at the first list level. Thus this rule would strip the white space, where on 
> my testing MS Word would not. This would create a common inconsistency when 
> going from LibreOffice to MS word.

You can first implement this rule and we'll see what people think about
that. That rule sounds reasonable to me.

Regards,

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Cédric Bosdonnat
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