[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 114080] FILESAVE: "Save as Text" doesn' t put end-of-line after each line shown on screen

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114080

--- Comment #12 from Jay Michael <jmichael_ll at yahoo.com> ---
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #11)
> (In reply to Jay Michael from comment #0)
> Why do you expect this? It does no make any sense to me. You have to format
> your text in Writer to behave like you want, with line or paragraph breaks.

     I expect this mainly because it seems to me to be the obvious behavior:  I
used a word processor so lines would be reflowed when I edited.  (As opposed to
painfully reflowing by hand after an insertion or deletion, or just putting up
with painfully inconsistent line lengths.)  I expect the output of a word
processor to attempt to preserve the appearance of my document.  To me, this
means having an end-of-line mark at the end of every line that was displayed on
the screen.  I understand that this does not guarantee that the recipient will
see what I saw while creating the document, but if I keep my usable space
narrow enough, most of my recipients will see what I intend them to see.

     As justification for my expectation, I offer the observation that this was
the behavior in other word processors.  (In particular, the last version of
WordPerfect I used.)

     I *am* formatting my text to *look* like I want.  I am setting the margins
to limit the width of the formatted text.  I am setting the font to what I
expect my recipient will be using.  I used paragraph breaks, and expect that
they will limit any reformatting that occurs.  All I'm asking is that the
output include a mark wherever a line ended on the screen.

     Maybe the confusion comes from a disagreement over the purpose of Save as
Text.  The current form is probably the most suitable for use in transferring a
document to another word processor.  For me, the purpose is to produce a text
file suitable for use as the content of an e-mail message, or to produce a text
file for transfer to a device that does not have a word processor capable of
interpreting an .ODT file.

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