[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 107857] Incorrect Formatting Logic

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107857

--- Comment #13 from Kevin <timbacontent at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #10)

> Of course, I might be wrong.

As someone who has been using this small portion (formatting) of the program 8
to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, abd using it only to create graphics (no
math functions), I hope I can convince you that you are indeed quite wrong.
There's no substitute for the understanding gained from spending hundreds of
hours trying to make a super complex spreadsheet look right, and there's no
substitute for the experience gained from being forced to keep proofreading the
content of the spreadsheet and having to re-enter cells to correct the data or
format. It's down here in the trenches that the faulty logic of the program
makes itself so painfully apparent.

I'm making an elaborate representation of all of the songs of The Beatles -
well over 200 - and each one has many complex sections. Each time I get to a
new section or a new song I use similar functions of Calc. I'm only using less
than 1% of the code you've written but I'm using that 1% in every possible way
- if I can find a more convenient way to do any single operation it will save
me hours in the long run because of the repetitive nature of what I'm doing.
I've tried many different workflows.

I've tried this in Excel and Calc. Calc - on balance - has less problems and
that's why I'm taking the time to try to convince you to fix it. Trust me - it
needs fixing very badly. The way you've got it coded now is enough to make the
user rip his or her hair out in large bunches. The user needs to be able to act
on a selection without the program changing something that's not selected. I
can't say it enough - it's not enough to code the program - you have to USE the
program to see why your users are so frustrated.

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