[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 138544] FORMATTING: FILESAVE: Writer compatibility setting doesn't save properly and keeps resetting unwanted option to be used

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138544

--- Comment #10 from Ernest Bywater <ernest at bywater.net.au> ---
(In reply to Justin L from comment #9)
> (In reply to Ernest Bywater from comment #8)
> > Please insert a Primal Scream of your choice here.
> The default to "on" when user settings are not loaded with the document has
> been true since at least 5.2.
> 
> I am getting very confused by looking at this. mbUseVirtualDevice seems to
> be the opposite of UsePtrMetrics (which defaults to false) - and yet
> UseVirtualDevice seems to be the variable tied to "Use printer metrics for
> document formatting".

If it confuses you who can look at such things, just imagine how it confuses us
poor users who can't get that deep into the code.

I don't know when the code change occurred, I can only comment on what I
observe of when it affected me and what I learn by checking things out. I only
noticed the issue after I had to reload my OS due to a change of motherboard,
and when I loaded LO 7 I had to rebuild all of my personal settings. It is
possible that one of the settings changed from the default ones when I reloaded
the software was done different his time, but I don't know for sure.

Why the 2 settings mentioned in 19 Dec 2020 post are interacting the way they
are is beyond me. It is something I suggest the developers try to work out as
it may have other unexpected effects elsewhere that haven't yet been noticed or
reported. I have found a way to get around the problem that concerned me, as I
noted in that post, so I'm happy to be able to get on with my story writing and
leave the head scratching to more knowledgeable persons like yourself.

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