[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 133818] Paragraphs, footnote separator direction should inherit from page style

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133818

--- Comment #3 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz at technion.ac.il> ---
tl;dr: Agree that paragraphs shouldn't inherit from the page; but footnote
separators should.

(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #2)
> It is strange to have text direction to depend on page settings

But:

1. That's what we have in Calc.
2. The page is the superordinate object of the paragraph. Now, if pages didn't
have an RTL/LTR setting, you could say that it's the document that should be
superordinate (or the document section); but pages _do_ have directions. Still,
you do have a point.
3. It's already the case that you set the footnote separator direction via the
Page Style.

>, i.e. that
> LTR/RTL suddenly changes when page settings change. The direction is the
> text property, not the page property.

Why would this be sudden?

> I actually don't understand what the direction means on the page level
> (except vertical variants, which seem to be useful).

TBH, me neither, but I guess it should affect positioning of page-specific
objects or those that specifically refer back to the page direction.

> Additionally, a page
> style is a property of paragraph - so page properties cannot be
> superordinate to paragraph (?).

A page style is a property of a paragraph? No, it isn't. If you change the page
style, the margins and size change on the page. Paragraphs don't affect that.

> But likely page style's direction *should* affect things specific to the
> page, not to paragraphs - like the position of the footnote separator line
> (which is set up right there, in the page style). That would be reasonable
> and consistent.

Yes.

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