[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 140579] It's unclear, how "Continue previous numbering" should work

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140579

--- Comment #45 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #44)
> Let me describe the internal logic here. Maybe that would help you.
Definitely. I prefer (that word again...) theoretical knowledge over empirical.

iiuc - then this is BOTH a positional and directional phenomenon (where the
positional and directional are strongly correlated, because cursor position is
always somewhere in the active chunk).  But I still do not understand "active
chunk" adequately.

> When Writer decides which list to continue, it takes into account the
> selected part that *has the cursor*.
The positional part.  And confirmation of the value of "last-selected win"
principle (though I started yesterday to think of it "cursor position")

> Now it knows that to decide what list to continue, it needs to use [para 3
> pos 2 to para 4 pos 10]; but it will not use the blinking cursor position,
> but the *start* of the active chunk, namely, para 3 pos 2 
This is the directional part (*start*).  But I need a clarification of the
meaning of "active chunk". My guesses about the meaning of "active chunk" have
not been adequate to make an explanation of the difference between Test 2 and
Test 3, where I am guessing it is relevant. 

(I confess that it still seems like only cursor position.  This is explains why
Test 1 and Test 3 give the same result. And also why Test 5 and Test 2 give the
same result.)

Test 5.
1. Select Para 1
2. Hold Ctrl and select List entry 2.
3. Add to List

Result:  Para 1 is added.  (just like Test 2).

Probably my simple test document is too simple to be able to see the
significance of *start* of active chunk over "cursor position".  
Can you give a concrete example to illustrate that (so I can overcome the
limits of my knowledge from empirical induction)?

In any case, thanks for laying out the internal logic.

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