[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 89960] Suggestion to Change Style Behavior in Relation to Direct Formatting

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89960

--- Comment #8 from Owen Genat <owen.genat at gmail.com> ---
My comments in related bug 83726 need clarification. I am not trying to be
argumentative but rather just provide contextual information. On re-reading my
comments (in that bug) I realise it may sound as though I am suggesting this is
a limitation of ODF/OOXML, however it is probably an implementation issue. I do
however feel this is a difficult enhancement as there are  conformance, legacy,
and likely numerous technical considerations. A basic example can be created
from the text "a b c" using a simplified variant of the example in comment
three of bug 83726:

<p style="P1">a
   <span style="C1">b </span>c
</p>

This could be a paragraph style P1 (e.g., italic) with directly applied
character formatting C1 (e.g., Roman/non-bold) to "b". Currently, applying a
different paragraph style (e.g., P2 defined as bold) results in:

<p style="P2">a
   <span style="C1">b </span>c
</p>

... thus it does not override the Roman/non-bold styling on "b". It seems like
this enhancement is suggesting the result should be:

<p style="P2">a b c</p>

... which does remove the Roman/non-bold on "b" and bolds the entire paragraph.
Bear in mind that this is a simple example. Actual examples can be
significantly more complex but the overall proposed result would be similar.
Many tests would need to be run on an enhancement of this nature to ensure it
has no adverse effects.

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