[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 151552] PDF import into writer messes up line justification

[bugzilla-daemon at bugs.documentfoundation.org]

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151552

--- Comment #6 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #5)
> LibreOffice is not a PDF editor.

I explained why it is, and you have not presented a counter-argument. Repeating
your statement without a counter-argument is effectively conceding the point. 

> Spacing of the text runs is something that can not be efficiently extracted
> from the PDF

If that were true, the PDF format would be useless and PDF viewers would not
work.

Also, it would be good enough if LO simply realized that it's seeing a
justified line, and formatted it accordingly (as after all, we can justify
single lines.) That might not result in exactly the same spacing as in the PDF
file, but it would be pretty close typically, and could be identical if the
file had originated in LO (and if the text box were sized appropriately). 

> When a user choses to filter import a
> source PDF to LO, they *must* understand the content of the PDF is being
> extracted and constituent elements rendered as drawing Shapes to document
> canvas.

Why does it matter whether users "understand" that there's a bug? I'm not
following.

> It is time for UX and ESC to flatly state what project will do regards PDF
> source materials--up to an including *removal* of the PDF import filters to
> eliminate the misguided perception that LibreOffice is a PDF editor.

It's obvious you're trying to promote this agenda by pushing back against bug
reports on PDF import filters. That's not appropriate. PDF import into writer
is an officially supported feature. If you want to remove it - open an issue
about it (or actually, don't, since it's an important and useful feature);
certainly don't try to suppress requests to fix the import filter.

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