Patrick,
By "when a document is paginated" I mean to say that an application is
computing a page based layout of the document. There may be
applications, that create or modify an ODF, which never compute a layout
(e.g. automatically translating text content)
It might by wiser to say "when a page based layout of the document is
computed, soft page-break elements should be generated".
/lars
Patrick Durusau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am reviewing the material for the meeting this morning and I have a
> question about the soft page break proposal, which in part reads:
>
>> When a document is paginated the soft page break elements should be
>> exported. We suggest this be implemented by introducing a new XML tag
>> in writer similar to hard page breaks for soft page breaks.
>>
> Is this an issue only when the document is "exported?" Should there be a
> soft page break element in ODF proper even when there is no export? That
> seems to be what the second sentence is saying.
>
> If yes, then the proposal is to have a soft page break element that is
> present whenever the document is paginated. Yes? So, when is an ODF text
> document ever not paginated? Even if page numbers are not apparent,
> isn't there still a pagination?
>
> I agree soft page breaks are needed but wanted to be clear on what is
> being proposed.
>
> Hope everyone is having a great day!
>
> Patrick
>
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Lars Oppermann <> Sun Microsystems
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