Re: [office] already accepted paragraph property style:join-border

[Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems<Oliver-Rainer.Wittmann@Sun.COM>]

Dear TC members,

Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems wrote:
> Dear TC members,
> 
> I have recognized that the paragraph property style:join-border, which 
> had been discussed, proposed and accepted in July 2005 - see 
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200507/msg00002.html,
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200507/msg00006.html,
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200507/msg00016.html and 
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200507/msg00022.html - had 
> not made its way into the OpenDocument specification.
> 
> I strongly propose to include this property in ODF 1.2
> 
> Best regards, Oliver.
> 

I have checked the proposal according action item #0008.

The text of the proposal from Lars Oppermann is
<quote>

Use the style:join-border property to specify, that a border is to be
extended around the next paragraph, if it's border is of the same type.
Borders are joined by default.

<define name="style-paragraph-properties-attlist" combine="interleave">
      <optional>
          <attribute name="style:join-border">
              <ref name="boolean"/>
          </attribute>
      </optional>
</define>

</quote>

 From my point of view it is clear what the behavior under the following 
situations is:
(1) Paragraph A with property style:join-border="true" followed by 
paragraph B with property style:join-border="false".
(2) Paragraph A with property style:join-border="false" followed by 
paragraph B with property style:join-border="true".

situation (1):
In case that the borders of both paragraphs are same, the border of 
paragraph A is extended around paragraph B.
In case that the borders of both paragraphs are not same, the border of 
paragraph A is not extended around paragraph B.

situation (2):
The border of paragraph A is not extended around paragraph B.

conclusion:
Property style:join-border of paragraph A and the equality of the 
borders of the adjacent paragraphs decide, if the border of paragraph A 
is extended or not around paragraph B.
Thus, from my side no change is needed at the proposal text.

But in spite of that I want to improve the proposal text.
Please consider the following change:
"..., if it's border is of same type." should be changed into "..., if 
the borders of both paragraphs are the same."


Best regards, Oliver.

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