[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]
Subject: Re: [office] view settings
Hi Doug, Doug Mahugh wrote: > As defined, application settings provide the ability to store document > and view settings. Some of the settings typically stored with > config-items are application specific, but many would be beneficial to > share between applications. > > > > For example, standardized storage of the following spreadsheet settings > would allow implementers to provide a more consistent user experience > across multiple implementations and formats: > > > > - Active Worksheet > > - Current Cell > > - Display of gridlines > > - Zoom value > > - Horizontal and Vertical Splits > > - Print settings > > > > I would like to propose the addition of these common settings, but > before I write it up I’m curious whether there has been discussion of > the general concept (document/view settings) in the past, and whether > there has been consensus on how to decide which settings are included in > the standard. Has there been any specific reason for not including > these types of settings? > > I am remembering a similar discussion started by David Faure. Doing some search I found our former ODF 1.2 Action Items wiki page - http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument_v1.2_Action_Items. On this wiki page I found under "Suggested" the item "Settings Interoperability". Thus, there had been a discussion like your proposed one, but unfortunately we did not continue/finish it. Best regards, Oliver. -- ======================================================================= Sun Microsystems GmbH Oliver-Rainer Wittmann Nagelsweg 55 Software Engineer - OpenOffice.org/StarOffice 20097 Hamburg Germany Fax: (+49 40) 23 646 955 http://www.sun.de mailto:oliver-rainer.wittmann@sun.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering ======================================================================= Oliver-Rainer Wittmann (od) - OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]