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Subject: [OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-3695)number:max-denominator-digits attribute to number:fraction
[ http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3695?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=25941#action_25941 ] Robert Weir commented on OFFICE-3695: -------------------------------------- I like this. I compared Excel, where I see the following options: -up to one digit -up to two digits -up to three digits -as haves -as quarters -as eights -as sixteenths -as tenths -as hundredths If I understand correctly, the first three are enabled by your proposal, while the other options already exist in ODF 1.2. One thing I don't quite like about the behavior in Excel is that they don't reduce the fractions. So, with "as sixteenths" it would format 0.5 as 8/16. In some contexts this would be fine, but in others it would look odd. For example, before decimalization, the NYSE quoted stock prices to 1/16th USD. But they would never quote 5 8/16. It would always be 5 1/2. I wonder whether we want an additional attribute to state whether fractions should be reduced where possible? Default behavior would be backwards compatible. > number:max-denominator-digits attribute to number:fraction > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: OFFICE-3695 > URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3695 > Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Formatting Properties > Affects Versions: ODF 1.2 CD 07 > Reporter: Andreas Guelzow > Assignee: Andreas Guelzow > Fix For: ODF 1.3 CSD 01 > > > In ODF 1.2 the <number:fraction> element has the attribute number:denominator- > value. If this attribute is not present, a denominator that is appropriate for > displaying the number is used. Clearly what is considered appropriate will be implementation dependent/defined. For example LibreOffice considers the appropriate denominator for of:=PI() to be 7 although a denominator of 113 would create a much closer approximation. From a user perspective if formatting a number as a fraction usually the size of the denominator is important even if the exact chosen denominator does not matter. Some implementations, for example Gnumeric, permit the user to determine a maximum number of digits to be used in the choice of the denominator. Currently Gnumeric stores that information in a foreign element: gnm:max-denominator-digits. In the interest of interoperability it would be desirable to include a similar attribute in the ODF1.3 standard. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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