Re: [libreoffice-users] Expected Behavior

On 11/20/2013 11:39 PM, Ady wrote:
> > Can someone take a look at this bug report and let me know if it's
> > expected behavior. For some reason it seems to be a feature (but I have
> > no clue why someone would want this behavior).
> >
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71842
>   
> I currently don't particularly remember what that shortcut is
> intended for, but...
>
> 1_ I can replicate the first part of the process (which moves the
> text to the second page). I am apparently unable to reproduce the
> _second_ "Place your cursor behind the first rule of the second page"
>
> as described in the original report. Since I am not testing in Mac,
> perhaps this behavior is different?
>
> 2_ The first part of the procedure inserts a new paragraph and resets
>
> the style. I'm not sure what exactly triggers the insertion of a new
> page, since I don't see any kind of "page break".
>
> 3_ Whatever the specific position "behind the rule" really means, and
>
> whatever is supposed to be, there are two details that are not clear
> (to me) in the initial report.
>   3.1_ What the procedure is supposed to do / achieve? (In other
> words, what's exactly wrong or unexpected or buggy?)
>   3.2_ What exactly *the reporter* was trying to achieve? (Isn't it
> possible that he is trying to do something by using an inadequate
> procedure?)
>
> Whether this is a bug or not, IMHO the first step (before even
> investing time) should be getting clear answers to the above points
> #3.1 and #3.2.
>
> IMHO, Only if the expected supposed behavior is really incorrect for
> that specific procedure, then perhaps it deserves some attention; if
> not, "do no harm".
>
> Regards,
> Ady.
He actually reported on my behalf ;) So I am the OP and Joren was my 
proxy :)

As for what I'm trying to achieve - a usable outline for my law classes 
- they already run into the 70+ pages, having all this blank space is 
not working out for me.

I agree about his second step - I should have clarified. What he means 
that if you go to the end of the first line of the new page (ie. you've 
pushed enter after a line "test" and all the text below it jumps down to 
the next page. Then go to the next page, place the cursor at the end of 
the first line and push enter again - you'll see that the heading jumps 
back up to the previous page (exactly where you'd expect it to be).

Additionally a real problem is that ctrl+z doesn't put the text back to 
its previous location - furthermore if you turn on non printing 
characters, it's impossible to really see what caused the jump (no 
characters show in all that empty space)

Best,
Joel

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