https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54908
--- Comment #32 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> --- So, now that this has been reopened, I would like to draw everyone's attention to the discussion on bug 139164, which asked for the reversion. Specifically, comment 21 there summarizes suggestions at the design meeting regarding how to possibly satisfy both requests reasonably. Now, let me address the latest comments on the discussion there: (In reply to Telesto from comment #47) > Even more problematic: I doubt bug 54908 actually being about Writer in the > first place. The duplicates are clearly about Calc. And bug 54908 is at > least muddled the waters with mentioning Calc (see bug 54908 comment 10, > 'spreadsheet'). So something got fixed at the Writer end, which wasn't even > supported by the bug report. That's a good point actually. In Calc, the spreadsheet is by default extremely large (even if the empty cells don't count until you edit them). Plus, it's two-dimensional, while pages have a very limited width. That makes it more likely for people to want to mark a range of cells and print just that. Looking at Calc, though, I don't even see the possibility of only printing the selection. > The same can be said about bug 54908. There was no 'proper study' done > before changing the behaviour. Sounds bit like: pot calling the kettle black > to me That's exactly right! There is an unknown, but not tiny, number of people who want "print selection" as the default when selecting, and an unknown, but not tiny, number of people who want "print everything" as the default. So the pot and the kettle are both somewhat black, hence the need to at least consider a compromise to not leave one side 100% unsatisfied. > > The whole discussion about a non-problem or a triviality in my perception. A > phrase I actually dislike to use as can be used to silence the opponent > unfairly. + (In reply to خالد حسني from bug 139164, comment #48) > I don’t see any convincing argument for the behavior introduced in bug in > 54908 and there are already a way to print/export selection, just not by > default. Khaled, Telesto, I respect that opinion. And in fact, I would be just fine with never choosing the selection by default. But - it's our opinions, while: * We know others have the opposite view; and * There are three dupes for this bug (albeit some about PDF Export behavior which can be handled differently); and * We used to have a confirmation dialog in the OpenOffice days; and * We did go through a process recently about this. OTOH, and considering the "muddied waters" about PDF export vs Printing and Calc vs Writer or other modules - I guess the reversion and reopening is probably the right call. Let's see what "the people" have to say... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
