On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 21:46 +0200, Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > > So, in short: I think before going for any non-ODF-compliant extensions > > to the file format, I think you guys should drive the proposal, until > > the point where it either has been accepted, or rejected. > > Does your silence mean
Glad you're using checkboxes and not radio buttons. :-) > [ ] you decided to go with the non-ODF-compliant extension, anyway Yes, for now, for several reasons. 1. We'd like to get this "out there" as it's a problem for many people. 2. I lack imagination. More specifically, given what little I know about why the original proposal was rejected -- (a) the semantics of //form:radio/@form:name would change in a non-backward compatible manner, as all radio buttons would no longer have the same //@form:name value; (b) //@form:name is exposed as THE way for the scripting infrastructure to manipulate controls "by name,"; and (c) (a) and (b) are effectively mutually exclusive in my mind -- I didn't see any way to resolve this WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ODF 1.x. My current understanding is that we have a mutual incompatibilities here within the ODF spec, and don't see an adequate solution for ODF 1.x (for the limited knowledge I have). > [ ] you are too busy currently, but will try to resurrect the proposal > as soon as possible Last week was ITO, so I've been ignoring most OpenOffice-related emails. (I probably shouldn't do that...) That said, this is the first email on the topic in ~20 days, so I don't think this mailing list has been missing my input on anything... > [ ] you do not care anymore I do care, but... > [ ] other: I'm a clueless noob. More specifically, I'm not exactly sure where to begin. As eluded to above, I think any form of harmonization here is going to need to take place within the context of ODF 2.0 (or any version that can break/alter semantic backward compatibility), so that we can get a consistent and workable picture of scripting (what attribute holds the control name?) and radio button grouping (what attribute holds the group name, and it better not be the same attribute that holds the scripting name, which is the situation for ODF 1.3). So, as a clueless noob, where do I begin? What meetings do I need to attend? From which groups (I suspect more than one will be involved)? When do they meet? etc., etc. My apologies. - Jon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
