Hello, > > > Also, why do you say the format is open? Can you tell me how Word95 does > > > auto-space ? > > > > Can you tell me how ODF lays out paragraphs or does line-breaking or > > wraps text to shaped embedded objects or ... ? > > Nothing in OOXML spec explains how Word95 does autospace, so how can a > full implementation of OOXML respect that tag's meaning?
The topic is addressed here: http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2007/01/09/specifying-the-document-settings.aspx And it addresses in particular the issue of whether it should be removed or not. > This is not a discussion about layouts. If it's bad that such a standard > defines layouts, I may agree. Still, that means that tag must disappear. People with different backgrounds will come to different conclusions about removing the tags. This was done for another ECMA spec, and I wish that the information was kept (to this day, I still keep the original drafts and the early published documents because things that were deemed "implementation specific" happen in the wild, and when it comes to interop, you want to be forgiving about what you accept and strict on what you generate). Of course this is my position on technical merits, others implementors might have other views. On political and activist grounds you might also reach different conclusions, but I will find it difficult in the future to say with a straight face in court "well, they did not specify enough, so this format created lock-in". > Specially from people who work for a company that is strategically > aligned with Microsoft. Ah, the old guilt by association way of constructing a logical argument. Always a fine choice. Miguel _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list