Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 115016
[sw] difficult to append text to meta(-field)
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:18:07 UTC
it is difficult to append text at the end of a meta / meta-field element. the meta(-field) has a dummy character at the start, making it possible to position the cursor directly before the meta(-field), or at the very beginning of the meta(-field). but at the end there is no dummy character, so the position is ambiguous. [also it may still be possible for the suffix of a meta-field to suddenly vanish in unlikely cases, which would be trivial to prevent with a dummy character at the end]
forgot to mention that adding the dummy character will be a lot of work, because handling the insertion of a paragraph break within the meta(-field) must result in both dummy characters being in the _same_ paragraph. (the meta(-field) must not span paragraphs.) this requires adapting various Undo and possibly Redlining stuff which will take a lot of time.
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