Re: [libreoffice-users] [CALC] Detective Trace inadequate display

Hi :)
I think that is generally true anyway.

Work-arounds are cool but should really only be seen as temporary
solutions.  The bugs that create a need for a work-around still need to be
reported so that they can be fixed.

Regards from
Tom :)


On 26 October 2013 10:42, Ady <ady-sf@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > > If this is replicable by other users, IMHO there should be at least
> > > some way for the user to easily note that the traces should be
> > > refreshed (because they are not really pointing to/from the adequate
> > > intended cells).
> >
> > Well, no. This is a bug and it should be fixed, not worked around.
>
> I agree, it should be fixed. That's why I added "Better yet, this
> displacement should not even happen".
>
> > Please file a bug (take a look here:
> > <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugReport>) and post link to
> > report here at the list.
>
> Bug report #70886 opened:
>  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70886
>
> > I will confirm and bibisect it, so developers can jump straight to fix
> > (if they notice...).
> >
> > OTOH, this arrow is not much usable anyway (it just shows that value is
> > from other sheet), so I suppose it might not get highest priority.
>
> I disagree. The "Detective" feature is already very crippled in
> LibreOffice. This inadequate behavior makes it even harder and
> generates more confusion, specially when using complex spreadsheets
> (which is when users most need the feature). If anything, IMHO the
> "Detective" feature should be very much improved (not left with
> inadequate behaviors because it is already crippled anyway).
>
> Thank you and Best Regards,
> Ady.
>
> --
> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
> Problems?
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be
> deleted

-- 
To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted