[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 121984] Compatibility mode setting for Justified text terminated with linebreak (<shift>+<enter>) should be false--to not justify the line by default, probably should follow our last line of justified paragraph handling as set

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121984

--- Comment #9 from Franklin Weng <franklin@goodhorse.idv.tw> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #7)
> The justification after a line break was added in OOo 2.0 era (see also
> i13507) and then UI was adjusted to "Allow configuration of behavior when a
> line break is inserted" (see also i45491)
>
> Between i13507 (2004) and i45491 (2007) the default was enabled true to
> justify after line break-- but there was no UI to override. That was added
> for i45491, and the default enabled true compatibility setting was
> continued. 
>
> I just verified that current Microsoft Word 2016 (16.0.11029.20045)
> continues this behavior with a line justified paragraphs being justified to
> full width (too much white space) when a line break is inserted. So it
> remains a legitimate "compatibility" setting.
>
> Personally, I would think disabled false and non-justified is a better
> default. Some of the later discussions of i13507 and dupes suggest that
> might have been the better route.

Since there has been a setting about the behavior of justifying in Format -
Paragraph - Options, I didn't see any necessity of this "compatibility" option.

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