Very good. yes indeed, I dont want to modify the algorithm, and I also see advantages to the current behavior. (which i didn't take time to mention in the posts above)
But in essence, as I was making sure leojs was behaving properly, i thought i'd ask if this is working as expected in Leo as per the Bernhard Mulder algorithm. (because i'm getting the same behavior in leojs - meaning i translated properly , hehe ) and that the algorithm was not mistakenly/accidentally changed in the last few years - thus, that this is the intended, original behavior of the Bernhard Mulder algorithm. Thanks for your explanations, hope i cleared the confusion that I may have started by not being explicit enough in my original inquiry from my above posts. Félix On Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 7:08:23 AM UTC-4 Edward K. Ream wrote: > On Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 5:54:02 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote: > > >> What is the expected behavior when I remove the indentation of the line > produced by the @others in the external file, and save it as such to be > picked-up by Leo and have it refresh that outline from file? > > >Imo, there is no "intention" involved. You'll get what the @clean update > algorithm gives you. That algorithm isn't going to change. > > Many years ago, when Bernhard Mulder first proposed @shadow, I hesitated > to adopt his proposal because I didn't realize that it didn't matter if the > update algorithm made slight "mistakes". That is, there is no way, in > principle, for the update algorithm to assign a line to the "proper" node > if that line could be assigned either to the end of one node or the > beginning of the following node. At last I understood that: > > 1. Writing the @shadow tree would create the same result either way. > 2. The user could put the line in the "proper" node if they liked. > Thereafter Leo would always put the line where it belongs. > > Similar remarks apply to @clean. The user can always adjust nodes, > including @others directives, as they like. In short, edge cases involving > @others don't matter. > > Edward > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/bd9656cc-6ee5-4a96-b287-2a8ec8ce613bn%40googlegroups.com.
