https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68167

--- Comment #13 from Cougar Brenneman <[email protected]> ---
I have to say that I'm not certain that my proposals are sufficient. As I
review them, I see that I sometimes need to see entire text paragraphs in
outliner mode, and while I speculated that I could achieve similar
functionality with my first two suggestions, I see that as a cumbersome
alternative to what Word does in a single view.

In addition, it would be "making do," rather than having a superior alternative
or even an equal alternative. The ability to display the first line of the
paragraphs or the full paragraphs in the navigator begins to make it look more
and more like it really needs to look. 

To be less cumbersome, text edits in the Navigator would also need to be
available. I'm sorry that the Navigator is so insufficient, but it really is. I
have tried, in my version, to write a complete, procedural description of what
I do, because I was hoping that if I did so, the programmer community would
understand the reasons. I'm not sure that this has happened.

While I've seen one comment that sees the similarity with code folding, a
possibly useful metaphor, it only captures a tiny piece of the power of the
outliner function.

I fear that the programmer community in this development project doesn't really
understand the needs of the user community, and I don't know if you can, given
the different nature of our disciplines.

The outliner function is powerful because it a tool that so fully supports the
creative process, based on what we do with our minds while creating and
organizing. It's not about formatting or any of the other false understanding
about its function that I've seen. 

These are not enhancements, but basic features that are needed. LO is a
substandard tool until it has these features, in terms of my own needs.

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