On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:02:05AM +0300, Martin Vermeer wrote:

> > > Isn't 'natural' usually better? These things feel like atoms,
> > > and inset-ness supports that. Not a big thing but anyway.
> > 
> > I don't believe that people will think it's natural that selection jumps
> > across an entire (say) <firstname>.
> 
> If they feel that way, it is because they have been prejudiced
> by other applications... it _is_ natural. Rarely if ever will
> you want to select a piece of a <firstname> together with an
> adjoining piece of <surname>, e.g. Just doesn't happen.

But as has been pointed out, this *IS* something you do with say <code>.
Is it really worth maintaining this distinction, given how problematic
it is?

regards
john

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