On Sat, Jul 05, 2025 at 07:36:56PM +0000, Bernt Lie wrote: > Hi Scott, Hi Bernt,
> Sorry for slow response (I needed to go out for lunch, and it was a very hot > day, so I stayed out without lugging my laptop along...). > -- > Great -- your suggestion works! > 1. Mark the text: I put the cursor at the end of the line prior to the > chapter I wanted to branch. Then selected the entire chapter. > 2. Next, I inserted this into a Branch. *Unfortunately*, this "flattens" the > structure, i.e., removes section assignments. > 3. I clicked into the branched text, and re-assigned the chapter to the > relevant paragraph. > > NOTE: I have not checked what happens if... > - there are sections and subsections, etc. in the selected chapter > - what happes if there are theorem-like units, program listing, lists, etc. > - if there are remarks, etc. > > If all of the above is "flattended" out, that would be a "major" downside to > using Branching to me. Good point. I don't know. > I notice that if I have a Branch and right-click and choose "Dissolve inset", > that also removes section assignment, etc., which again is a major downside: > if I finally am happy with the text I have in the Branch inset, I want to be > able to take the text "out" of the Branch without ruining the strucgture. > Thus, I think it would be much better if all these structural elements are > kept when "dissolve inset". Agreed. > -- > If some developer could figure out how to keep all the above structural > elements when marking text as a branch (and when dissolving the inset), that > would be great! > > Also, I have not checked what happens if I mark several different paragraphs > as a Branch with the same name (the user manual uses the case of Exam > solution as an example). > - If I make the branch active, does that activate all branches which has the > same name? Yes. > -- > A final suggestion: perhaps it might be ok to also right-click on sections in > the Table-of-contents outline and Branch sections? I would personally find this very useful also. I'm a heavy user of branches. Scott
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