On Aug 16, 2018, at 11:48 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode 
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:

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Paragraph-level formatting opens up wholly new opportunities, beyond any xTalk 
I've ever seen.

I'm not sure if this info has been incorporated into the docs system yet, but 
the Release Notes for v5.5 offer a solid overview of the new field features 
(starting on p12), most of which are paragraph-level properties like indent, 
border, padding, etc. (p19), along with the wonderfully efficient styledText 
array representation of field contents ([p16) and super-useful indented lists a 
la HTML and word processors (p18):
https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/5_5_4/LiveCodeNotes-5_5_4.pdf

When I revised the htmlText property entry in the dictionary a couple of years 
ago, I incorporated all of the changes to the paragraph <p> tag, which included 
all of the new paragraph level properties. That’s the only place in the 
dictionary I can think of where a discussion of all of the p-level properties 
together is appropriate. What is still left to be done is to update all of the 
entries for the individual properties that were field-level props only before 
v. 5.5. While the syntax statements have all been updated, there is no note in 
the entries of when they were changed to become p-level. I wish I had the time 
now, but my LC time has been severely reduced by my duties at work the last 
couple of years.

Dictionary editing is a great way for community members to contribute to the LC 
project, and the barrier to entry is much lower than trying to learn enough C 
code to work on the LC engine. It requires attention to detail, but otherwise 
is kind of fun and not difficult.

Cheers,

Devin



Devin Asay
Director
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University

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