At 16:42 20/01/2013 -0800, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
I agree that an equivalent means of inspecting what formatting
features apply at a point in the text, and where they come from,
would be extremely valuable in trouble-shooting these style-based
documents. Being able to see the span of the application of a
format feature (or of an applied style) would also be very
useful. This is particularly important, it seems to me, because the
created structures and the styles they introduce are not
invertible. It is difficult to see where they are and to reverse
their effects by making more formatting operations and it is
conceivable that there are bugs in all of that as well.
To that extent, I tend to disagree with Brian Barker. It should be
possible to manipulate the styles in rational ways, similar to what
is available with the "Styles and Formatting" pop-out. This would
not be by getting under the hood and pulling wires, but having a
tool that accomplishes an available manipulation in a valid way.
For what it's worth, I don't see where we are disagreeing. Don't we
both agree that (1) a clearer way of seeing exactly why a document is
behaving in a particular way is desirable, but that (2) users
modifications should continue to be carried out through a proper
interface, not by trying to tinker with non-existent "tags"?
Brian Barker
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