Barrie Backhurst wrote:
On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 07:19 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
I'm just a simple-minded semi-geek, but this question keeps bothering me
as I see the ongoing debate re "reveal codes":
Isn't this all irrelevant, since, in order to have true "reveal codes,"
OOo would have to be completely rewritten?
EB
This has been the general consensus of the thread.
It should though be possible to "Reveal Structure". I use Calc more than
Writer and the structure tab in the function wizard is invaluable if a
complex function is not evaluating correctly. I'm sure that something
similar would assist those whose formatting is not behaving properly.
Barrie
There is already a macro to reveal the structure. It was written
specifically to mimick the behavior in WP. I installed the macro, ran
the macro, and said "Wow, that is really cool". I find it of limited
usefulness so I do not use it on a regular basis. I have not worked with
it enough to know how it handles styles and such, it is my guess that it
is not specifically addressed.
As for making this a part of OOo. Sure, they can do it, no problem.
First, there must be enough people that want it to convince Sun to spend
the money to put it in. If Sun does not do it, which would certainly
cost them a lot of money, then volunteers must do it. In this case, you
need someone such as yourself, who really really likes the functionality
to become the champion for the cause. A champion will either do the
coding or fund someone else to do the coding.
In Word Perfect, reveal codes is not just for looking, but you can see
the cursor move in both areas and you can manually delete formatting
marks. If I were the coding champion for this, I would probably choose
to NOT show formatting codes that existed based on styles because it
would encourage people to modify codes inline rather than in styles. I
would, however, show where styles started and stopped.
My recommendation is that you start with any existing Requests For
Enhancement (RFE) and be certain to itemize how you feel that things
should be handled in OOo. Be as complete and detailed as you can. If the
RFE does not exist, then create it. You might be amazed at how much you
can accomplish if you give it a try!
--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
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Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
See Also: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html
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