I'd like to echo Dennis' comments about normal mode. I'd also like to see an option to select a "draft" font for use in normal mode, a la MS-Word. When using Word in normal mode, I edit using a Courier New font, which for me, is easier to use while editing text on screen. When I switch back to print mode, I can see the font that will actually be printed. It's a nice feature that I would like to see added to normal mode. But, I realize that now the focus is on fixing bugs for version 1.0, so please just file this request in the back of your post 1.0 release files.
Virgil >From: Dennis Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: normal mode wish list >Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 00:51:58 -0800 > >The following is my wish list for normal mode (not a criticism). I'm using >0.9.6 on win32. > >In Microsoft Word (and StarOffice Text Processor 6.0 beta) the sole purpose >of normal mode is to input and polish text. To that end all page formatting >is hidden as are any graphics and any headers or footers. All that is >visible is text and it is wrapped to the window size whether that size is >larger or smaller than the page size (the paragraph is wrapped as it is in >page formatting, not line wrapped as in a plane text processor like MS >notepad). The left margin (the area between the window edge and the first >character on the line) is only about 4 characters wide as is the right (4 >characters to the left of the vertical scroll bar). This allows the user to >see all of the text regardless of the window width and it maximizes the >amount of visible text without paging or scrolling. This facilitates the >user's focus on the task of inputting and polishing text (character >formatting and some paragraph formatting remain visible fonts, italics, >bold, underline, font color, background color, indents, >left/right/center/justification, line spacing, superscript, subscript and >so forth). > >Thus: reduce margins to absolute minimum (2 or 3 characters at most) >wrap paragraphs to the window not the page (or make it optional) >hide page formatting, graphics, headers and footers > >If all of this is already planned then all the better. My thanks to the >programmers and I look forward to each new release. > >Dennis Collins > > >----------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word >unsubscribe in the message body. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
