On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:02:05AM +0300, Martin Vermeer wrote: > > > Isn't 'natural' usually better? These things feel like atoms, > > > and inset-ness supports that. Not a big thing but anyway. > > > > I don't believe that people will think it's natural that selection jumps > > across an entire (say) <firstname>. > > If they feel that way, it is because they have been prejudiced > by other applications... it _is_ natural. Rarely if ever will > you want to select a piece of a <firstname> together with an > adjoining piece of <surname>, e.g. Just doesn't happen.
But as has been pointed out, this *IS* something you do with say <code>. Is it really worth maintaining this distinction, given how problematic it is? regards john