Peter Nermander wrote: > I beg to differ. Text is "line based", you have characters on a line. I agree > that SOME forumlas can be seen as text, but many are more like special images > (but they are not images and should not be trated like images).
Maybe you can agree on this: A formula is a special twodimensional arrangement of characters. And don't forget, that you can express formulas in plain text, e.g. sum(n[1;99]) and the 2-dimensional formatting can be a different step/level. >> Also your 1.4 - 1.6 is IMHO better treated on level '2. markup'. > With "complex tables" I meant tables that are not just data in columns, but > tables used to give a visual appearance of something. So it is something > including text but where you want control of how it appears already in the > "writing" phase (you can not wait with it until layout). Yes, WYSIWYG is very comfortable and should not be missed. I just want to outline the necessity of a markup level. Helmut Wollmersdorfer
