On 05/19/2014 06:11 AM, japples wrote:
So far, this conversation boils down to: use only styles which
requires casual users to travel the steep learning curve to enable
their use and possibility of creating conflicts with other style rules
or show consideration to the casual user and provide a reveal code
feature which is cleaner / more direct and does not have potential of
creating conflicts.
That is the preferred way of using the product, but it does not negate
the need for the feature. It does, however, possibly make it more
difficult to implement. I think that the real problem is that it
requires a knowledgeable person (as in someone who would be able to code
the solution) to care enough to choose to do it. This is, after all,
community developed software. So, the trick is to convince a particular
person to spend time / energy on that particular feature. In this case,
it means that the feature must be first designed, since a design does
not exist, and, the general usage pattern is sufficiently different,
that it is not obvious to me that saying "copy from WP" is sufficient.
Finding someone that cares enough to actually implement really is the
hardest part. The product has many users, but, I only see 25 people on
the CC list for the enhancement request and only 201 votes for
implementation.
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3395
So, if one talented person cares enough to do it, it will happen.
Otherwise, I suppose that sufficient people need to vote for the
feature. WIth as many users as exist, only finding 201 people who want
it enough to put one of their "votes" towards it in over 10 years feels
a little spartan. Perhaps the problem is that the people that want it do
not know that they can vote for it. I will admit, however, that I don't
have a handle on how many votes it would require to push it up the list,
and I lack the time right now to check to see where it stands relative
to other requests. I do see that most people that voted put two of their
votes towards it.
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/page.cgi?id=voting/bug.html&bug_id=3395
Compared to using wysiwyg web page creator without ability to view
code. Styles does nothing to correct skewed page; however, viewing
the codes is a very helpful tool.
Jack
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Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
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