I'd love the reveal codes feature -- didn't know there was a vote until I ran across this.
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak < and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: > > 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 >> > > -- > Andrew Pitonyak > My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt > Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php > > > ------------------------------------------- > List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3
