Alfredo Braunstein wrote:
i also think that non-latex users have a reflex to set things explicitly
and will therefore abuse the dialog to set paragraphs to justified even
though it is the default etc.
In that sense maybe the old interface ("Default" checkbox + the rest) was
better? (*ducks*)
Well, yes, that was the idea behind the old interface: that Default
ISN'T just another setting that is comparable to the rest. But other
people felt differently, apparently, and the checkbox approach was
apparently confusing, so it got changed. And then, if it's changed, you
get the whole question we've been discussing. Indeed, I think Edwin's
worries, which I do somewhat share, come from the same place: that
Default just doesn't seem like an option on the same table as Justified,
etc.
Ultimately, though, I think the sense that Default isn't another option
depends upon thinking exclusively of the single-paragraph case. If you
think of a multi-paragraph selection, then Default definitely is another
option.
Richard
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