This conversation has been going on since at least 2002. This bug report (enhancement request) has extensive commentary: <https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3395>. (After getting a taste for the initial discussion, it might be useful to read the extensive comments from newest, at the end, back toward the older ones.)
In the past there have been plug-ins to reveal styling in a way that accomplishes some of what Word Perfect Reveal Codes does. There does not seem to have been any active work on that in recent times. In direct response to the question, I would say that the chance is slim. Many of us can talk about what would work and how complex the problem is, but no one with mastery of the format and the OpenOffice-lineage implementation has raised their hand to actually do something. (I hesitate to think about the internationalization and accessibility problems that add to this.) Also, however it works, it will be style-centric because that's the ODF and OpenOffice model. I completely agree that ability to reveal the styling that applies at any given place in the text would be very handy in trouble-shooting a document. There's no assurance that anything like that will be done in the predictable future. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 08:06 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Eric Fenster Subject: Re: reveal codes On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:42:46 -0800 (PST) Eric Fenster <eric...@yahoo.com> wrote: > What chance Open Office will offer "reveal codes" à la Word Perfect? > > This is the reason I keep my old Word Perfect program, as crash-prone as it > is. The feature really helps control formatting. > Consistent use of styles should obviate the need for this. Also useful is /View /Nonprinting characters, to reveal spaces, tabs and line or paragraph breaks. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
