On 01/21/2013 11:29 AM, Eric Fenster wrote:
Try /View /Non printing characters. This allows one to exactly position the
cursor.
That's totally different. It shows paragraph breaks and spaces, not formatting
codes.
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What difference does it make? LO does not have formatting codes.
Why insist that it should? If you miss the way WP works as a text
editor, why don't you use WP? How much work would it take to develop
them? Is this really worth the expense, time, etc. to do it? What are
you willing to do to help? Why not learn how to use LO better? There
seems to be several people who would like formatting codes. Why don't
this group get together and build an extension that will do what you
want it to do? Show us that it can be done.
Yes, I am disappointed with this continued discussion of why
format codes are better than styles. Of course it is very likely that
some information about what has to be done when using formatting codes
is not included. And yes, some information is also left out when
mentioning what has to be done when using styles.
A real test is to take a 1000 word text document with 100
formatting errors. A correct version of the document must be available
so that the people making the corrections know what the final formatting
should be. List how to correct the errors using formatting codes. Then
list how to correct the errors using styles. Then compare how many steps
each one of these took. How much time did it take to do each one?
It is easy to make statements about either one, and this has been
done recently as well as when there was an extended discussion about
this same issue. Very little if anything has been said that was not said
one time and usually many times then.
--Dan
